Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds

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Houston Astros

75-64, 36-35 Away

Final
5 - 12

Cincinnati Reds

67-73, 35-39 Home

Jonathan India leads off 9-run 1st inning with long homer, helping Reds rout Astros 12-5

The Reds went to work right away against Spencer Arrighetti (7-12), with India hitting his 11th career lead-off homer and the first since July 12.

Elly De La Cruz had a double and a single in the first, two RBI and his major league-leading 62nd stolen base. Tyler Stephenson and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs during the outburst.

Arrighetti didn't get out of the first, allowing six hits and walking three.

“I thought they were on all his pitches. They just were not fooled," Astros manager Joe Espada said. “They took some really good swings on him. That’s one you want to put behind quickly and get ready for your next one.”

Reds starter Nick Martinez (7-6) pitched into the sixth, allowing four runs and six hits. He threw a season-high 107 pitches and struck out seven.

"I was gassed", he said.

Brent Suter went the final 3 1/3, allowing a run and three hits with six strikeouts for his first save and just the second of his career.

“I think I got my first one in ‘21. It’s cool,” Suter said. “I was feeling good. I had the slider, the changeup and both fastballs. It was all kind of working today.”

The Reds won their third in a row and, after a 5-3 win over Houston in the first game Monday night, secured a series win for the first time since taking two of three from the Blue Jays Aug. 19-21.

De La Cruz was 3 for 4 with two RBI. Stephenson had two hits and three batted in.

“It felt really good. We started the game in a good way,” De La Cruz said.

Jon Singleton hit a two-out solo homer in the seventh for the Astros.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Astros: INF Kyle Tucker (leg) ran the bases before the game and took live batting practice. “He’s really, really close,” manager Joe Espada said. “It will be the next few days.”

Reds: It's looking less likely that INF Matt McLain will make it back this season as doctors try to get to the bottom of soreness in his side. He sustained a shoulder injury in spring training.

Reds rookie right-hander Rhett Lowder (0-1, 2.25 ERA), who made his major league debut last Friday, was set to face Astros right-hander Hunter Brown (11-7, 3.55) on Thursday in the finale of the three-game interleague series.

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Matchup Prediction

Reds: 57.1%

Astros: 42.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Salazar struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Salazar hit for Diaz
	9th Inning	Heyward struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Whitcomb flied out to center.
	9th Inning	McCormick singled to center.
	8th Inning	Fraley flied out to left.

Statistics

HOU		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	14
13	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	3
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	12
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	38
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
14	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	191
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	20
39	Plate Appearances	43
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
4.1	Runs Created	8.9
.250	Batting Average	.342
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.526
.222	Secondary Average	.395
.308	On Base Percentage	.419
.697	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.945
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.6
36.0	Batter Rating	71.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	38.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.44
.139	Isolated Power	.184
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.116
-.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.053
10.0	Runs Produced	22.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.8	MLB Rating	108.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0