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Article: Marlins 11, Astros 3
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- August 4, 1998
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STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer
AP Online
08-04-1998
MIAMI (AP) _ C.J. Nitkowski pressed a hand against his forehead and cursed, visibly shaken by the video replay as he watched it over and over.
The screen in the clubhouse showed Nitkowski hitting Craig Counsell on the right jaw with a fastball in the eighth inning of the Florida Marlins' 11-3 victory over the Houston Astros.
It was the third consecutive batter Nitkowski had hit in a steady rain Monday night, but the Houston left-hander declined to use the weather as an excuse.
``I was trying to bust him in,'' Nitkowski said. ``Unfortunately I got it up and he was leaning out, and it was too late. I feel terrible. It wasn't ...