| Cincinnati | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Larkin ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| ABoone 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Dunn lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .138 |
| Kearns rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Casey 1b | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| Larson 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .095 |
| JManzanillo p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| GWhite p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| Riedling p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| JGuillen ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Taylor cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| RMateo ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| LaRue c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| JAnderson p | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| FLopez 3b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Houston | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Biggio cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| JVizcaino ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Bagwell 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 |
| Berkman lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 |
| JKent 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Hidalgo rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .346 |
| Ausmus c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Ensberg 3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Merced ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Wagner p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| WMiller p | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Zaun ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Lidge p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| Blum ph-3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Cincinnati | 000 | 030 | 000 | -3 | 5 | 1 |
| Houston | 000 | 300 | 10x | -4 | 8 | 1 |
E-Dunn (2), WMiller (1). LOB-Cincinnati 7, Houston 9. 2B-Casey (2). 3B-Ausmus (1). RBIs-JKent (2), Ausmus (8), Ensberg (1). SB-Berkman (1). SF-JKent, Ensberg. GIDP-ABoone.
DP-Houston 1 (Ensberg, JKent and Bagwell).
| Cincinnati | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| JAnderson | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 8.44 |
| JManzanillo L, 0-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6.23 |
| GWhite | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.08 |
| Riedling | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9.64 |
| Houston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| WMiller | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 91 | 4.82 |
| Lidge W, 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0.00 |
| Wagner S, 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0.00 |
HBP-by Lidge (Kearns), by WMiller (Larkin), by WMiller (LaRue).
Umpires-Home, Bruce Froemming; First, Mike Winters; Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Ron Kulpa.
T-2:34. A-20,794 (40,950).
How the runs scored
Astros fourth. Berkman walked on a full count. Kent flied out to right fielder Kearns. Berkman stole second. Hidalgo singled to left, Berkman to third. On Dunn's error, Berkman scored. Hidalgo to second. Ausmus tripled to center, Hidalgo scored. Ensberg hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kearns, Ausmus scored. Miller infield single to third. Biggio singled to left, Miller to second. Vizcaino grounded out, pitcher Anderson to first baseman Casey. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Astros 3, Reds 0.
Reds fifth. Larson struck out. Taylor struck out. LaRue was hit by a pitch. Anderson walked on a full count, LaRue to second. Larkin was hit by a pitch, LaRue to third, Anderson to second. Boone safe on fielder's choice and Miller's error, LaRue scored, Anderson scored, Larkin scored. Dunn struck out. 3 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Astros 3, Reds 3.
Astros seventh. Biggio singled to left. Vizcaino singled to right, Biggio to second. Bagwell singled to left, Biggio to third, Vizcaino to second. White pitching. Berkman struck out. Riedling pitching. Kent hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Taylor, Biggio scored. Hidalgo struck out. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 4, Reds 3.
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