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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 4, Washington 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, August 26, 2011
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Paul Schrieber
Attendance: 35089

Miguel Cairo's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning propelled the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday.

Drew Stubbs began the winning sequence with a one-out single against Collin Balester (1-2) and moved to second on a base hit by Todd Frazier. Cairo drove a 1-0 pitch deep into center field to seal the win for Francisco Cordero (5-3), who held the Nationals scoreless in the top half.

Wilson Ramos gave the Nationals a 3-1 lead in the fourth with a three-run homer to right against Dontrelle Willis.

Brandon Phillips got the Reds within a run with his second RBI single of the game in the sixth, and Frazier tied it in the seventh with a base hit to center.

Willis allowed three runs, six hits and five walks in seven innings.

Washington starter Chien-Ming Wang allowed two runs (one earned), six hits and four walks in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Cincinnati
Chien-Ming Wang Player Dontrelle Willis
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Washington   Cincinnati
Ian Desmond Player Dontrelle Willis
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 8 1 12 .250 24 5 3 6 0 1
Cincinnati 12 0 13 .324 22 6 4 6 1 1