Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

70-88, 30-50 Away

Final

71-87, 38-39 Home


HOU
CIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	15	0
2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	10	0

Astros Hitting

hitters
A. EverettSS
C. RansomSS
L. Berkman1B
C. LeeLF
H. PenceCF
L. ScottRF
T. Wigginton3B
E. MunsonC
J.R. TowlesC
J. GutierrezP
M. McLemoreP
aC. BiggioPH
D. SarfateP
bO. PalmeiroPH
C. QuallsP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.233	.282	.320
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.242	.419	.394
5	2	4	4	2	0	0	.280	.388	.510
5	2	3	1	1	0	0	.303	.354	.531
4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.325	.363	.548
4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.256	.352	.507
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.277	.333	.458
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.235	.313	.356
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.406	.457	.656
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.282	.378
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.347	.267
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
35	6	14	7	4	5	8

a-walked for M Mclemore in the 7th

b-lined out to left for D Sarfate in the 9th

Batting
2BT Wigginton (10, K Saarloos); L Scott (28, E Guardado); C Lee (42, J Burton)
HRL Berkman 2 (33, 1st inning off T Shearn 2 on, 0 Out; 4th inning off K Saarloos 0 on, 2 Out); C Lee (32, 1st inning off T Shearn 0 on, 0 Out); H Pence (17, 3rd inning off K Saarloos 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIL Berkman 4 (100), C Lee (116), H Pence 2 (67)
2Out RBIL Berkman, H Pence
GIDPC Lee
Team LOB12

Fielding
DP2 (C Burke-L Berkman, C Burke-A Everett-L Berkman)

Reds Hitting

hitters
N. HopperCF
J. KeppingerSS
J. Votto1B
B. Phillips2B
E. Encarnacion3B
J. ValentinC
B. CoatsLF
J. EllisonRF
T. ShearnP
K. SaarloosP
M. GoslingP
T. CoffeyP
aR. HaniganPH
E. GuardadoP
J. BurtonP
D. WeathersP
bJ. CantúPH
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.337	.379	.397
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.335	.402	.485
4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.353	.397	.574
4	1	1	2	1	0	3	.290	.333	.489
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.291	.355	.438
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.323	.385
4	1	2	1	0	0	2	.286	.360	.429
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.232	.292	.280
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000
2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.336	.362
35	6	10	5	1	3	6

a-flied out to center for T Coffey in the 6th

b-grounded into fielder's choice to third for D Weathers in the 9th

Batting
2BJ Votto 2 (6, D Sarfate, J Gutierrez); B Coats 2 (3, J Gutierrez, M McLemore); K Saarloos (1, J Gutierrez); E Encarnacion (25, M McLemore)
HRB Phillips (30, 1st inning off J Gutierrez 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIB Phillips 2 (94), K Saarloos 2 (2), B Coats (2)
2Out RBIB Phillips 2
GIDPJ Keppinger
Team LOB5

Fielding
DP1 (E Encarnacion-B Phillips-J Votto)

Astros Pitching

pitchers
J. Gutierrez
M. McLemore(B,2)
D. Sarfate(W,1-0)
C. Qualls(S,5)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	80-52	5.91
1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	21-15	4.09
2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	31-22	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17-12	3.09
9.0	10	6	6	3	6	1	149-101

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Gutierrez 6-6; M McLemore 1-2; D Sarfate 3-0; C Qualls 2-1
Game ScoresJ Gutierrez 34

Reds Pitching

pitchers
T. Shearn
K. Saarloos
M. Gosling
T. Coffey
E. Guardado
J. Burton(L,4-2)
D. Weathers
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
0.2	4	4	4	2	0	2	38-19	4.96
3.1	4	2	2	1	3	2	52-33	7.17
1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	25-15	4.91
1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	22-13	6.06
1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	19-9	7.82
1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	8-8	2.51
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.64
9.0	15	7	7	5	9	4	173-103

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsT Shearn 1-1; K Saarloos 5-2; M Gosling 0-0; T Coffey 0-1; E Guardado 0-3; J Burton 0-2; D Weathers 0-3
Game ScoresT Shearn 26

Scoring Summary

		HOU	CIN
1st	L Berkman homered to left center, C Burke and A Everett scored.	3	0
1st	C Lee homered to left.	4	0
1st	B Phillips homered to right, J Votto scored.	4	2
2nd	K Saarloos doubled to left, B Coats and J Ellison scored.	4	4
2nd	J Keppinger grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, K Saarloos scored, N Hopper out at second.	4	5
3rd	H Pence homered to right.	5	5
4th	L Berkman homered to right.	6	5
6th	B Coats hit a ground rule double to deep right, E Encarnacion scored.	6	6
8th	H Pence singled to center, C Lee scored.	7	6

Astros
8
Reds
5

Game 1

26/9

Astros
7
Reds
6

Game 2

27/9

Astros
4
Reds
3

Game 3

28/9

Great American Ball Park

12:10 AM, 27 September 2007

Cincinnati, Ohio

Attendance: 13,138

Game Time:3:11

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Kerwin Danley
First Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Second Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
Third Base Umpire - Chris Guccione

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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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

D. Sarfate1-0

J. Burton4-2

C. Qualls5

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