Reds 5, Astros 4

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP
M Bourn CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	18	.293	.365
K Matsui 2B	4	2	2	2	0	1	15	.252	.298
H Pence RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.285	.348
C Lee LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	10	.306	.353
M Tejada SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	10	.301	.331
G Blum 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	9	.258	.323
J Keppinger 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.258	.328
C Coste C	4	0	1	0	0	1	17	.226	.306
T Manzella PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
R Oswalt P	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.122	.173
D Brocail P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
a-J Michaels PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.242	.329
S Gervacio P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
L Hawkins P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
b-A Boone PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.125
Totals	34	4	7	4	2	5	127
a-walked for D Brocail in the 7th b-flied out to right for L Hawkins in the 9th
BATTING HR: K Matsui (6, 3rd inning off K Wells 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: K Matsui 2 (40), M Tejada (75), G Blum (46) 2-out RBI: M Tejada, G Blum Astros RISP: 3-6 (M Tejada 1-1, G Blum 1-1, H Pence 0-1, M Bourn 0-1, C Lee 0-1, K Matsui 1-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: M Bourn (56, 2nd base off K Wells/C Miller); K Matsui (19, 2nd base off K Wells/C Miller); M Tejada (5, 2nd base off K Wells/C Miller)

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Oswalt	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	72-53	4.12
D Brocail (B, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	3.55
S Gervacio (L, 1-1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	18-9	1.26
L Hawkins	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	2.34
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	1	6	1	110-77
PITCHING R Oswalt pitched to 2 batters in the 6th IBB: J Votto (By S Gervacio) HBP: C Miller (By S Gervacio) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Oswalt 13/21; D Brocail 4/4; S Gervacio 2/6; L Hawkins 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Oswalt 15-6-14-18; D Brocail 3-2-0-4; S Gervacio 3-3-1-2; L Hawkins 3-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Oswalt 7-5; D Brocail 1-1; S Gervacio 1-0; L Hawkins 1-1 Game Scores: R Oswalt 42

Cincinnati Reds
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP
D Stubbs CF	4	1	1	1	0	2	11	.246	.299
P Janish SS	4	2	3	1	0	0	9	.223	.305
J Votto 1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	15	.301	.395
B Phillips 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	11	.276	.330
S Rolen 3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	14	.260	.345
J Bruce RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.211	.285
L Nix LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.247	.296
C Miller C	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	.128	.255
B Arroyo PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111
R Hanigan C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.364
K Wells P	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	.111	.111
D Herrera P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333
a-D Sutton PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.192	.276
N Masset P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
F Cordero P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	30	5	9	5	1	6	110
a-sacrificed to first for D Herrera in the 7th
BATTING 2B: P Janish 3 (17, R Oswalt 2, S Gervacio); J Votto 2 (25, R Oswalt 2); S Rolen (4, D Brocail) HR: D Stubbs (6, 1st inning off R Oswalt 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D Stubbs (11), S Rolen 2 (13), B Phillips (89), P Janish (14) S: D Sutton SF: S Rolen 2-out RBI: P Janish Reds RISP: 5-10 (D Stubbs 0-1, S Rolen 1-1, J Bruce 1-1, B Phillips 1-4, P Janish 1-1, J Votto 1-2) Team LOB: 5

Cincinnati Reds
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K Wells	6.2	5	4	4	2	1	1	98-62	5.23
D Herrera (W, 4-4)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	2.91
N Masset (H, 15)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	16-12	2.67
F Cordero (S, 36)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	2.32
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	127-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Wells 16/27; D Herrera 0/1; N Masset 3/4; F Cordero 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Wells 23-9-7-23; D Herrera 0-3-1-0; N Masset 5-3-3-1; F Cordero 2-0-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Wells 11-8; D Herrera 0-0; N Masset 0-0; F Cordero 1-2 Game Scores: K Wells 47

Scoring Summary
			HOU	CIN
	1st	K Matsui singled to center, M Bourn scored.	1	0
	1st	M Tejada singled to center, K Matsui scored.	2	0
	1st	G Blum singled to shallow center, M Tejada scored.	3	0
	1st	D Stubbs homered to left.	3	1
	1st	S Rolen hit sacrifice fly to right, P Janish scored.	3	2
	3rd	K Matsui homered to right.	4	2
	6th	B Phillips grounded out to second, P Janish scored, J Votto to third.	4	3
	6th	S Rolen hit a ground rule double to deep center, J Votto scored.	4	4
	7th	P Janish doubled to deep center, B Arroyo scored.	4	5
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Game Information
Stadium	Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH
Attendance	11,923 (28.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:27
Weather	83 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	3 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Welke, First Base - Jim Reynolds, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - Bill Welke

Cincinnati leads 2-0 (as of 9/15)

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