Game 24 - Astros/Reds - 4/29

[DirtyKash]

FINAL SCORE:

HOUSTON ASTROS 3 - CINCINNATI REDS 6

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Game summary

Top 2nd: Houston
- J. Lane homered to deep left, P. Wilson scored

Bot 4th: Cincinnati
- E. Encarnacion doubled to deep left, A. Dunn scored, A. Kearns to third
- B. Phillips singled to pitcher, A. Kearns scored, E. Encarnacion scored on pitcher A. Pettitte's throwing error
- B. Phillips scored on wild pitch

Bot 5th: Cincinnati
- R. Aurilia homered to deep center
- B. Phillips grounded into fielder's choice, A. Dunn scored, A. Kearns out at second

Top 8th: Houston
- L. Berkman singled to center, C. Burke scored

Houston Astros Batting Lineup
                 	AB 	R 	H 	RBI 	BB 	K 	LOB 	Avg 
C. Biggio 2b    	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	.304 	
W. Taveras cf    	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	.299 	
L. Berkman 1b 	        4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	.348 	
M. Ensberg 3b    	3 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	.333 	
P. Wilson lf 	        3 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	.230 	
    D. Borkowski p     	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	
    M. Lamb ph 	        1       0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	.154 	
    R. Springer p      	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	
J. Lane rf      	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	.228 	
B. Ausmus c      	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.328 	
A. Everett ss 	        2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	.265 	
A. Pettitte p 	        2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	.100 	
    C. Burke lf        	2 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.452 	
 Totals 	       33 	3 	7 	3 	3 	8 	8

Batting
2B - C Biggio (10, A Harang); M Ensberg (7, K Mercker).
HR - J Lane (5, 2nd inning off A Harang 1 on, 1 Out).
RBI - J Lane 2 (10), L Berkman (27).
2-out RBI - L Berkman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Wilson 1, M Lamb 2.
Team LOB - 6.

Base Running
CS - W Taveras (3, 2nd base by A Harang/J LaRue).

Fielding
E - A Pettitte (1, throw).
DP - 2 (C Biggio-A Everett-L Berkman, B Ausmus-L Berkman).

Cincinnati Reds Batting Lineup
        	AB 	R 	H 	RBI 	BB 	K 	LOB 	Avg 
R. Freel cf 	4 	0 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	.274 	
F. Lopez ss 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	4 	.265 	
R. Aurilia 1b 	4 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	.300 	
A. Dunn lf 	3 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	.266 	
A. Kearns rf 	3 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.278 	
Encarnacion 3b 	4 	1 	2 	1 	0 	2 	3 	.303 	
B. Phillips 2b 	3 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	2 	.355 	
J. LaRue c 	4 	0 	2 	0 	0 	2 	3 	.227 	
A. Harang p 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3 	.133 	
    Mercker p 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	
    McCrken ph 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.133 	
    Weathers p 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	
 Totals 	34 	6 	12 	4 	4 	9 	16

Batting
2B - E Encarnacion (10, A Pettitte); A Dunn (2, A Pettitte).
3B - E Encarnacion (1, D Borkowski).
HR - R Aurilia (4, 5th inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - E Encarnacion (24), B Phillips 2 (22), R Aurilia (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Harang 1, F Lopez 1, J LaRue 1.
GIDP - R Aurilia.
Team LOB - 8.

Base Running
SB - B Phillips (3, 3rd base off A Pettitte/B Ausmus).
Picked Off - J LaRue (1st base, B Ausmus).

Fielding
E - F Lopez (5, ground ball).
DP - 1 (J LaRue-F Lopez).

Houston Astros Pitchers
                 	IP 	H 	R 	ER 	BB 	K 	HR 	ERA 
A. Pettitte (L, 1-4) 	5.0 	11 	6 	6 	3 	6 	1 	5.25 	
D. Borkowski 	        2.0 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0.00 	
R. Springer 	        1.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3.52

Cincinnati Reds Pitchers
        	        IP 	H 	R 	ER 	BB 	K 	HR 	ERA 
A. Harang (W, 4-1) 	7.2 	5 	3 	3 	2 	7 	1 	4.35 	
K. Mercker 	        0.1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2.84 	
D. Weathers (S, 8) 	1.0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	3.75

WP - A Pettitte.
Pitches-strikes - A Pettitte 101-62; D Borkowski 28-18; R Springer 16-12; A Harang 114-68; K Mercker 9-6; D Weathers 12-6.
Ground balls-fly balls - A Pettitte 7-1; D Borkowski 4-0; R Springer 2-0; A Harang 6-8; K Mercker 0-1; D Weathers 1-1.
Batters faced - A Pettitte 27; D Borkowski 8; R Springer 3; A Harang 29; K Mercker 3; D Weathers 4.

Game Details
Umpires: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Bill Miller. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Brian Gorman.
Time: 2:46.
Attendance: 24,873.
Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, in from center.


Cincinnati Reds are now 4-0 in game threads started by me
game 16 over the Brewers (12-8), game 22 over the Nationals (5-0), game 23 over the Astros (5-4), game 24 over the Astros today (6-3)

[DirtyKash]

Top of the 1st

Harang strikes out Biggio swinging
Harang strikes out Taveras swinging
Harang gets Berkman to pop out to Felo

Harang bringing the HEAT.

[DirtyKash]

Bottom of the 1st

Freel singles to lead off the bottom of the 1st! Felo up.
Felo grounds into a fielder's choice, Astros get the out at 2nd base. Aurilia up.
Aurilia grounds out.

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Top of the 2nd

Ensberg flies out to CF
Wilson singles to the gap in RCF (Harang's perfect game is broken up )
HOMERUN JASON LANE (Astros up 2-0)
Ausmus grounds bunt out to Harang
Everett pops out to LF to end the inning

Astros 2, Reds 0

[DirtyKash]

Bottom of the 2nd

Dunn K's swinging
Kearns singles to left
Encarnacion K's swinging
Phillips grounds into a fielder's choice

Astros 2, Reds 0

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Top of the 3rd

Harang strikes out Pettitte swinging
Biggio grounds out 5-3
Taveras singles to CF
Taveras thrown out trying to steal 2nd base, nice throw from LaRue!

Astros 2, Reds 0

damnit, I gotta go pick someone up at the airport, be back later. Let's go Harang.

[Geki Ace]

That's a purdy lineup page.

[Geki Ace]

Dunn and Kearns walk, Edwin doubles in Dunn, Phillips hits a nubber off his foot that is called a hit, Pettitte throws it away and Edwin follows Kearns in. Harang hits a grounder up the middle for a single, Phillips steals third, Freel walks and the final ball bounces away allowing Phillips to score, Felipe strikes out to end the inning. 4-2 Reds.

[DirtyKash]

That's a purdy lineup page.

Thanks, Geki.

[DirtyKash]

Felipe's not doing much today ... and he's 4-for-22 lifetime against Pettitte now.

[DirtyKash]

Aurilia homers to make it 5-2 Reds, Dunn follows up with a double, Kearns then singles, Edwin strikes out, Phillips up with runners at the corners.

[DirtyKash]

Phillips grounds into a fielder's choice, Dunn scores from third, Kearns is out at 2nd base, 6-2 Reds.

[Geki Ace]

That was an incredibly ridiculous effort from Freel. When's the last time Junior actually dove for anything?

[DirtyKash]

Harang out after 7 2/3 solid innings, replaced by Mercker to face Berkman.

[DirtyKash]

Berkman singles off Mercker, Burke scored, run charged to Harang. Great.

6-3 Reds