8:05 PM ET, May 3, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Final
Houston won 2-1
| Game 1: Tuesday, May 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 11 | Final |
| Houston | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, May 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 1 | Final |
| Houston | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, May 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 5 | Final |
| Houston | 7 | |
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8:05 PM ET, May 3, 2007
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| R Freel CF-3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
| B Phillips 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .263 | ||
| K Griffey Jr RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | ||
| J Conine 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .275 | ||
| A Gonzalez SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .319 | ||
| A Dunn LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .270 | ||
| E Encarnacion 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .224 | ||
| D Weathers P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| D Ross C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .185 | ||
| E Milton P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-N Hopper PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | ||
| K Saarloos P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-J Castro PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .115 | ||
| T Coffey P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| M Stanton P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Hamilton CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |||
| a-reached on infield single to third for E Milton in the 6th b-flied out to right for K Saarloos in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D Ross (1, W Rodriguez) 3B: B Phillips (2, C Qualls) HR: K Griffey Jr (3, 1st inning off W Rodriguez 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: K Griffey Jr 2 (13), D Ross (6), B Phillips (17), J Conine (12) SF: J Conine 2-out RBI: K Griffey Jr, D Ross GIDP: K Griffey Jr Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Ross 1, J Castro 1, J Conine 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: K Griffey Jr (1, 2nd base off C Qualls/B Ausmus) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: A Gonzalez (4, ground ball); K Griffey Jr (3, bobble) DP: 2 (A Gonzalez-B Phillips-J Conine, A Gonzalez-J Conine). | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| E Milton | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69-46 | 4.85 | |
| K Saarloos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 4.38 | |
| T Coffey | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26-14 | 5.79 | |
| M Stanton (L, 1-3; B, 3) | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 8.22 | |
| D Weathers | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-8 | 2.53 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 128-80 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: E Milton 25; K Saarloos 3; T Coffey 5; M Stanton 3; D Weathers 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E Milton 5-9; K Saarloos 0-2; T Coffey 2-1; M Stanton 0-0; D Weathers 1-0 Game Scores: E Milton 37 | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Biggio 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 | ||
| M Ensberg 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .247 | ||
| L Berkman 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .261 | ||
| D Wheeler P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| C Lee LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 | ||
| J Lane RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .217 | ||
| C Qualls P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| H Quintero C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | ||
| H Pence CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .263 | ||
| A Everett SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .209 | ||
| a-M Lamb PH-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 | ||
| B Ausmus C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 | ||
| b-M Loretta PH-SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .356 | ||
| W Rodriguez P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | ||
| L Scott RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |||
| a-singled to center for A Everett in the 8th b-singled to left for B Ausmus in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Lee (5, E Milton); M Ensberg (4, E Milton); L Scott (5, M Stanton); C Biggio (8, D Weathers) RBI: C Lee 2 (24), H Pence (2), M Ensberg (9), L Scott 2 (14), C Biggio (15) S: W Rodriguez 2 2-out RBI: M Ensberg GIDP: A Everett, J Lane Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Everett 1, C Lee 1, L Berkman 1, M Ensberg 1 Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: B Ausmus (1, throw) DP: 1 (M Loretta-C Biggio-M Lamb). | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| W Rodriguez | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 103-67 | 4.09 | |
| C Qualls (W, 6-5; B, 6) | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29-19 | 4.97 | |
| D Wheeler (S, 11) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-10 | 2.57 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 145-96 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: A Gonzalez (By C Qualls) Batters faced: W Rodriguez 27; C Qualls 8; D Wheeler 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 5-8; C Qualls 0-1; D Wheeler 2-1 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 65 | ||||||||||
| CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | K Griffey Jr homered to right. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | C Lee doubled to right, C Biggio and M Ensberg scored, L Berkman to third. | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st | H Pence singled to right, L Berkman scored, C Lee to third. | 1 | 3 | |
| 4th | M Ensberg doubled to left, B Ausmus scored. | 1 | 4 | |
| 7th | D Ross doubled to left center, A Dunn scored. | 2 | 4 | |
| 8th | B Phillips tripled to left, R Freel scored. | 3 | 4 | |
| 8th | K Griffey Jr singled to right center, B Phillips scored. | 4 | 4 | |
| 8th | J Conine hit sacrifice fly to center, K Griffey Jr scored. | 5 | 4 | |
| 8th | L Scott doubled to deep left center, M Lamb and M Loretta scored. | 5 | 6 | |
| 8th | C Biggio doubled to deep center, L Scott scored. | 5 | 7 | |
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| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 29,931 (71.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:52 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Joyce, First Base - Jeff Nelson, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Tim Tschida |

