SportsDirect Inc. Ad
SportsDirect Inc. Ad
SportsDirect Inc. Ad
Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 10, Houston 4
When: 12:35 PM ET, Thursday, May 5, 2011
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 14765

Homer Bailey came off the disabled list and allowed one run over six innings in his season debut and Ryan Hanigan had three hits and drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 10-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon.

Bailey (1-0), out with a shoulder injury, allowed four hits and a walk and struck out seven as Cincinnati won consecutive games and a series for the first time since April 11-12 at San Diego.

Hanigan gave the Reds an early 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the second and added a two-run single in the fourth for a 3-0 lead.

Fred Lewis provided the Reds a 6-1 lead with his first homer of the season in the sixth. Houston pulled within 6-4 with three runs in the seventh. Jason Bourgeois drew a bases-loaded walk and Hunter Pence had a two-run single.

The Reds cushioned their lead with four runs in the eighth, highlighted by a solo homer by Jay Bruce and an RBI double by Drew Stubbs.

Houston starter Brett Myers (1-2) took the loss, allowing six runs on nine hits with three walks and four strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. It was just the second start since the beginning of the 2010 season that Myers failed to last at least six frames.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   Cincinnati
Brett Myers Player Homer Bailey
Loss W/L Win
5.2 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 4
9.53 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Houston   Cincinnati
Hunter Pence Player Jay Bruce
2 Hits 3
3 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 7
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 7 0 8 .206 10 11 4 3 3 0
Cincinnati 14 2 23 .412 12 6 10 3 1 0