Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

20-21, 11-11 Away

Final
13 - 9

Houston Astros

19-19, 12-8 Home

Reds score 10 runs in first inning of 13-9 win over Astros

McCullers (0-1), who was making just his second start since Game 3 of the 2022 World Series, struggled with command. He walked leadoff hitter TJ Friedl before plunking Matt McLain on the backside.

Cruz then smacked an opposite field homer to left field to make it 3-0.

McCullers walked two more batters with one out before Tyler Stephenson hit an RBI single. Will Benson followed with an RBI double to make it 5-0 and chase McCullers.

He was replaced by Logan VanWey but the Reds kept piling on, sending 15 batters to the plate before Santiago Espinal finally struck out to end the inning.

McLain hit a two-run homer in the third inning to make it 12-1.

Victor Caratini hit a two-run homer in the third as part of six Astros runs that cut the lead to five. An RBI single by Jeremy Peña got Houston within 12-8 in the fifth. But Cincinnati’s big first inning was too much for Houston to overcome as it lost for the fourth time in six games.

Cincinnati starter Brady Singer allowed nine hits and seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and Graham Ashcraft (3-3) yielded one hit and struck out four in 1 2/3 innings for the win.

Houston’s Jose Altuve left in the third inning with right hamstring tightness.

Key moment De La Cruz’s home run that started Cincinnati’s scoring in the first.

Key stat It’s the eighth time since 1969 that the Astros have allowed 10 or more runs in an inning and the first time since the Rangers scored 11 in the third on Aug. 19, 2013, a season in which Houston lost a franchise-worst 111 games.

Up Next Houston RHP Ronel Blanco (2-3, 4.98 ERA) opposes RHP Chase Petty (0-1, 34.71) in the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rodgers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Peña doubled to left, Smith scored.
	9th Inning	Smith walked.
	9th Inning	Meyers fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Caratini flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Pagán relieved Santillan

Statistics

CIN		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	10
13	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	14
3	Stolen Bases	1
9	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
13	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	40
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
199	Pitches	188
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	22
47	Plate Appearances	47
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
10.0	Runs Created	9.6
.324	Batting Average	.350
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.550
.541	Secondary Average	.400
.468	On Base Percentage	.447
1.009	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.997
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
10.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.6
77.0	Batter Rating	62.5
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	40.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.216	Isolated Power	.200
0.82	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.70
.191	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.149
.216	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.050
26.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
111.3	MLB Rating	106.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0