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Florida (ss) 4, Houston 3

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Published: March. 13, 2002 at 11:26 PM

KISSMMEE, Fla., March 13 (UPI) -- Ramon Castro homered and drove in two runs Wednesday night to lead a split squad of Florida Marlins to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros.

Castillo hit a solo homer in the fifth off Astros starter Roy Oswalt and added an RBI single in a two-run sixth.

Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer in the first inning off Marlins starter Claudio Vargas and Craig Biggio added a solo homer in the third for Houston.

Oswalt pitched five innings and allowed just one earned run and three hits. He walked one and struck out five.

C.J. Nitkowski took the loss after yielding both runs in the sixth.

Topics: Claudio Vargas, Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, Ramon Castro, Roy Oswalt
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