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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 6, Houston 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 22467

Aaron Harang turned in his strongest outing of the season and Ryan Hanigan drove in three runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the Houston Astros, 6-2, on Tuesday.

Orlando Cabrera and Jay Bruce scored two runs apiece for the Reds, who entered the game having dropped two of three.

Harang (1-3) earn just the second win of the season for a Cincinnati starter by scattering eight hits and two runs over six innings. The veteran right-hander struck out six and walked one.

Harang came into Tuesday's contest having allowed 14 earned runs and 20 hits over his last 9 2/3 innings.

The Astros jumped on top with a run in the first, but Hanigan put the Reds ahead to stay with a two-run single in the second. Cincinnati added three more runs on RBIs by Jonny Gomes, Hanigan and Drew Stubbs in the sixth to put the game away.

Astros starter Bud Norris (1-2) allowed five runs on six hits in five innings to take the loss.


Michael Bourn, Carlos Lee and Geoff Blum each had two hits for Houston, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   Houston
Aaron Harang Player Bud Norris
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
6 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Cincinnati   Houston
Jay Bruce Player Michael Bourn
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 9 0 9 .273 23 8 5 6 1 1
Houston 9 0 11 .273 14 11 2 1 1 0