April 17: Florida Marlins: 2 Hits, 2944 Career Hits

By Robert H. Kelly

Craig Biggio had two hits tonight in the Astros 6-1 victory over the Florida Marlins. They are currently 6-6 for the season.

He continues to be the lead-off batter for the Astros and looked good at the plate tonight.

Biggio's at-bat stats for tonight's game are as follows:

1st inning: (facing Sergio Mitre, RHP, 0-2, 3.97 ERA)
1: swinging strike
2: foul
3: foul
4: foul
5: ball
6: foul
7. strikes out swinging

3rd inning: HIT (facing Kevin Gregg, RHP, 0-1, 2.00 ERA)
1: foul
2: ball
3: swinging strike
4: singles on a line drive to left fielder Josh Willingham.

5th inning: (facing Jorge Julio, RHP, 0-1, 12.71 ERA)
1: hit by pitch.

NOTE: That was the 283rd time in his career that Biggio has been hit by a pitch.

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6th inning: (facing Renyel Pinto, LHP, 0-1, 2.70 ERA)
1: ball
2: called strike
3: swinging strike
4: grounds out on a throw from shortstop Hanley Ramirez to first baseman Mike Jacobs.

8th inning: HIT (facing Henry Owens, RHP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA)
1: ball
2: foul
3: ball
4: foul
5: ball
6: double on a fly ball to left fielder Josh Willingham.

NOTE: That was Biggio's 642nd double of his career.

Biggio and the Astros head for Cincinnati and a two game series on Wednesday and Thursday. Both games have a start time of 6:10pm (Houston time).