Extended Box
FLORIDA (5) VS MONTREAL (0) - FINAL
FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .333
L Castillo 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .280
M Cabrera rf 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 .385
M Lowell 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333
J Conine lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .227
H Choi 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .200
R Castro c 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .200
A Gonzalez ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .167
B Penny p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-W Cordero ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Phelps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 8 5 4 5 13
a-hit by pitch for B Penny in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Pierre (1, C Vargas). HR - M Cabrera 2 (5, 1st inning off
C Vargas 0 on, 2 Out, 6th inning off C Vargas 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Cabrera
3 (8), J Conine (1), J Pierre (2). 2-out RBI - M Cabrera 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - H Choi 1, L Castillo 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: CS - J Conine (1, 2nd base by C Vargas/B Schneider).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (R Castro-A Gonzalez, M Lowell-H Choi).
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
P Bergeron cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .304
b-L Lopez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222
J Vidro 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .320
C Everett rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .214
O Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286
B Wilkerson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .100
T Batista 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .080
T Sledge lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
B Schneider c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136
C Vargas p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-A Fox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Kim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-J Rivera ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Totals 29 0 4 0 1 10 7
a-flied out to left for C Vargas in the 6th; b-singled to right center for
P Bergeron in the 9th; c-grounded to shortstop for S Kim in the 9th.
BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 1.
GIDP - C Everett. Team LOB - 3.
BASERUNNING: CS - P Bergeron (1, 2nd base by B Penny/R Castro).
FIELDING: E - P Bergeron (2, bobble); C Everett (1, fly ball). Outfield
assists - C Everett (W Cordero at 3rd base). DP: 2 (J Vidro-B Wilkerson,
B Schneider-J Vidro).
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FLORIDA - 101 002 001 -- 5
MONTREAL - 000 000 000 -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Penny (W, 1-1) 8 2 0 0 1 10 0 1.80
T Phelps 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas (L, 1-1) 6 6 4 3 2 5 2 2.25
S Kim 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1.42
HBP - W Cordero (by S Kim). Pitches-strikes: B Penny 110-74; T Phelps 9-7;
C Vargas 96-66; S Kim 44-21. Ground balls-fly balls: B Penny 5-8; T Phelps 3-0;
C Vargas 5-6; S Kim 4-4. Batters faced: B Penny 26; T Phelps 4; C Vargas 25;
S Kim 13.
UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Laz Diaz.
T--2:24. Att--14,620.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, left
to right.
How They Scored
FLORIDA 1ST: J Pierre singled to right. L Castillo lined into double play,
second to first, J Pierre doubled off first. M Cabrera homered to right.
M Lowell grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 1,
MONTREAL 0.
FLORIDA 3RD: B Penny struck out looking. J Pierre doubled to center,
J Pierre to third on error by center fielder P Bergeron. L Castillo grounded out
to second. M Cabrera singled to left, J Pierre scored. M Lowell grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
FLORIDA 2, MONTREAL 0.
FLORIDA 6TH: M Cabrera homered to left. M Lowell safe at second on error
by right fielder C Everett. J Conine singled to right, M Lowell scored.
H Choi struck out swinging. R Castro struck out swinging. J Conine caught
stealing second, catcher to second.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 4,
MONTREAL 0.
FLORIDA 9TH: R Castro singled to center. A Gonzalez grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, R Castro out at second. W Cordero hit for
B Penny. W Cordero hit by pitch, A Gonzalez to second. J Pierre singled to
right, A Gonzalez scored, W Cordero thrown out at third. L Castillo grounded
out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 5, MONTREAL 0.
Game Story
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Ticker) -- Brad Penny again had his way
with the Montreal Expos, and he had plenty of help from Miguel
Cabrera.
Penny struck out 10 in eight innings and Cabrera hit a pair of
homers and drove in three runs as the Florida Marlins continued
their strong start with a 5-0 blanking of the Expos.
The Marlins have won five straight games and are 6-1 overall,
their best start since winning eight of nine to open the 1997
season.
Penny (1-1) avenged a loss to Montreal last week at Pro Player
Stadium and improved to 11-3 against the Expos since making his
major league debut in 2000. Since the start of that season, no
pitcher has defeated the Expos more than Penny. Tom Glavine of
the New York Mets is second with eight wins.
"I was locked in early," Penny said. "I didn't have my best
fastball, but I was making pitches on the outside corner.
Nobody has lost yet and you don't want to have the only two
losses on the team."
Penny allowed just two hits - singles to Carl Everett in the
fourth and Peter Bergeron in the sixth - and walked just one.
Tommy Phelps allowed two hits in the ninth.
"That's the best game I've seen him pitch in a long time,"
Marlins manager Jack McKeon said. "He had outstanding stuff and
complete command."
Cabrera opened the scoring with a two-out homer to right field
in the first inning.
"We didn't do anything out there," Expos manager Frank Robinson
said. "The game was over in the first inning."
Montreal was shut out for the second time and has a mere 10 runs
in seven games this season.
"We're not really giving ourselves a chance of winning a
ballgame," first baseman Brad Wilkerson said. "It's not very
much fun now."
The Marlins added to their lead in the third when Juan Pierre
doubled, went to third on an error by center fielder Bergeron
and scored on a single by Cabrera.
Cabrera hit his fifth homer of the season to lead off the sixth.
"I'll take those," Cabrera said. "We need to keep working,
because our staff is pitching good and we need to support that."
Both of his homers came off Claudio Vargas (1-1), who defeated
Penny last week but lasted just six innings Tuesday, allowing
four runs - three earned - and six hits.
The Marlins added another run in the inning when Mike Lowell
reached on a two-base error by right fielder Everett and scored
on a single by Jeff Conine.
Pierre, who had three hits, made it 5-0 with an RBI single in
the ninth.
