Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cincinnati 5,
Houston 3
When: 4:10 PM ET, Monday, September 2, 2024
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Shane Livensparger, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Brennan Miller
Attendance: 24606
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Shane Livensparger, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Brennan Miller
Attendance: 24606
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .294 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .313 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .270 |
| Jon Singleton | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Victor Caratini | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Shay Whitcomb | PR-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .222 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .193 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (30), Chas McCormick (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Yordan Alvarez 2, Yainer Diaz 2, Victor Caratini, Jason Heyward, Chas McCormick 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yainer Diaz 3 (78) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez (36), Jeremy Pena (46), Jon Singleton (33), Jason Heyward 2 (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Yainer Diaz (8) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jeremy Pena (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (L 3-5) | 4.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.52 |
| Kaleb Ort | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Forrest Whitley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Caleb Ferguson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 107-58, Kaleb Ort 8-4, Caleb Ferguson 34-24, Forrest Whitley 28-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 2-3, Kaleb Ort 1-0, Caleb Ferguson 0-1, Forrest Whitley 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 26, Kaleb Ort 2, Caleb Ferguson 10, Forrest Whitley 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kaleb Ort 1-1 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jonathan India | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Elly De La Cruz | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .261 |
| Tyler Stephenson | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .264 |
| TJ Friedl | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 |
| Spencer Steer | LF-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .234 |
| Ty France | 1B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| Blake Dunn | PR-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .053 |
| Jake Fraley | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .270 |
| Santiago Espinal | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Amed Rosario | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .256 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ty France (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Jonathan India, Tyler Stephenson 2, TJ Friedl, Ty France 5, Jake Fraley, Santiago Espinal 2, Amed Rosario 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - TJ Friedl (42), Ty France (10), Santiago Espinal 2 (42), Amed Rosario (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ty France (3), Santiago Espinal 2 (20), Amed Rosario (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Elly De La Cruz 2 (58), Tyler Stephenson (32), Jake Fraley 5 (28) | |||||||||
| SF - TJ Friedl (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 14 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - TJ Friedl (8, 3rd off Whitley/Diaz), Spencer Steer (23, 2nd off Whitley/Diaz), Jake Fraley (17, 2nd off Verlander/Diaz), Santiago Espinal (9, 2nd off Ort/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jonathan India (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Julian Aguiar | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.48 |
| Sam Moll | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Carson Spiers (W 5-5) | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.31 |
| Emilio Pagán (H 6) | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Justin Wilson (SV 2) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 |
| IBB - Yordan Alvarez (by Aguiar) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Julian Aguiar 53-33, Sam Moll 19-14, Carson Spiers 65-33, Emilio Pagán 28-20, Justin Wilson 5-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Julian Aguiar 3-1, Sam Moll 2-1, Carson Spiers 2-1, Emilio Pagán 1-2, Justin Wilson 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Julian Aguiar 13, Sam Moll 4, Carson Spiers 12, Emilio Pagán 8, Justin Wilson 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Sam Moll 2-0, Emilio Pagán 2-1, Justin Wilson 1-0 | ||||||||