Jay Bruce broke a tie with an RBI double in the eighth inning before Drew Stubbs added an insurance run in the frame to give the Cincinnati Reds a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
Joey Votto had three hits, including a home run, and Ryan Hanigan drove in a pair of runs for the Reds, who have taken six of seven from the Astros on the season.
With things tied in the eighth, Bruce brought home Votto with a double off Tim Byrdak, and later Stubbs lifted a sacrifice fly for the two-run advantage.
Logan Ondrusek (1-0) earned the win with one inning of hitless relief. Francisco Cordero allowed a pair of runners to reach base in the ninth but got Hunter Pence to fly out to center for the save.
After falling behind by a run, the Reds scored three in the fourth and grabbed a 4-2 edge on Votto’s solo blast in the fifth. Pence, who finished with four hits, responded with a two-run shot in the sixth to even things up.
Cincinnati | Houston | |
Travis Wood | Player | Bud Norris |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
6.0 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 5 |
9 | Hits | 4 |
6.00 | ERA | 6.00 |
Cincinnati | Houston | |
Joey Votto | Player | Hunter Pence |
3 | Hits | 4 |
1 | RBI | 3 |
1 | HR | 1 |
6 | TB | 7 |
.750 | Avg | .800 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Cincinnati | 10 | 1 | 15 | .303 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Houston | 12 | 1 | 17 | .324 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |