Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida 5, Houston 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 22, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 21802
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 21802
Cody Ross drove in a pair of runs and the Florida Marlins rode a three-run first inning to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Anibal Sanchez (1-1) worked 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run on nine hits as Florida avoided the three-game sweep.
The Marlins scored a pair of runs on an error by Carlos Lee and added another on Uggla’s groundout for the 3-0 advantage.
Ross brought in two more with a single up the middle in the sixth.
Houston starter Felipe Paulino (0-2) surrendered five runs -- two earned -- on six hits in 5 2/3 innings in the losing effort.
Michael Bourn recorded a pair of hits and drove in Houston’s lone run on a single in the seventh.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Florida | Houston | |
| Anibal Sanchez | Player | Felipe Paulino |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 6.2 | IP | 5.2 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 9 | Hits | 6 |
| 1.35 | ERA | 3.18 |
Hitting
| Florida | Houston | |
| Hanley Ramirez | Player | Lance Berkman |
| 1 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 1 | TB | 2 |
| .333 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary