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Santiago Espinal's bloop single drives in 2 runs as the Reds hold off the Astros for a 5-3 win

CINCINNATI (AP) Santiago Espinal's well-placed bloop single drove in two runs in the fifth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros 5-3 on Monday.

Ty France had four hits as Cincinnati stopped Houston's five-game win streak. Amed Rosario had two hits and drove in a run.

Yainer Diaz had two hits and three RBIs for the Astros in the opener of a three-game interleague series. Verlander (3-5) was charged with five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Houston had a chance in the ninth, but came up empty. With Jason Heyward aboard after a leadoff single, Jose Altuve struck out looking against Emilio Pagán. Justin Wilson then earned his second save when he retired Yordan Alvarez on a liner to center.

Carson Spiers (5-5), the third of five Cincinnati pitchers, worked 2 1/3 innings for the win. He was charged with one run and three hits.

With Cincinnati's top three starters on the shelf with injuries, manager David Bell has used a creative approach.

“The bullpen through all of this, it's just unbelievable what they're doing," Bell said. "We understand what's happening, and it means a lot."

Verlander walked the bases full in the first inning. TJ Friedl hit a sacrifice fly, and France singled in Elly De La Cruz for a 2-0 lead.

“I was all over the place in that first inning," Verlander said. "The mechanics, not good. The location needed to be better. I made some decent pitches that weren’t called but it’s hard to get pitches when you’re all over the place.”

Diaz responded with a tying two-run single in the third against Julian Aguiar.

Cincinnati went ahead to stay with a two-out rally in the fifth. With runners on second and third, Espinal’s blooper landed in shallow right field. Espinal swiped second and scored on Rosario's single off Kaleb Ort.

“I felt the last few innings, especially the last couple, were a lot better," Verlander said. “In the fifth inning, it was a tough pill to swallow.”

Cincinnati collected 13 hits, but it went 3 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left 14 runners on base.

The Reds were coming off an extra-innings win on Sunday that salvaged the finale of their four-game set with NL Central-leading Milwaukee.

The Reds had pulled even with the Cardinals for second place in the division after a sweep of St. Louis in mid-August. It's been rough going from there, with Cincinnati dropping 12 of 18 and sliding back down in the standings.

WORTH NOTING

The Reds recalled outfielder Blake Dunn from Triple-A Louisville and designated first baseman Dominic Smith for assignment.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Astros: INF Alex Bregman missed a fifth straight game with elbow inflammation.

UP NEXT

After a rare day off in the middle of a series, Astros right-hander Spencer Arrighetti (7-11, 4.63 ERA) is the scheduled starter against Reds right-hander Nick Martinez (6-6, 3.78 ERA).

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU75-63	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0
Reds CIN66-73	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	5	13	1

Great American Ball ParkCincinnati, OH

W: C. Spiers (5-5)L: J. Verlander (3-5)S: J. Wilson (2)

HOUAstros

CINReds

.T. FranceTy France
1B
4-4, R, RBI, 2B
.J. WilsonJustin Wilson
P
0.1 IP, 5 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	.294	.348	.436	.785	1.0
Y. Alvarez DH	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.313	.400	.571	.971	2.5
Y. Diaz C	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	.300	.324	.454	.778	5.0
J. Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.270	.311	.403	.714	-1.0
J. Singleton 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.231	.317	.372	.689	0.5
B. Gamel LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.426	.324	.750	1.0
M. Dubon 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257	.285	.357	.642	-0.5
a- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.342	.424	.765	1.0
S. Whitcomb PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.351	.344	.695	-0.5
J. Heyward RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.210	.294	.392	.686	3.0
C. McCormick CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.194	.257	.297	.554	3.0

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	4
Y. Alvarez DH	4
Y. Diaz C	3
J. Pena SS	4
J. Singleton 1B	3
B. Gamel LF	3
M. Dubon 3B	2
a- V. Caratini PH	1
S. Whitcomb PR-3B	1
J. Heyward RF	3
C. McCormick CF	3

a-singled for Dubon in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. India 2B	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	.251	.352	.395	.747	4.0
E. De La Cruz SS	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	.261	.344	.475	.819	2.0
T. Stephenson C	4	0	2	0	1	2	2	.264	.341	.470	.811	2.0
T. Friedl CF	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.214	.300	.375	.675	3.5
S. Steer LF-1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	.234	.327	.418	.745	2.5
T. France 1B	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	.235	.313	.375	.688	7.0
B. Dunn PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.053	.143	.105	.248	-0.5
J. Fraley RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	7	.270	.321	.374	.695	3.5
S. Espinal 3B	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.270	.314	.404	.717	6.5
A. Rosario DH	4	0	2	1	0	1	2	.306	.332	.410	.742	2.5

HITTERS	AB
J. India 2B	3
E. De La Cruz SS	3
T. Stephenson C	4
T. Friedl CF	4
S. Steer LF-1B	4
T. France 1B	4
B. Dunn PR-LF	1
J. Fraley RF	5
S. Espinal 3B	4
A. Rosario DH	4

2B - Y. Alvarez (30), C. McCormick (6)
SF - Y. Diaz (8)
SH - C. McCormick (2)
RBI - Y. Diaz 3 (78)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - Y. Alvarez, J. Pena, J. Singleton, J. Heyward 2 (2)

2B - T. France (19)
SF - T. Friedl (4)
RBI - T. Friedl (42), T. France (39), S. Espinal 2 (42), A. Rosario (29)
2-Out RBI - T. France, S. Espinal 2 (2), A. Rosario
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. De La Cruz 2 (2), T. Stephenson, J. Fraley 5 (5)

SB - T. Friedl (8), S. Steer (23), J. Fraley (17), S. Espinal (9)

DP - (Espinal-India-France)
E - J. India (4)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Verlander (L, 3-5)	4.2	8	5	5	4	3	4.52	1.31	-6.5
K. Ort	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.57	0.0
C. Ferguson	2.0	3	0	0	1	4	4.43	1.50	4.0
F. Whitley	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0.00	2.40	2.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Verlander (L, 3-5)	4.2
K. Ort	0.1
C. Ferguson	2.0
F. Whitley	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Aguiar	2.2	2	2	2	2	2	6.48	1.50	3.0
S. Moll	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	2.63	1.04	4.5
C. Spiers (W, 5-5)	2.1	3	1	1	3	2	5.31	1.42	8.0
E. Pagan (H, 7)	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	3.94	1.25	7.5
J. Wilson (S, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	1.27	8.0

PITCHERS	IP
J. Aguiar	2.2
S. Moll	1.1
C. Spiers (W, 5-5)	2.1
E. Pagan (H, 7)	2.1
J. Wilson (S, 2)	0.1

Pitches-Strikes - J. Verlander 107-58, K. Ort 8-4, C. Ferguson 34-24, F. Whitley 28-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Verlander 6-4, K. Ort 2-0, C. Ferguson 2-1
Batters Faced - J. Verlander 26, K. Ort 2, C. Ferguson 10, F. Whitley 5

Pitches-Strikes - J. Aguiar 53-33, S. Moll 19-14, C. Spiers 65-33, E. Pagan 28-20, J. Wilson 5-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Aguiar 3-2, S. Moll 2-1, C. Spiers 3-2, E. Pagan 1-2
Batters Faced - J. Aguiar 13, S. Moll 4, C. Spiers 12, E. Pagan 8, J. Wilson

.T. FranceTy France
1B
4-4, R, RBI, 2B
.J. WilsonJustin Wilson
P
0.1 IP, 5 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Astros HOU75-63	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0
Reds CIN66-73	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	5	13	1

Great American Ball ParkCincinnati, OH

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Altuve 2B	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	.294	.348	.436	.785	1.0
Y. Alvarez DH	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.313	.400	.571	.971	2.5
Y. Diaz C	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	.300	.324	.454	.778	5.0
J. Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.270	.311	.403	.714	-1.0
J. Singleton 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.231	.317	.372	.689	0.5
B. Gamel LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.426	.324	.750	1.0
M. Dubon 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257	.285	.357	.642	-0.5
a- V. Caratini PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.342	.424	.765	1.0
S. Whitcomb PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.351	.344	.695	-0.5
J. Heyward RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.210	.294	.392	.686	3.0
C. McCormick CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.194	.257	.297	.554	3.0
Total	31	3	6	3	5	8	15	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Altuve 2B	4
Y. Alvarez DH	4
Y. Diaz C	3
J. Pena SS	4
J. Singleton 1B	3
B. Gamel LF	3
M. Dubon 3B	2
a- V. Caratini PH	1
S. Whitcomb PR-3B	1
J. Heyward RF	3
C. McCormick CF	3
Total	31

a-singled for Dubon in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. India 2B	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	.251	.352	.395	.747	4.0
E. De La Cruz SS	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	.261	.344	.475	.819	2.0
T. Stephenson C	4	0	2	0	1	2	2	.264	.341	.470	.811	2.0
T. Friedl CF	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.214	.300	.375	.675	3.5
S. Steer LF-1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	.234	.327	.418	.745	2.5
T. France 1B	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	.235	.313	.375	.688	7.0
B. Dunn PR-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.053	.143	.105	.248	-0.5
J. Fraley RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	7	.270	.321	.374	.695	3.5
S. Espinal 3B	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.270	.314	.404	.717	6.5
A. Rosario DH	4	0	2	1	0	1	2	.306	.332	.410	.742	2.5
Total	36	5	13	5	6	10	25	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. India 2B	3
E. De La Cruz SS	3
T. Stephenson C	4
T. Friedl CF	4
S. Steer LF-1B	4
T. France 1B	4
B. Dunn PR-LF	1
J. Fraley RF	5
S. Espinal 3B	4
A. Rosario DH	4
Total	36

