Final
Cincinnati won 3-0
| Game 1: Monday, July 23 | ||
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| Cincinnati | 8 | Final |
| Houston | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 24 | ||
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| Cincinnati | 4 | Final |
| Houston | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 25 | ||
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| Cincinnati | 5 | Final |
| Houston | 3 | |
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Coverage: FOX SW
8:05 PM ET, July 25, 2012
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cincinnati - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Zack Cozart | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Z Cozart struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Stubbs | Ball, Strike (swinging), D Stubbs grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, J Bruce walked | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Ludwick | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), R Ludwick struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), M Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, J Altuve singled to right | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Maxwell | Ball, J Altuve stole second, J Altuve safe at third on throwing error by catcher D Mesoraco, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), J Maxwell struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), C Johnson struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Scott Rolen | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, S Rolen flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Frazier | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), T Frazier struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Valdez | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, W Valdez grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Scott Moore | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, S Moore walked | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez | Strike (looking), J Martinez singled to right, S Moore to second | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Bogusevic | Ball, B Bogusevic grounded into double play, second to first, J Martinez out at second, S Moore to third | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Corporan | Ball, C Corporan popped out to shortstop | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Devin Mesoraco | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), D Mesoraco singled to center | 0 | 0 |
| Homer Bailey | H Bailey sacrificed to first, D Mesoraco to second | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Cozart | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Z Cozart struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Stubbs | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D Stubbs doubled to right, D Mesoraco scored | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, J Bruce flied out to left | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Bud Norris | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, B Norris flied out to center | 1 | 0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, M Gonzalez walked | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | Strike (looking), J Altuve singled to center, M Gonzalez to second | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Maxwell | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), J Maxwell grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Altuve out at second | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Ryan Ludwick | Ball, Strike (swinging), R Ludwick singled to left | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Rolen | S Rolen flied out to right | 1 | 0 |
| Todd Frazier | Strike (looking), Ball, T Frazier singled to left, R Ludwick to second | 1 | 0 |
| Wilson Valdez | Ball, W Valdez lined out to first | 1 | 0 |
| Devin Mesoraco | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), D Mesoraco struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Chris Johnson | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, C Johnson lined out to shortstop | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Moore | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), S Moore struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez | J Martinez flied out to right | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Homer Bailey | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), H Bailey struck out looking | 1 | 0 |
| Zack Cozart | Z Cozart flied out to right | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Stubbs | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), D Stubbs struck out looking | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Brian Bogusevic | Ball, B Bogusevic grounded out to second | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Corporan | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, C Corporan walked | 1 | 0 |
| Bud Norris | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), B Norris grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Corporan out at second | 1 | 0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Gonzalez struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, J Bruce lined out to right | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Ludwick | Strike (foul), R Ludwick lined out to third | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Rolen | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, S Rolen flied out to right | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| Jose Altuve | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, J Altuve walked | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Maxwell | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), J Maxwell reached on infield single to third, J Altuve to second | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Ball, J Maxwell out at second on runner's fielder's choice, J Altuve to third on runner's fielder's choice, Strike (looking), C Johnson struck out looking | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Moore | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), S Moore struck out swinging | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Bud Norris pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| Todd Frazier | Ball, Strike (swinging), T Frazier flied out to center | 1 | 0 |
| Wilson Valdez | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), W Valdez grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 0 |
| Devin Mesoraco | Ball, D Mesoraco doubled to deep left | 1 | 0 |
| Homer Bailey | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), H Bailey lined out to second | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Homer Bailey pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| J.D. Martinez | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), J Martinez struck out looking | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Bogusevic | Strike (looking), Ball, B Bogusevic singled to center | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Corporan | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, B Bogusevic stole second, Ball, Foul, Ball, C Corporan walked, B Francisco hit for B Norris, J Schafer ran for C Corporan | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Francisco | B Francisco flied out to center | 1 | 0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, M Gonzalez grounded out to second | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Enerio Del Rosario pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| C Snyder catching. | 1 | 0 | |
| E Del Rosario relieved B Norris. | 1 | 0 | |
| Zack Cozart | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Z Cozart walked | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Stubbs | Strike (swinging), D Stubbs grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Z Cozart out at second, X Cedeno relieved E Del Rosario | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, Strike (swinging), J Bruce singled to left center, D Stubbs to second, F Rodriguez relieved X Cedeno | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Ludwick | Ball, Ball, D Stubbs stole third, J Bruce stole second, Ball, Ball (intentional Ball), R Ludwick intentionally walked | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Rolen | Strike (foul), Ball, S Rolen singled to right, D Stubbs scored, J Bruce thrown out at home, R Ludwick to third, S Rolen to second advancing on throw | 2 | 0 |
| Todd Frazier | T Frazier popped out to second | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Logan Ondrusek pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| L Ondrusek relieved H Bailey. | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose Altuve | Ball, J Altuve doubled to left | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Maxwell | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, J Maxwell flied out to center, J Altuve to third | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), C Johnson lined out to third | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Moore | Strike (looking), Ball, S Moore doubled to deep right, J Altuve scored | 2 | 1 |
| J.D. Martinez | Ball, Ball, S Moore to third on wild pitch by L Ondrusek, Strike (foul), J Martinez doubled to deep center, S Moore scored, J Martinez to third on throwing error by left fielder R Ludwick.J Martinez scored on throwing error by first baseman T Frazier, S Marshall relieved L Ondrusek | 2 | 3 |
| Brian Bogusevic | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), B Bogusevic flied out to center | 2 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors | |||
| Cincinnati - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Francisco Cordero pitching for Houston | CIN | HOU | |
| F Cordero relieved F Rodriguez. | 2 | 3 | |
| X Paul hit for W Valdez. | 2 | 3 | |
| Xavier Paul | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, X Paul doubled to deep right, C Heisey hit for D Mesoraco | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Heisey | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), C Heisey struck out swinging, B Phillips hit for S Marshall | 2 | 3 |
| Brandon Phillips | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, B Phillips walked | 2 | 3 |
| Zack Cozart | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), Z Cozart struck out swinging | 2 | 3 |
| Drew Stubbs | Ball, D Stubbs doubled to deep center, X Paul and B Phillips scored, S Moore in right field, F Abad relieved F Cordero, M Downs at first base | 4 | 3 |
| Jay Bruce | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), J Bruce singled to deep right, D Stubbs scored | 5 | 3 |
| Ryan Ludwick | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), R Ludwick struck out swinging | 5 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Houston - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Aroldis Chapman pitching for Cincinnati | CIN | HOU | |
| A Chapman relieved S Marshall. | 5 | 3 | |
| X Paul in left field. | 5 | 3 | |
| R Hanigan catching. | 5 | 3 | |
| B Phillips at second base. | 5 | 3 | |
| Matt Downs | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), M Downs struck out looking | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Snyder | C Snyder doubled to deep left | 5 | 3 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Gonzalez flied out to right | 5 | 3 |
| Jose Altuve | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, J Altuve grounded out to third | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||