HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .259
B Ausmus c 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 .293
J Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 .370
L Berkman cf 3 1 1 3 0 0 3 .291
B Hunter cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375
R Hidalgo rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .241
D Ward lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .346
G Blum 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292
J Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
R Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Mathews p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-O Merced ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
O Dotel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Puffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Hernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250
A Everett ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Totals 34 7 8 7 3 9 7
a-flied out to right for T Mathews in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - D Ward (5, J Haynes); J Bagwell (5, J Haynes).
HR - L Berkman (8, 5th inning off J Haynes 1 on, 2 Out).
SF - L Berkman. RBI - L Berkman 3 (20), D Ward 2 (9),
R Hidalgo 2 (14). 2-out RBI - D Ward 2, L Berkman 2,
R Hidalgo 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- J Bagwell 1, D Ward 1, G Blum 1. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Everett (1, 2nd base off
S Williamson/J Larue).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Larkin ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .180
J Encarnacion cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .298
A Boone 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .208
A Dunn 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .233
R Mateo rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .350
A Kearns lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .333
T Walker 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .255
J Larue c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
J Haynes p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-B Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
S Williamson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .208
S Sullivan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-W Guerrero ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400
Totals 31 2 4 2 5 8 6
a-grounded to third for J Haynes in the 5th; b-struck
out swinging for G White in the 7th; c-walked for
S Sullivan in the 9th.
BATTING: RBI - A Kearns (1), T Walker (6). Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - J Encarnacion 1, J Larue 2,
R Mateo 1, A Kearns 1. Team LOB - 9.
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HOUSTON - 300 020 200 -- 7
CINCINNATI - 000 200 000 -- 2
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hernandez (W, 1-0) 5 1/3 4 2 2 2 3 0 6.35
R Stone 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.80
T Mathews (H, 2) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
O Dotel 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.86
B Puffer 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
J Haynes (L, 1-2) 5 5 5 5 2 4 1 7.24
S Williamson 1 1/3 2 2 2 1 2 0 11.25
G White 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Sullivan 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
HBP - C Biggio (by J Haynes); A Kearns (by R Stone); J Larue
(by B Puffer). Pitches-strikes: C Hernandez 90-59; R Stone 17-9;
T Mathews 16-12; O Dotel 25-14; B Puffer 23-14; J Haynes 76-47;
S Williamson 24-14; G White 18-11; S Sullivan 27-18.
Ground balls-fly balls: C Hernandez 6-7; R Stone 0-1; T Mathews
2-0; O Dotel 0-2; B Puffer 1-0; J Haynes 4-7; S Williamson 1-1;
G White 0-2; S Sullivan 1-2. Batters faced: C Hernandez 22;
R Stone 3; T Mathews 4; O Dotel 4; B Puffer 5; J Haynes 23;
S Williamson 7; G White 3; S Sullivan 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Bill Hohn. 1B--Lance Barksdale. 2B--Larry Young.
3B--Bill Miller.
T--3:00. Att--14,527.
How the runs scored in Wednesday's game between the Astros and the Reds:
Astros first. Biggio was hit by a pitch. Ausmus flied out to right fielder Mateo. Bagwell singled to left, Biggio to third. Berkman hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Mateo, Biggio scored. Hidalgo walked, Bagwell to second. Ward doubled to center, Bagwell scored, Hidalgo scored. Blum fouled out to third baseman Boone. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 3, Reds 0.
Reds fourth. Boone singled to right. Dunn singled to center, Boone to third. Mateo popped out to second baseman Biggio. Kearns singled to right, Boone scored, Dunn to third. Walker grounded out, shortstop Lugo to first baseman Bagwell, Dunn scored, Kearns to second. LaRue grounded out, shortstop Lugo to first baseman Bagwell. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Astros 3, Reds 2.
Astros fifth. Biggio grounded out, third baseman Boone to first baseman Dunn. Ausmus struck out. Bagwell doubled to center. Berkman homered to right on the first pitch, Bagwell scored. Hidalgo fouled out to catcher LaRue. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 5, Reds 2.
Astros seventh. Everett singled to right. Everett stole second. Biggio struck out. Ausmus singled to center, Everett to third. Bagwell walked on a full count, Ausmus to second. White pitching. Berkman fouled out to first baseman Dunn. Hidalgo singled to center, Everett scored, Ausmus scored, Bagwell to third. Ward flied out to center fielder Encarnacion. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 7, Reds 2.