Why They Lost
Bad defense - including Bourn losing a ball in the lights, and the self same ball glancing off of Pence's glove, and also including Votto getting an RBI triple because Pence fell all over the ball boy. The error glancing off of Pence led to four unearned runs, meaning Paulino needed 93 pitches to get through five innings.
Astros Pitching
| Name | IP | H/ER | K:BB | Pit-Str | CS/SS |
| Paulino | 5 | 6/2 | 4:4 | 93-53 (57%) | 14/8 |
| Moehler | 2 | 1/0 | 1:0 | 20-11 (55%) | 4/2 |
| Gervacio | 1 | 0/0 | 0:1 | 16-9 (56.3%) | 3/1 |
| Sampson | 1 | 1/0 | 0:0 | 12-8 (75%) | 3/1 |
Astros pitching allowed the Reds to go 1x12 w/RISP. Every Red, save for Jay Bruce and Laynce Nix, got a hit - with Stubbs/Phillips/Votto getting on base seven times.
And yes, the Pence error led to 15 extra pitches for Paulino to get out of the inning.
Astros hitting
Mike Leake did his thing, yet again, and went 7IP, 5H/1ER, 5K:2BB. Jeff Keppinger got on base twice (fitting, since I dropped him from my fantasy team), and Carlos Lee GIDPed twice. Berkman did hit a two-run homer in the 9th, that closed the game to 6-3. Blum singled in Pence, and with the winning run at the plate, Towles struck out swinging and Bourn flied out to right, who went 0x5 with 4Ks.
Pitch Count Hero: Bourn (0x5) - 23 pitches in five PAs
Pitch Count Punk: Feliz (2x4) - 12 pitches in four PAs
Man of the Match: I don't know who to give this to. So let's go with Felipe Paulino, who should have thrown well enough to get a win, but the outfield let him down twice (four unearned runs, and a hit from Votto where Pence grinded on the ballboy - but probably would have scored anyway.)
Goat of the Game: Bourn? 0x5 with 4Ks? That's brutal.
