1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
CINCINNATI          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0     0  5  0
HOUSTON             1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  x     1  3  0      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: CIN - RYAN DEMPSTER, SCOTT WILLIAMSON (8TH) AND KELLY STINNETT 

           HOU - KIRK SAARLOOS, PEDRO BORBON (8TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS 


            WP - KIRK SAARLOOS (6-3)
            LP - RYAN DEMPSTER (7-13)
          SAVE - PEDRO BORBON (1)

HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE

           HOU - LANCE BERKMAN (35) OFF RYAN DEMPSTER IN THE 1ST, 0 ON 



     TIME: 2:14     ATT: 33,018

PROBABLES: STL - CHUCK FINLEY (4-3, 3.92) AND JASON SIMONTACCHI (9-4, 4.28)
           CIN - BRIAN MOEHLER (2-3, 6.25) AND UNDECIDED

PROBABLES: SDG - MIKE BYNUM (1-0, 4.26)
           HOU - CARLOS HERNANDEZ (6-4, 4.67)
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CINCINNATI (0) VS HOUSTON (1) - FINAL

CINCINNATI             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Walker 2b             4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .283
A Boone 3b              3  0  0  0   1  1   1  .246
K Griffey Jr cf         4  0  0  0   0  1   3  .284
A Kearns rf             4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .314
A Dunn lf               4  0  1  0   0  3   1  .267
S Casey 1b              4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .263
B Larkin ss             2  0  0  0   1  0   1  .237
K Stinnett c            3  0  0  0   0  1   2  .214
R Dempster p            2  0  1  0   0  0   0  .143
 a-R Branyan ph         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .254
 b-R Mateo ph           0  0  0  0   1  0   0  .250
 S Williamson p         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 30  0  5  0   3  8  10

a-hit for R Dempster in the 8th; b-walked for R Branyan in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns (24, P Borbon). 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Stinnett 1, S Casey 1. 
GIDP - K Griffey Jr. 
Team LOB - 6. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - A Dunn (15, 2nd base off K Saarloos/B Ausmus). 
 
FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Boone-T Walker-S Casey, R Dempster-B Larkin-S Casey). 
 

HOUSTON                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
O Merced rf             4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .299
 B Hunter cf            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .295
C Biggio 2b             3  0  0  0   1  1   1  .262
L Berkman cf-lf         2  1  1  1   1  0   1  .292
J Bagwell 1b            3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .282
D Ward lf               2  0  0  0   1  0   0  .279
 J Lane pr-lf-rf        0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .278
B Ausmus c              3  0  1  0   0  1   1  .277
G Blum 3b               3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .279
A Everett ss            2  0  0  0   1  1   0  .197
K Saarloos p            2  0  0  0   0  0   2  .100
 P Borbon p             1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .000

Totals                 25  1  3  1   4  5   7

BATTING: 2B - B Ausmus (16, R Dempster). 
3B - O Merced (2, S Williamson). 
HR - L Berkman (35, 1st inning off R Dempster 0 on, 2 Out). 
RBI - L Berkman (106). 
2-out RBI - L Berkman. 
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Biggio 1, K Saarloos 1. 
GIDP - J Bagwell, B Ausmus. 
Team LOB - 4. 
 
FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Everett-G Blum-J Bagwell, P Borbon-J Bagwell). 
 

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    CINCINNATI      - 000 000 000   --   0
    HOUSTON         - 100 000 00x   --   1
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CINCINNATI                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
R Dempster (L, 7-13)          7       2   1   1   4   3   1   5.59
S Williamson                  1       1   0   0   0   2   0   3.56

HOUSTON                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
K Saarloos (W, 6-3)           7       4   0   0   2   5   0   5.72
P Borbon (S, 1)               2       1   0   0   1   3   0   4.36

IBB - A Everett (by R Dempster). Pitches-strikes: R Dempster 95-53; 
S Williamson 12-10; K Saarloos 106-65; P Borbon 35-23. 
Ground balls-fly balls: R Dempster 9-9; S Williamson 0-1; K Saarloos 13-3; 
P Borbon 0-2. 
Batters faced: R Dempster 25; S Williamson 4; K Saarloos 26; P Borbon 7. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 
2B--Kevin Kelley. 3B--Bruce Froemming. 

T--2:14. Att--33,018. 
Weather: INDOORS

        Astros first. Merced grounded out, second baseman Walker to first baseman Casey. Biggio flied out to center fielder Griffey Jr.. Berkman homered to center on a 1-2 count. Bagwell flied out to right fielder Kearns.

        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 1, Reds 0.

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