CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .301
Mercado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ba Larkin ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
Griffey Jr cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .277
S Casey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
D Young lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .291
A Boone 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .281
J Larue c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
Reese 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .241
B Reith p 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200
a-Ru Rivera ph-rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .263
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 8 7
a-homered for B Reith in the 7th.
BATTING: 3B - Reese (1, Reynolds). HR - Ru Rivera (6, 7th inning
off Reynolds 0 on, 2 out). SF - D Young. RBI - B Reith (2), D
Young (27), Ru Rivera (20). 2-out RBI - Ru Rivera. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: PB - J Larue. Outfield assists - D Young (Biggio at
2nd base). DP: 1 (Ba Larkin-Reese-S Casey).
HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Biggio 2b 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 .308
Lugo ss 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 .269
Bagwell 1b 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 .284
L Berkman cf 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 .349
Alou rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .355
D Ward lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .252
C Hayes 3b 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .227
Ausmus c 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .204
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .037
Totals 32 9 12 8 5 5 10
BATTING: 2B - Biggio (17, B Reith); Alou (15, B Reith); C Hayes
(2, B Reith); L Berkman (21, B Reith); Lugo (8, B Reith). HR -
Bagwell (18, 4th inning off B Reith 2 on, 2 out); Alou (14, 7th
inning off Mercado 0 on, 1 out). S - Reynolds. SF - Lugo. RBI -
C Hayes (4), L Berkman 2 (60), Lugo (19), Bagwell 3 (52), Alou
(50). 2-out RBI - Bagwell 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - Reynolds 2, D Ward 1, Bagwell 1. GIDP - Bagwell. Team LOB
- 6.
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Cincinnati - 001 100 100 -- 3
Houston - 112 400 10X -- 9
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Reith (L, 0-5) 6 9 8 8 4 3 1 6.89
Mercado 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 3.08
HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
Reynolds (W, 8-5) 9 7 3 3 0 8 1 4.66
Pitches-strikes: Reynolds 104-80; B Reith 97-57; Mercado 45-24.
Ground balls-fly balls: Reynolds 13-6; B Reith 9-6; Mercado 0-3.
Batters faced: Reynolds 34; B Reith 30; Mercado 9.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Barron. 1B--Bruce Froemming. 2B--Jerry Meals.
3B--Phil Cuzzi.
T--2:38. Att--40,314. Indoors.
Astros first. Biggio doubled to left. Lugo singled to left, Biggio to third. Bagwell grounded into a double play, shortstop Larkin to second baseman Reese to first baseman Casey, Biggio scored, Lugo out. Berkman grounded out, second baseman Reese to first baseman Casey.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 1, Reds 0.
Astros second. Alou doubled to center. Ward struck out. Hayes doubled to left, Alou scored. Ausmus grounded out, shortstop Larkin to first baseman Casey, Hayes to third. Reynolds popped out to right fielder Ochoa. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 2, Reds 0.
Reds third. Reese tripled to center. Reith grounded out, second baseman Biggio to first baseman Bagwell, Reese scored. Ochoa grounded out, shortstop Lugo to first baseman Bagwell. Larkin flied out to center fielder Berkman. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 2, Reds 1.
Astros third. Biggio flied out to right fielder Ochoa. Lugo infield single to third. Bagwell singled to center, Lugo to third. Berkman doubled to center, Lugo scored, Bagwell scored. Alou flied out to right fielder Ochoa, Berkman to third. Ward flied out to right fielder Ochoa. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 4, Reds 1.
Reds fourth. Griffey Jr. singled to center. Casey singled to center, Griffey Jr. to third. Young hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Ward, Griffey Jr. scored. Boone struck out. LaRue lined out to shortstop Lugo. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 4, Reds 2.
Astros fourth. Hayes walked on a full count. Ausmus walked on a full count, Hayes to second. Reynolds sacrificed, catcher LaRue to second baseman Reese, Hayes to third, Ausmus to second. Biggio walked on four pitches. Lugo hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Griffey Jr., Hayes scored. Bagwell homered to right on a 2-1 count, Ausmus scored, Biggio scored. Berkman walked. Alou grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Reese to shortstop Larkin, Berkman out. 4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 8, Reds 2.
Reds seventh. LaRue grounded out, shortstop Lugo to first baseman Bagwell. Reese struck out. Rivera pinch-hitting for Reith. Rivera homered to left on a 0-2 count. Ochoa grounded out, catcher Ausmus to first baseman Bagwell. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 8, Reds 3.
Astros seventh. Mercado pitching. Rivera in as right fielder. Berkman popped out to second baseman Reese. Alou homered to left on a full count. Ward flied out to right fielder Rivera. Hayes singled to center. On LaRue's passed ball, Hayes to second. Ausmus walked on a full count. Reynolds struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 9, Reds 3.
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