Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 6, Houston 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 23, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Brian Runge, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance: 30575

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.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
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
Hitting
Cincinnati   Houston
Joey Votto Player Hunter Pence
3 Hits 4
1 RBI 3
1 HR 1
6 TB 7
.750 Avg .800
Team Stats Summary
 
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