HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Biggio 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 .322
Spiers 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .268
De Bell rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .316
Bagwell 1b 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 .258
Alou lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333
Everett cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .335
Eusebio c 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .292
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .304
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .128
a-Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133
T Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Clark ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125
Totals 33 4 7 4 4 3 12
a-flied to left for Reynolds in the 6th; b-singled for Henry in
the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Bagwell 2 (10, Klingenbeck 2). HR - De Bell (9,
3rd inning off Klingenbeck 1 on, 2 out). SF - Everett. RBI -
Everett (32), De Bell 2 (47), Eusebio (16). 2-out RBI - De Bell 2,
Eusebio. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Phillips 1.
Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: E - Spiers (4, ground ball).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Sanders cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .258
W Greene 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .273
Larkin ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .273
Taubensee c 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .322
D Young 1b 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 .318
B Boone 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .290
Nieves rf 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 .279
Nunnally rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Watkins lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .281
Graves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Ed Perez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .210
Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Klingenbeck p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Stynes lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .266
Totals 34 7 10 7 4 6 16
a-singled for Graves in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - R Sanders (6, Reynolds); Stynes (4, Magnante).
HR - R Sanders (7, 1st inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out); D Young
(7, 5th inning off Reynolds 2 on, 2 out); B Boone (10, 5th inning
off Reynolds 0 on, 2 out). RBI - R Sanders 2 (27), D Young 3 (34),
B Boone (40), Stynes (16). 2-out RBI - D Young 3, B Boone. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - Taubensee 1, Klingenbeck 1,
W Greene 1. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: CS - Larkin (2, 2nd base by Reynolds/Eusebio).
FIELDING: PB - Taubensee.
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Houston - 012 001 000 -- 4
Cincinnati - 100 040 02X -- 7
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
Reynolds (L, 7-4) 5 7 5 5 4 4 3 3.19
T Miller 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.57
Magnante 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 6.33
Henry 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.33
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
Klingenbeck (W, 1-1) 5 2/3 5 4 3 4 1 1 4.97
Graves (H, 3) 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.73
Shaw (S, 18) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.97
T Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Pitches-strikes: Klingenbeck 98-61; Graves 26-18; Shaw 16-13;
Reynolds 113-65; T Miller 25-19; Magnante 5-5; Henry 5-4.
Ground balls-fly balls: Klingenbeck 8-8; Graves 3-2; Shaw 1-2;
Reynolds 3-7; T Miller 3-2; Magnante 0-0; Henry 1-1. Batters
faced: Klingenbeck 26; Graves 8; Shaw 4; Reynolds 26; T Miller 7;
Magnante 3; Henry 2.
UMPIRES: HP--Rich Rieker. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Harry
Wendelstedt. 3B--Jerry Layne.
T--2:50. Att--28,055.
How runs scored
Reds first: R.Sanders homered. Greene walked. Larkin grounded into fielder's choice, Greene out. Taubensee lined out. Larkin was caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 1, Astros 0.
Astros second: Bagwell doubled. On Taubensee's passed ball, Bagwell to third. Alou fouled out. Everett hit a sacrifice fly, Bagwell scored. Eusebio walked. Gutierrez grounded out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 1, Astros 1.
Astros third: Reynolds grounded out. Biggio walked. Spiers flied out. Bell homered, Biggio scored. Bagwell walked. Alou flied out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 3, Reds 1.
Reds fifth: R.Sanders flied out. Greene struck out. Larkin singled. Taubensee walked, Larkin to second. Young homered, Larkin scored, Taubensee scored. B.Boone homered. Nieves infield single. Watkins flied out. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 5, Astros 3.
Astros sixth: Bagwell doubled. Alou popped out. Everett grounded out, Bagwell to third. Eusebio singled, Bagwell scored. Gutierrez walked, Eusebio to second. Phillips pinch-hitting for Reynolds. Graves pitching. Phillips flied out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Reds 5, Astros 4.
Reds eighth: B.Boone singled. Magnante pitching. Nieves struck out. Perez pinch-hitting for Graves. Perez singled, B.Boone to second. Stynes doubled, B.Boone scored, Perez to third. Henry pitching. R.Sanders grounded out, Perez scored. Greene flied out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 7, Astros 4.
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