Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros

74-78, 35-40 Away

Final

73-78, 40-37 Home


CIN
HOU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0
0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	-	7	9	0

R. Clemens7-5

6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

B. Arroyo14-10

5.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 4 K, 4 BB

Reds Hitting

hitters
R. FreelCF
N. HopperCF
R. Olmedo2B-RF
S. Hatteberg1B
A. DunnLF
D. RossC
R. ClaytonSS
J. Castro3B
C. DenorfiaRF
T. HollandsworthRF
bR. AuriliaPH
T. CoffeyP
B. ArroyoP
B. BrayP
aD. WisePH
B. ShackelfordP
J. StandridgeP
B. Harris2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.363	.399
2	0	0	0	1	0	.304	.393	.348
5	0	2	0	0	0	.235	.278	.382
4	0	0	0	1	0	.290	.386	.443
1	1	0	0	3	1	.238	.371	.509
3	1	0	0	1	2	.260	.354	.586
4	0	0	0	0	2	.256	.304	.339
4	0	2	2	0	0	.248	.275	.346
1	0	0	0	0	1	.243	.312	.314
2	0	1	0	0	1	.244	.276	.434
1	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.347	.523
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	1	.117	.150	.234
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.208	.250
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	1	.216	.293	.270
32	2	6	2	7	9

a-singled to center for B Bray in the 7th

b-flied out to left for T Hollandsworth in the 8th

Batting
RBIJ Castro 2 (12)
2Out RBIJ Castro 2
GIDPB Arroyo
Team LOB10

Baserunning
SBA Dunn (7, 2nd base off R Clemens/B Ausmus)

Astros Hitting

hitters
C. Biggio2B
E. BruntlettCF
M. Lamb3B
L. Berkman1B
L. ScottLF
A. HuffRF
C. JimersonRF
A. EverettSS
B. AusmusC
R. ClemensP
R. SpringerP
F. NieveP
T. MillerP
aO. PalmeiroPH
B. LidgeP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	1	3	1	0	1	.244	.304	.423
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.264	.339	.327
4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.303	.358	.474
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.312	.417	.615
4	1	2	4	1	0	0	.382	.470	.700
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.261	.334	.455
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.238	.290	.358
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.232	.309	.288
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.087	.222	.130
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.272	.290
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
27	7	8	7	2	4	3

a-flied out to left for T Miller in the 8th

Batting
2BR Clemens (1, B Arroyo); B Ausmus (15, B Arroyo)
3BL Scott (6, B Arroyo)
HRL Scott (8, 2nd inning off B Arroyo 0 on, 0 Out); C Biggio (20, 6th inning off B Arroyo 2 on, 1 Out)
RBIL Scott 4 (30), C Biggio 3 (55)
2Out RBIL Scott 3
SHR Clemens 2
Team LOB7

Fielding
DP1 (B Ausmus-A Everett-C Biggio)

Reds Pitching

pitchers
B. Arroyo(L,14-11)
B. Bray
B. Shackelford
J. Standridge
T. Coffey
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.1	7	7	7	4	4	2	119-66	3.36
0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	4.07
0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	7.16
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	3.93
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-9	3.45
8.0	9	7	7	4	5	2	150-84

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsB Arroyo 6-6; B Bray 2-0; B Shackelford 0-1; J Standridge 0-1; T Coffey 2-1
Game ScoresB Arroyo 26

Astros Pitching

pitchers
R. Clemens(W,7-6)
R. Springer
F. Nieve
T. Miller
B. Lidge
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	3	0	0	3	6	107-67	2.37
1.0	2	0	0	0	2	17-14	3.65
0.2	1	2	2	3	0	30-14	4.18
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.09
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	11-7	5.54
9.0	6	2	2	7	9	169-105

Pitching
IBBA Huff (By B Arroyo)
HBPL Berkman (By B Arroyo)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsR Clemens 6-6; R Springer 0-1; F Nieve 2-0; T Miller 0-1; B Lidge 2-0
Game ScoresR Clemens 69

Scoring Summary

		CIN	HOU
2nd	L Scott homered to right.	0	1
5th	L Scott tripled to deep right, B Ausmus, M Lamb and L Berkman scored.	0	4
6th	C Biggio homered to left, A Everett and B Ausmus scored.	0	7
8th	J Castro singled to center, A Dunn and D Ross scored, R Clayton to second.	2	7

Reds
3
Astros
5

Game 1

19/9

Reds
5
Astros
4

Game 2

20/9

Reds
2
Astros
7

Game 3

20/9

Daikin Park

7:05 PM, 20 September 2006

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 31,928

Game Time:2:59

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ed Hickox
First Base Umpire - Larry Poncino
Second Base Umpire - Gary Darling
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros

R. Clemens7-5

B. Arroyo14-10

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