CINCINNATI             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Stynes 3b               4  0  0  0   1  2   0  .457
B Larkin ss             5  2  2  1   0  0   1  .329
Griffey Jr cf           3  1  1  1   1  0   1  .239
Bichette rf             3  0  1  0   1  1   2  .298
 M Tucker rf            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .276
S Casey 1b              3  1  1  0   1  1   2  .273
D Young lf              4  0  1  1   0  0   3  .291
 Ochoa lf               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .305
Taubensee c             4  0  0  0   0  0   4  .247
J Castro 2b             3  0  1  1   1  0   0  .243
P Harnisch p            4  0  0  0   0  2   5  .200

Totals                 33  4  7  4   5  6  18

BATTING: 2B - Bichette (17, Holt). 3B - B Larkin (4, Holt). HR -
B Larkin (10, 6th inning off Holt 0 on, 1 out). SF - Griffey Jr.
RBI - B Larkin (34), D Young (50), J Castro (11), Griffey Jr
(78). 2-out RBI - J Castro. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - D Young 1, P Harnisch 3, S Casey 1.  Team LOB - 10.

BASERUNNING: CS - Bichette (2, 2nd base by Holt/Meluskey). 

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

HOUSTON                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Lugo ss                 3  0  1  0   1  0   0  .258
Biggio 2b               4  0  1  0   0  1   3  .263
Bagwell 1b              4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .285
L Berkman rf            3  0  1  0   1  0   0  .294
Alou lf                 4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .359
Hidalgo cf              3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .285
Meluskey c              3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .300
Truby 3b                2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .239
 a-Spiers ph-3b         1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .316
Holt p                  2  0  0  0   0  0   0  .111
 b-D Ward ph            1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .228
 Henry p                0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 Y Perez p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 30  0  4  0   2  4   9

a-singled for Truby in the 8th; b-flied to center for Holt in
the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - Biggio (11, P Harnisch). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - Alou 1, Bagwell 1, Biggio 1. GIDP - Alou. 
Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - Lugo (9, 2nd base off P Harnisch/Taubensee). 

FIELDING: E - Truby (3, ground ball). 

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    Cincinnati     - 000 003 100  --  4
    Houston        - 000 000 000  --  0

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CINCINNATI                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
P Harnisch (W, 3-5)           9       4   0   0   2   4   0   5.27

HOUSTON                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Holt (L, 4-11)                8       7   4   4   3   6   1   4.95
Henry                           2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   4.75
Y Perez                         1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.66

WP - P Harnisch. HBP - Bichette (by Holt); S Casey (by Holt). 
Pitches-strikes: Holt 120-72; Henry 19-8; Y Perez 1-1; P
Harnisch 105-75.  Ground balls-fly balls: Holt 8-9; Henry 0-2; Y
Perez 0-1; P Harnisch 9-14.  Batters faced: Holt 36; Henry 4; Y
Perez 1; P Harnisch 32. 

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Bruce
Froemming. 3B--Rob Drake.
T--2:34.  Att--41,484. Indoors.

        Reds sixth: Stynes grounded out. Larkin homered to left. Griffey Jr. singled. Bichette was hit by a pitch, Griffey Jr. to second. Casey singled, Griffey Jr. to third, Bichette to second. Young singled, Griffey Jr. scored, Bichette to third, Casey to second. Taubensee grounded into fielder's choice, Bichette out, Casey to third, Young to second. Castro walked, Casey scored, Young to third, Taubensee to second. Harnisch grounded out. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Reds 3, Astros 0.

        Reds seventh: Stynes grounded out. Larkin tripled. Griffey Jr. hit a sacrifice fly, Larkin scored. Bichette safe on Truby's error. Bichette caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on. Reds 4, Astros 0.

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