Houston 4, Cincinnati 3
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 19, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Runge, 1B -
Jerry Layne, 2B -
Mike Winters, 3B -
Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance:
32520
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Brett Myers pitched seven scoreless innings and added a sacrifice fly as the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Sunday.
Humberto Quintero added two RBIs and Chris Johnson hit a solo homer for the Astros, who pulled to within five games of .500 at 72-77.
Myers (13-7) allowed six hits while walking one and striking out five to improve to 5-0 over his last six outings. The veteran right-hander has now gone at least six innings in each of his 31 starts this season.
Myers got some support in the fifth when Quintero snapped a scoreless draw with a two-run single off rookie Travis Wood (5-4). Quintero, who had moved up to second on a trow and over to third on a throwing error, then came in to score when Myers lifted a sacrifice fly to center.
Johnson added his 10th homer in the seventh to provide an important insurance run, as Jy Bruce singled in a run and Ramon Hernandez clubbed a two-run homer off Matt Lindstrom in the eighth to cut it to 4-3.
Brandon Lyon worked a scoreless ninth for his 18th save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati |
|
Houston |
Travis Wood
|
Player |
Brett Myers
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
4 |
Hits |
6 |
3.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Cincinnati
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.289 |
14 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Houston
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.207 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |