Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds

HOU 1 — 3 CIN

Final — 2026-05-09

MVP: Chase Burns 6.0 IP, 2 K, 1 ER

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 3-1. Chase Burns led the way with 6.0 IP, 2 K, 1 ER. Chase Burns earned the win and Spencer Arrighetti took the loss. Pierce Johnson recorded the save.

	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	x	3	5	0

WP Chase Burns (4-1)

LP Spencer Arrighetti (4-1)

SV Pierce Johnson (1)

Scoring Plays

Top 5: Shewmake homered to right center (388 feet). (1-0)

Bot 5: McLain singled to left, Benson scored and Steer scored, McLain to second, Trevino to second, Trevino safe at third on throwing error by left fielder Cole. (1-2)

Bot 5: De La Cruz singled to left, Trevino scored, Friedl to second, McLain thrown out at home. (1-3)

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Altuve	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.329	.379	.708
Alvarez	DH	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	.327	.432	.660	1.092
Paredes	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.354	.384	.738
Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.360	.534	.894
Smith	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.215	.299	.348	.647
Cole	LF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.846	1.154
Matthews	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.286	.439	.725
Shewmake	SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.350	.350	.800	1.150
Vazquez	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.284	.342	.478	.820
Dezenzo	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.571	.714

CIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Friedl	CF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.185	.267	.274	.541
Bleday	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.362	.600	.962
De La Cruz	SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.277	.345	.516	.861
Stewart	3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.245	.329	.483	.812
Lowe	DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.333	.543	.876
Steer	1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.248	.324	.434	.758
Benson	RF	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	.207	.352	.379	.731
Trevino	C	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.167	.327
McLain	2B	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	.207	.311	.314	.625
Myers	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.371	.294	.665
Hayes	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.192	.227	.419

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Arrighetti	5.2	5	3	1	3	5	93-59	1.88	1.33	L, 4-1
De Los Santos	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9-8	4.50	1.23
Okert	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	4.32	0.87
Abreu	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	9.24	1.46

CIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Burns	6.0	4	1	1	3	2	1	87-49	2.11	1.10	W, 4-1
Burke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	3.06	1.29
Ashcraft	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	1.83	1.22
Johnson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	3.38	1.38	S, 1

Venue: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio (35,688)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: David Rackley, First Base Umpire: Adam Beck, Second Base Umpire: Jonathan Parra, Third Base Umpire: Jeremie Rehak

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