Houston Astros 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Regular Season Game 51
Played on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (N) at Minute Maid Park
CIN N 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 0 HOU N 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 x - 4 8 0
Cincinnati Reds AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Freel rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 F. Lopez ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 Casey 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 14 0 Griffey cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Randa 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Aurilia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 LaRue c 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 Belisle p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Romano pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 3 10 3 3 7 24 13 BATTING - 2B: Griffey (15,off Backe); Casey (15,off Franco). HR: Griffey (8,5th inning off Backe 1 on 2 out). GDP: Aurilia (5,off Backe). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Freel (13,2nd base off Lidge/Ausmus).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Taveras cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Self rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Bruntlett 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Berkman lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Lamb 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 Everett ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 Ausmus c 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 Backe p 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 8 4 2 3 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ensberg-Biggio-Lamb. BATTING - 2B: Berkman (4,off Belisle). HR: Everett (5,6th inning off Stone 0 on 2 out). Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Belisle L(2-5) 5 6 3 3 2 2 0 22 Stone 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 Wagner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 8 8 4 4 2 3 1 33
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Backe W(5-3) 6.2 9 3 3 2 1 1 29 Franco 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Lidge SV(11) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 Totals 9 10 3 3 3 7 1 38 WP: Backe (1). Inherited Runners - Scored: Franco 1-1. . Umpires: HP - Mark Wegner, 1B - Paul Nauert, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Larry Poncino Official Scorer: Ivy McLemore Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 28535 Starting Lineups: Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros 1. Freel rf Taveras cf 2. F. Lopez ss Self rf 3. Casey 1b Biggio 2b 4. Griffey cf Berkman lf 5. Dunn lf Ensberg 3b 6. Randa 3b Lamb 1b 7. Aurilia 2b Everett ss 8. LaRue c Ausmus c 9. Belisle p Backe p REDS 1ST: Freel popped to second; F. Lopez grounded out (first unassisted); Casey singled to left; Griffey flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Self flied to center; Biggio was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. REDS 2ND: Dunn walked; Randa flied to center; Aurilia flied to left; LaRue singled to third [Dunn to second]; Belisle singled to pitcher [Dunn to third, LaRue to second]; Freel flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Berkman walked; Ensberg flied to right; Lamb popped to shortstop; Everett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. REDS 3RD: F. Lopez was called out on strikes; Casey flied to center; Griffey doubled to center; Dunn flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Ausmus grounded out (third to first); Backe grounded out (third to first); Taveras grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. REDS 4TH: Randa singled to center; Aurilia grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Randa out at second]; LaRue walked; Belisle flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Self flied to center; Biggio grounded out (second to first); Berkman singled to left; Ensberg walked [Berkman to second]; Lamb singled to center [Berkman scored, Ensberg to third]; Everett grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 1. REDS 5TH: Freel lined to pitcher; F. Lopez singled to first; Backe threw a wild pitch [F. Lopez to second]; Casey lined to left; Griffey homered [F. Lopez scored]; Dunn popped to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Ausmus was called out on strikes; Backe singled to center; Taveras singled to shortstop [Backe to second]; Self singled to left [Backe scored, Taveras to second]; Biggio popped to shortstop; Berkman doubled to left [Taveras scored, Self out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 3. REDS 6TH: Randa grounded out (shortstop to first); Aurilia grounded out (pitcher to first); LaRue grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: STONE REPLACED BELISLE (PITCHING); Ensberg struck out; Lamb grounded out (first unassisted); Everett homered; Ausmus singled to right; Backe forced Ausmus (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 4. REDS 7TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR STONE; Cruz singled to center; Freel singled to center [Cruz to second]; ROMANO RAN FOR CRUZ; Romano was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); F. Lopez grounded out (second to first) [Freel to second]; FRANCO REPLACED BACKE (PITCHING); Casey doubled to right [Freel scored]; Griffey flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: WAGNER REPLACED ROMANO (PITCHING); Taveras grounded out (first unassisted); Self grounded out (first unassisted); Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 4. REDS 8TH: WHEELER REPLACED FRANCO (PITCHING); Dunn was called out on strikes; Randa struck out; Aurilia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Berkman grounded out (first unassisted); Ensberg grounded out (third to first); Lamb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 4. REDS 9TH: BRUNTLETT REPLACED BIGGIO (PLAYING 2B); LIDGE REPLACED WHEELER (PITCHING); LaRue struck out; KEARNS BATTED FOR WAGNER; Kearns struck out; Freel walked; Freel stole second; F. Lopez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Reds 3 10 0 8 Astros 4 8 0 5
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