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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-05-09 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 35688 · 72°F, Sunny · Wind 9 mph, Out To LF · 2:21

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 3–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 5th — Braden Shewmake homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 5th — Matt McLain singles on a line drive to left fielder Zach Cole. Spencer Steer scores. Will Benson scores. Jose Trevino to 3rd. Matt McLain to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Zach Cole. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Matt McLain singles on a line drive to left fielder Zach Cole. Spencer Steer scores. Will Benson scores. Jose Trevino to 3rd. Matt McLain to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Zach Cole — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
CIN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	5

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	2	0	1	0	2	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Zach Cole LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Zach Dezenzo LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brice Matthews CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Braden Shewmake SS	3	1	1	1	0	0
Christian Vazquez C	2	0	0	0	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dane Myers CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
TJ Friedl CF	2	0	0	0	1	1
JJ Bleday LF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	0	2	1	0	1
Sal Stewart 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathaniel Lowe DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Steer 1B	3	1	1	0	0	0
Will Benson RF	1	1	0	0	2	1
Jose Trevino C	2	1	0	0	0	0
Matt McLain 2B	3	0	1	2	0	1