Gordon Wittenmyer

To clarify: departs with nobody out in the fourth

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That's it for Chase Petty's start for the Reds. He leaves the bases loaded with nobody out for Brent Suter, the Reds trailing the Astros 3-0 in Yainer Diaz' homer in the third. Tons of deep counts, traffic and stress pitches. Gives up six hits, six walks, throws 90 pitches.

That's it for Chase Petty's start for the Reds. He leaves the bases loaded with nobody out for Brent Suter, the Reds trailing the Astros 3-0 in Yainer Diaz' homer in the third. Tons of deep counts, traffic and stress pitches. Gives up six hits, six walks, throws 90 pitches.

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Graham Ashcraft has returned sanity to this game (at least for the moment). After escaping Barlow's 1st-and-3rd jam in the fifth, he pitches a scoreless sixth. Reds 13, Astros 8, T7

Ashcraft gets a strikeout and grounder to get out of it. 12-8 game heading to the sixth.

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The Reds led this game 10-0. It's now 12-8 with one out and Astros at the corners in the fifth inning. Graham Ashcraft takes over Scott Barlow's jam. The Reds record for biggest lead blown in a loss is 9 (twice, last "accomplished" vs. Pirates in 2023)

The Reds led this game 10-0. It's now 12-8 with one out and Astros at the corners in the fifth inning. Graham Ashcraft takes over Scott Barlow's jam. The Reds record for biggest lead blown in a loss is 9 (twice, last "accomplished" vs. Pirates in 2023)

Connor Joe with his first hit of the season, a single to center leading off the fifth for the Reds. He's reached twice in his Reds debut so far. Reds 12, Astros 7, T5

This one ain't over. Victor Caratini HR drives in the fifth and sixth Astros runs of the third inning. Still just one out as Reds starter Brady Singer lifted for Richardson. Reds 12, Astros 7, B3

First home run for Matt McLain since 4/18 Baltimore. Two-run shot puts Reds up 12-1 over Astros in third. Second pitching change of game for HOU

Reds sent 14 batters to the plate in the first tonight, drawing five walks, taking one HBP in the back, and hitting three singles, a double and a home run. They scored 10 runs in an inning for the first time since 7/29/2019 at home against the Pirates in the bottom of the 2nd.

10-run first for the Reds was their highest-scoring first inning since they scored 14 in a 1989 game against ... the Astros.

It's 10-0 Reds. And the Astros haven't batted yet. Press box wag: "I guess all they needed was Connor Joe."

Elly De La Cruz grounds out to short for the second out of the inning as a run scores. That's 4 RBI for the Reds' No. 3 hitter in the first inning.