Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 4, Cincinnati 3
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 19, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Runge, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Hunter Wendelstedt
Attendance: 32520
Brett Myers pitched seven scoreless innings and added a sacrifice fly as the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 on Sunday.

Humberto Quintero added two RBIs and Chris Johnson hit a solo homer for the Astros, who pulled to within five games of .500 at 72-77.

Myers (13-7) allowed six hits while walking one and striking out five to improve to 5-0 over his last six outings. The veteran right-hander has now gone at least six innings in each of his 31 starts this season.

Myers got some support in the fifth when Quintero snapped a scoreless draw with a two-run single off rookie Travis Wood (5-4). Quintero, who had moved up to second on a trow and over to third on a throwing error, then came in to score when Myers lifted a sacrifice fly to center.

Johnson added his 10th homer in the seventh to provide an important insurance run, as Jy Bruce singled in a run and Ramon Hernandez clubbed a two-run homer off Matt Lindstrom in the eighth to cut it to 4-3.

Brandon Lyon worked a scoreless ninth for his 18th save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   Houston
Travis Wood Player Brett Myers
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Cincinnati   Houston
Joey Votto Player Chris Johnson
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
5 TB 6
.600 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 11 1 16 .289 14 8 3 1 0 2
Houston 6 1 10 .207 8 5 4 1 0 0