Saturday, September 23, 2000
Box, runs
HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Lugo ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .281
Spiers 2b 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 .305
Bagwell 1b 5 0 0 1 0 2 4 .313
L Berkman lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .294
Alou rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .356
Hidalgo cf 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .309
Meluskey c 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .313
Truby 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .264
Lima p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169
a-Ginter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
B Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
b-D Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .254
Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
c-Bogar ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .206
Meacham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-R Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Jose Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 5 12 5 2 5 20
a-struck out for Lima in the 3rd; b-grounded to second for B
Powell in the 4th; c-singled for Linebrink in the 7th; d-hit
into fielder's choice for Meacham in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Spiers (17, Dessens). HR - Hidalgo 2 (44, 2nd
inning off Dessens 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 0
out); L Berkman (20, 9th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 2 out). RBI -
Hidalgo 2 (119), Spiers (41), Bagwell (125), L Berkman (63).
2-out RBI - Hidalgo, L Berkman. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - L Berkman 1, D Ward 1, Alou 2. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Bagwell-Lugo).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Tucker cf-rf 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 .276
Sexton 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .176
D Young lf-1b 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 .298
S Casey 1b 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 .311
Bl Hunter cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263
Ochoa rf-lf 4 1 1 4 0 0 2 .310
Stynes 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .331
M Bell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
Santiago c 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 .261
J Castro ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 .240
Dessens p 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 .108
Sullivan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Totals 36 12 14 12 5 8 15
BATTING: 2B - S Casey (30, Lima); Stynes (22, B Powell); M
Tucker (12, Jose Cabrera). HR - J Castro (2, 2nd inning off Lima
1 on, 0 out); M Tucker (13, 2nd inning off Lima 1 on, 0 out); S
Casey 2 (17, 2nd inning off Lima 0 on, 2 out, 7th inning off
Meacham 0 on, 0 out); Santiago (8, 7th inning off Meacham 0 on,
2 out); Ochoa (11, 8th inning off Jose Cabrera 2 on, 2 out). SF
- Ochoa. RBI - S Casey 3 (73), Ochoa 4 (52), J Castro 2 (19), M
Tucker 2 (32), Santiago (44). 2-out RBI - S Casey, Santiago,
Ochoa 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Stynes 1,
Dessens 1, Ochoa 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - M Tucker (13, 2nd base off Lima/Meluskey).
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Houston - 010 000 211 -- 5
Cincinnati - 250 000 23X -- 12
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
Lima (L, 7-16) 2 5 7 7 3 1 3 6.88
B Powell 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.87
Linebrink 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 6.30
Meacham 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 7.36
Jose Cabrera 1 3 3 3 0 3 1 6.16
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
Dessens (W, 10-5) 6 2/3 10 3 3 1 3 1 4.49
Sullivan 2 1/3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3.40
Pitches-strikes: Dessens 107-70; Sullivan 34-21; Lima 48-25; B
Powell 14-10; Linebrink 46-28; Meacham 12-10; Jose Cabrera
25-16. Ground balls-fly balls: Dessens 8-9; Sullivan 2-3; Lima
0-5; B Powell 0-1; Linebrink 5-2; Meacham 2-1; Jose Cabrera 0-0.
Batters faced: Dessens 31; Sullivan 10; Lima 14; B Powell 4;
Linebrink 12; Meacham 6; Jose Cabrera 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Jeffrey Kellogg. 2B--Mike Reilly.
3B--Laz Diaz.
T--2:54. Att--32,223. Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, right to left.
Reds first: Tucker walked. Sexton struck out. Tucker stole second. Young walked. Casey doubled, Tucker scored, Young to third. Ochoa hit a sacrifice fly, Young scored, Casey to third. Stynes flied out. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 2, Astros 0.
Astros second: Berkman grounded out. Alou lined out. Hidalgo homered. Meluskey singled. Truby lined out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 2, Astros 1.
Reds second: Santiago walked. Castro homered, Santiago scored. Dessens singled. Tucker homered, Dessens scored. Sexton fouled out. Young lined out. Casey homered. Ochoa lined out. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 7, Astros 1.
Astros seventh: Bogar pinch-hitting for Linebrink. Bogar singled. Lugo singled, Bogar to second. Spiers doubled, Bogar scored, Lugo to third. Bagwell grounded out, Lugo scored. Berkman flied out. Sullivan pitching. Alou flied out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 7, Astros 3.
Reds seventh: Meacham pitching. Casey homered. Ochoa flied out. Stynes grounded out. Santiago homered. Castro singled. Sullivan grounded out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 9, Astros 3.
Astros eighth: Hidalgo homered. Meluskey walked. Truby struck out. Cedeno pinch-hitting for Meacham. Cedeno grounded into fielder's choice, Meluskey out. Lugo flied out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 9, Astros 4.
Reds eighth: Cabrera pitching. Tucker doubled. Sexton struck out. Young singled, Tucker to third. Hunter struck out. Ochoa homered, Tucker scored, Young scored. M.Bell struck out. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 12, Astros 4.
Astros ninth: Spiers grounded out. Bagwell flied out. Berkman homered. Alou struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 12, Astros 5.
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