2B - Y. Alvarez (30), C. McCormick (6)
SF - Y. Diaz (8)
SH - C. McCormick (2)
RBI - Y. Diaz 3 (78)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - Y. Alvarez, J. Pena, J. Singleton, J. Heyward 2 (2)

2B - T. France (19)
SF - T. Friedl (4)
RBI - T. Friedl (42), T. France (39), S. Espinal 2 (42), A. Rosario (29)
2-Out RBI - T. France, S. Espinal 2 (2), A. Rosario
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. De La Cruz 2 (2), T. Stephenson, J. Fraley 5 (5)

SB - T. Friedl (8), S. Steer (23), J. Fraley (17), S. Espinal (9)

DP - (Espinal-India-France)
E - J. India (4)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Verlander (L, 3-5)	4.2	8	5	5	4	3	4.52	1.31	-6.5
K. Ort	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.57	0.0
C. Ferguson	2.0	3	0	0	1	4	4.43	1.50	4.0
F. Whitley	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0.00	2.40	2.5
Total	8.0	13	5	5	6	10	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Verlander (L, 3-5)	4.2
K. Ort	0.1
C. Ferguson	2.0
F. Whitley	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Aguiar	2.2	2	2	2	2	2	6.48	1.50	3.0
S. Moll	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	2.63	1.04	4.5
C. Spiers (W, 5-5)	2.1	3	1	1	3	2	5.31	1.42	8.0
E. Pagan (H, 7)	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	3.94	1.25	7.5
J. Wilson (S, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	1.27	8.0
Total	9.0	6	3	3	5	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Aguiar	2.2
S. Moll	1.1
C. Spiers (W, 5-5)	2.1
E. Pagan (H, 7)	2.1
J. Wilson (S, 2)	0.1
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - J. Verlander 107-58, K. Ort 8-4, C. Ferguson 34-24, F. Whitley 28-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Verlander 6-4, K. Ort 2-0, C. Ferguson 2-1
Batters Faced - J. Verlander 26, K. Ort 2, C. Ferguson 10, F. Whitley 5

Pitches-Strikes - J. Aguiar 53-33, S. Moll 19-14, C. Spiers 65-33, E. Pagan 28-20, J. Wilson 5-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Aguiar 3-2, S. Moll 2-1, C. Spiers 3-2, E. Pagan 1-2
Batters Faced - J. Aguiar 13, S. Moll 4, C. Spiers 12, E. Pagan 8, J. Wilson

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Friedl hit sacrifice fly to right, J. India scored 0 1
France singled to center, E. De La Cruz scored, Stephenson to second 0 2
3RD INNING
Diaz singled to shallow right center, C. McCormick and J. Heyward scored, Alvarez to second 2 2
5TH INNING
Espinal singled to shallow right, J. Fraley and T. France scored 2 4
Rosario singled to center, S. Espinal scored 2 5
7TH INNING
Diaz hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Altuve scored, Alvarez to third 3 5

1ST INNING
	Friedl hit sacrifice fly to right, J. India scored	0	1
	France singled to center, E. De La Cruz scored, Stephenson to second	0	2

3RD INNING
	Diaz singled to shallow right center, C. McCormick and J. Heyward scored, Alvarez to second	2	2

5TH INNING
	Espinal singled to shallow right, J. Fraley and T. France scored	2	4
	Rosario singled to center, S. Espinal scored	2	5

7TH INNING
	Diaz hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Altuve scored, Alvarez to third	3	5

