Final in 11
Florida leads 2-0 (as of 8/11)
| Game 1: Monday, August 10 | ||
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| Houston | 6 | Final |
| Florida | 8 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, August 11 | ||
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| Houston | 8 | Final in 11 |
| Florida | 9 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, August 12 | ||
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| Houston | 14 | Final |
| Florida | 6 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, August 13 | ||
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| Houston | 2 | Final |
| Florida | 9 | |
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Astros 8
(55-58, 24-30 away)
Marlins 9
(60-53, 31-26 home)
7:10 PM ET, August 11, 2009
Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| FLA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
W: B. Sanches (3-1)
L: W. Wright (2-2)
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| M Bourn CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .285 | .361 | .400 |
| K Matsui 2B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .244 | .297 | .330 |
| M Tejada SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .323 | .350 | .463 |
| C Lee LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .314 | .362 | .514 |
M Kata PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .212 | .220 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-C Coste PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .239 | .326 | .355 |
W Wright P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
A Arias P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
| G Blum 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .266 | .335 | .385 |
| H Pence RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .290 | .354 | .457 |
| I Rodriguez C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .254 | .282 | .390 |
| D Erstad 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | .202 | .282 | .356 |
| R Oswalt P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .150 | .209 | .150 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | |
a-J Michaels PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .223 | .286 | .427 |
T Byrdak P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
J Keppinger LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 | .344 | .394 |
| Totals | 43 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 166 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for J Fulchino in the 8th b-flied out to left for J Valverde in the 11th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Lee (26, C Volstad); M Tejada (34, L Nunez) RBI: M Bourn (28), M Tejada 3 (67), C Lee 2 (70), I Rodriguez (34), G Blum (38) S: R Oswalt SF: M Tejada 2-out RBI: I Rodriguez GIDP: H Pence Astros RISP: 7-13 (M Tejada 1-2, G Blum 1-2, R Oswalt 0-1, M Bourn 1-1, I Rodriguez 1-1, H Pence 0-1, D Erstad 0-1, C Lee 2-2, K Matsui 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: M Bourn 2 (42, 2nd base off C Volstad/J Baker, 2nd base off T Wood/J Baker); H Pence (11, 2nd base off C Volstad/J Baker) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (M Tejada-D Erstad). Outfield Assist: C Lee (H Ramirez at 3rd base); J Keppinger (J Hermida at Home). | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Oswalt | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 92-57 | 3.87 | |
| J Fulchino (B, 2) | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47-25 | 3.58 | |
| T Byrdak | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-8 | 3.70 | |
| J Valverde | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33-18 | 2.57 | |
| W Wright (L, 2-2) | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23-10 | 5.97 | |
| A Arias | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-2 | 2.74 | |
| Totals | 10.2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 212-120 | ||
| PITCHING R Oswalt pitched to 5 batters in the 6th; A Arias pitched to 1 batter in the 11th WP: J Valverde First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Oswalt 14/24; J Fulchino 3/10; T Byrdak 2/4; J Valverde 2/7; W Wright 2/5; A Arias 0/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Oswalt 20-9-9-19; J Fulchino 7-4-8-6; T Byrdak 3-0-1-4; J Valverde 5-3-5-5; W Wright 4-4-2-0; A Arias 0-0-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Oswalt 4-6; J Fulchino 3-1; T Byrdak 4-0; J Valverde 2-1; W Wright 0-0; A Arias 0-0 Game Scores: R Oswalt 26 | ||||||||||
| Florida Marlins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| C Coghlan LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .288 | .369 | .418 |
| N Johnson 1B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | .299 | .423 | .411 |
| H Ramirez SS | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .351 | .413 | .556 |
| J Cantu 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | .276 | .337 | .430 |
| J Baker C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .278 | .351 | .444 |
