CINCINNATI             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Stynes 3b               5  0  2  0   0  1   0  .467
B Larkin ss             4  0  2  0   1  0   3  .326
Griffey Jr cf           4  0  0  0   0  1   6  .238
Bichette rf             4  1  1  0   0  0   3  .296
S Casey 1b              4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .273
D Young lf              4  0  2  1   0  1   2  .285
H Morris dh             4  0  0  0   0  0   4  .222
Reese 2b                4  0  0  0   0  1   3  .263
Santiago c              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .233
 Taubensee c            3  0  1  0   1  0   0  .251

Totals                 36  1 10  1   2  5  21

BATTING: 2B - B Larkin (21, Mlicki); Bichette (16, Mlicki). RBI
- D Young (47). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
Griffey Jr 2, Bichette 1. GIDP - B Larkin.  Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Larkin-Reese-S Casey). 

DETROIT                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Polonia dh              3  1  2  0   1  0   1  .273
R Becker rf             2  0  1  2   1  0   0  .262
 a-Magee ph-rf          1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .295
Higginson lf            4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .294
Palmer 3b               3  0  1  0   1  1   0  .270
D Cruz ss               4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .285
J Encarnacion cf        4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .292
Ausmus c                3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .242
Easley 2b               3  1  2  0   0  0   0  .238
Halter 1b               3  1  1  1   0  0   1  .283

Totals                 30  3  8  3   3  1   8

a-singled for R Becker in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - Polonia (9, Luebbers). 3B - Easley (1, Luebbers);
Palmer (2, Luebbers). RBI - Halter (10), R Becker 2 (26). 2-out
RBI - Halter, R Becker 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - Polonia 1, Higginson 1. GIDP - D Cruz.  Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - Easley (5, 2nd base off Luebbers/Taubensee). 

FIELDING: DP: 1 (Easley-D Cruz-Halter). 

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    Cincinnati     - 000 001 000  --  1
    Detroit        - 030 000 00X  --  3

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CINCINNATI                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Luebbers (L, 0-1)             6 2/3   7   3   3   3   1   0   4.05
D Reyes                         1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.46
Sullivan                      1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.31

DETROIT                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Mlicki (W, 4-9)               6 1/3   8   1   1   2   3   0   5.42
Nitkowski (H, 5)                2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.50
Brocail (H, 14)               1       1   0   0   0   2   0   4.32
T Jones (S, 25)               1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.38

WP - Luebbers. IBB - Palmer (by Luebbers).  Pitches-strikes:
Mlicki 88-56; Nitkowski 6-4; Brocail 14-9; T Jones 14-10;
Luebbers 96-55; D Reyes 5-2; Sullivan 6-5.  Ground balls-fly
balls: Mlicki 7-9; Nitkowski 1-1; Brocail 0-1; T Jones 2-1;
Luebbers 12-6; D Reyes 0-1; Sullivan 1-2.  Batters faced: Mlicki
29; Nitkowski 2; Brocail 4; T Jones 3; Luebbers 28; D Reyes 2;
Sullivan 3. 

UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Crawford. 1B--Mike Dimuro. 2B--Brian Gorman.
3B--Mike Everitt.
T--2:23.  Att--35,217.   Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.  
Wind: 18 mph, out to left.

Tigers second: Taubensee in as catcher. Encarnacion grounded out. Ausmus grounded out. Easley singled to left. Easley stole second. Halter singled to center, Easley scored. Polonia doubled to left, Halter to third. Becker singled to left, Halter scored, Polonia scored. Higginson flied out. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 3, Reds 0.

Reds sixth: Bichette doubled. Casey grounded out. Bichette to third. Young singled to right, Bichette scored. Morris grounded into fielder's choice. Reese grounded out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 3, Reds 1.

       

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