1ST INNING
Astros
J. Aguiar Pitching:
J. Altuve: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Altuve popped out to second
Y. Alvarez: Alvarez safe at first on 2nd baseman India fielding error
Y. Diaz: Ball, Ball, Diaz reached on fielder's choice to third, Alvarez out at second
J. Pena: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul tip, Pena struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
J. Verlander Pitching:
J. India: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, India walked
E. De La Cruz: Ball, Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, De La Cruz walked, India to second
T. Stephenson: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Stephenson walked, India to third, De La Cruz to second
T. Friedl: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Friedl hit sacrifice fly to right, J. India scored
S. Steer: Steer popped out to second
T. France: Ball, Ball, Foul, France singled to center, E. De La Cruz scored, Stephenson to second
J. Fraley: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Fraley lined out to right
End of the 1st (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
2ND INNING
Astros
J. Aguiar Pitching:
J. Singleton: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Singleton struck out looking
B. Gamel: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Gamel lined out to center
M. Dubon: Dubon grounded bunt out to catcher
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
J. Verlander Pitching:
S. Espinal: Ball, Espinal flied out to left
A. Rosario: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Rosario lined out to center
J. India: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, India singled to left
E. De La Cruz: Ball, Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, De La Cruz flied out to left
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Astros
J. Aguiar Pitching:
J. Heyward: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Heyward walked
C. McCormick: McCormick doubled to deep left, Heyward to third
J. Altuve: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Altuve grounded out to shortstop
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Ball, Alvarez intentionally walked
Y. Diaz: Foul, Diaz singled to shallow right center, C. McCormick and J. Heyward scored, Alvarez to second
J. Pena: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Pena flied out to shallow right
Sam Moll relieved Julian Aguiar
J. Singleton: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Singleton flied out to deep center
Middle of the 3rd (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
J. Verlander Pitching:
T. Stephenson: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Stephenson singled to shallow left
T. Friedl: Ball, Ball, Friedl flied out to center
S. Steer: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Steer popped out to second
T. France: Ball, Pickoff attempt, France doubled to deep right, Stephenson to third
J. Fraley: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Fraley grounded out to shortstop
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Astros
S. Moll Pitching:
B. Gamel: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Gamel grounded out to first
M. Dubon: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Dubon struck out looking
J. Heyward: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Heyward grounded out to second
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
J. Verlander Pitching:
S. Espinal: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Espinal struck out swinging
A. Rosario: Ball, Ball, Rosario singled to center
J. India: India lined out to right
E. De La Cruz: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, De La Cruz walked, Rosario to second
T. Stephenson: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Stephenson struck out swinging
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Astros
Carson Spiers relieved Sam Moll
C. McCormick: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, McCormick flied out to right
J. Altuve: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Altuve struck out looking
Y. Alvarez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Alvarez struck out looking
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
J. Verlander Pitching:
T. Friedl: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Friedl struck out swinging
S. Steer: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Steer grounded out to third
T. France: France singled to right
J. Fraley: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Fraley singled to right center, France to third
S. Espinal: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Fraley stole second, Espinal singled to shallow right, J. Fraley and T. France scored
Kaleb Ort relieved Justin Verlander
A. Rosario: Ball, Espinal stole second, Foul, Ball, Rosario singled to center, S. Espinal scored
J. India: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, India grounded out to catcher
End of the 5th (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Astros
C. Spiers Pitching:
Y. Diaz: Strike looking, Diaz reached on an infield single to second
J. Pena: Ball, Foul, Ball, Pena grounded into double play third to second to first, Diaz out at second
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Singleton walked
B. Gamel: Ball, Ball, Singleton to second on passed ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Gamel walked
Victor Caratini hit for Mauricio Dubon
V. Caratini: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Caratini singled to right, Singleton to third, Gamel to second
Shay Whitcomb ran for Victor Caratini
J. Heyward: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Heyward grounded out to third
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
Shay Whitcomb at third base
Caleb Ferguson relieved Kaleb Ort
E. De La Cruz: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, De La Cruz struck out swinging
T. Stephenson: Ball, Stephenson singled to center
T. Friedl: Strike looking, Foul, Friedl flied out to center
S. Steer: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Steer struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Astros
C. Spiers Pitching:
C. McCormick: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, McCormick lined out to center
J. Altuve: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Altuve walked
Y. Alvarez: Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Alvarez doubled to deep left, Altuve to third
Emilio Pagan relieved Carson Spiers
Y. Diaz: Foul, Diaz hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Altuve scored, Alvarez to third
J. Pena: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul tip, Pena struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 7th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Reds
C. Ferguson Pitching:
T. France: Intentional ball, Strike looking, Ball, France singled to center
J. Fraley: Fraley lined out to shortstop
S. Espinal: Espinal singled to right, France to second
A. Rosario: Foul, Ball, France to third, Espinal to second on wild pitch
Rosario struck out swinging
J. India: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, India walked
E. De La Cruz: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, De La Cruz struck out looking
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Astros
Spencer Steer at first base
Blake Dunn in left field
J. Singleton: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Singleton flied out to deep center
B. Gamel: Gamel lined out to shortstop
S. Whitcomb: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Whitcomb struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Reds
Forrest Whitley relieved Caleb Ferguson
T. Stephenson: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Stephenson struck out swinging
T. Friedl: Foul, Friedl singled to left
S. Steer: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Steer walked, Friedl to second
B. Dunn: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Dunn struck out looking, Friedl stole third, Steer to second
J. Fraley: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Fraley struck out swinging
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Astros
E. Pagan Pitching:
J. Heyward: Ball, Foul, Heyward singled to right center
C. McCormick: McCormick hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Heyward to second
J. Altuve: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Altuve struck out looking
Justin Wilson relieved Emilio Pagan
Y. Alvarez: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Alvarez lined out to center
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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Santiago Espinal's bloop single drives in 2 runs as the Reds hold off the Astros for a 5-3 win