| D Uggla 2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | .240 | .354 | .450 |
| C Ross CF-RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .259 | .317 | .480 |
| J Hermida RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | .255 | .345 | .381 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| C Volstad P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .122 | .143 | .146 |
T Wood P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-R Gload PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .269 | .352 | .407 |
K Calero P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
D Meyer P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-W Helms PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .270 | .307 | .355 |
L Nunez P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
R Pinto P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-E Bonifacio PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .249 | .301 | .311 |
| Totals | 43 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 212 | |||
| a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for T Wood in the 6th b-grounded to shortstop for D Meyer in the 8th c-singled to left for R Pinto in the 10th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Coghlan (16, R Oswalt); H Ramirez (33, R Oswalt); D Uggla (19, R Oswalt); N Johnson (18, J Fulchino); J Baker (20, J Fulchino) RBI: H Ramirez 2 (77), J Baker 3 (37), D Uggla 2 (60), J Hermida (43), R Gload (19) 2-out RBI: H Ramirez 2, D Uggla Marlins RISP: 6-16 (H Ramirez 1-3, R Gload 0-1, J Baker 2-3, J Cantu 1-2, C Ross 0-3, D Uggla 1-2, E Bonifacio 1-1, C Coghlan 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: H Ramirez (22, 2nd base off J Valverde/I Rodriguez); C Coghlan (6, 2nd base off W Wright/I Rodriguez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: D Uggla (10, throw) DP: 2 (C Ross-J Cantu, H Ramirez-D Uggla-N Johnson). Outfield Assist: C Ross (C Lee at 3rd base). | ||||||||||
| Florida Marlins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| C Volstad | 4.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 87-51 | 4.71 | |
| T Wood | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16-13 | 0.84 | |
| K Calero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-6 | 1.99 | |
| D Meyer (H, 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-12 | 2.47 | |
| L Nunez (B, 4) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 4.01 | |
| R Pinto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-5 | 2.57 | |
| B Sanches (W, 3-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21-14 | 1.07 | |
| Totals | 11.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 166-109 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: D Erstad (By C Volstad) HBP: R Oswalt (By C Volstad) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Volstad 14/26; T Wood 4/5; K Calero 2/3; D Meyer 2/3; L Nunez 2/5; R Pinto 3/3; B Sanches 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Volstad 8-5-19-19; T Wood 3-3-4-3; K Calero 3-1-0-2; D Meyer 3-1-6-2; L Nunez 1-1-1-5; R Pinto 1-2-0-2; B Sanches 3-1-7-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Volstad 4-7; T Wood 1-1; K Calero 2-0; D Meyer 1-1; L Nunez 3-0; R Pinto 1-1; B Sanches 0-2 Game Scores: C Volstad 23 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| HOU | FLA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | M Bourn singled to center, D Erstad scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| FLA | 3rd | H Ramirez doubled to left, C Coghlan and N Johnson scored, H Ramirez out at third. | 1 | 2 |
| 5th | M Tejada singled to left, R Oswalt and M Bourn scored, K Matsui to second. | 3 | 2 | |
| 5th | C Lee doubled to deep left center, K Matsui and M Tejada scored. | 5 | 2 | |
| 5th | I Rodriguez singled to center, H Pence scored, I Rodriguez to second advancing on throw. | 6 | 2 | |
| 6th | M Tejada hit sacrifice fly to right, M Bourn scored. | 7 | 2 | |
| FLA | 6th | J Baker singled to right, N Johnson scored, H Ramirez to third, J Cantu to second. | 7 | 3 |
| FLA | 6th | D Uggla walked, H Ramirez scored, J Cantu to third, J Baker to second. | 7 | 4 |
| FLA | 6th | J Hermida walked, J Cantu scored, J Baker to third, D Uggla to second. | 7 | 5 |
| FLA | 6th | R Gload grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Baker scored, D Uggla out at third, J Hermida to second. | 7 | 6 |
| FLA | 7th | J Baker doubled to deep left center, N Johnson and J Cantu scored. | 7 | 8 |
| 9th | G Blum singled to right, M Tejada scored, C Lee to second. | 8 | 8 | |
| FLA | 11th | D Uggla singled to left, C Coghlan scored, N Johnson to third, J Baker to second. | 8 | 9 |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 13,312 (34.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:06 |
| Weather | 87 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Adrian Johnson, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - Derryl Cousins |