late MONDAY: Cincinnati 5, Houston 3

Houston AB R H BI SO AVG

Altuve 2b 4 1 0 0 2 .294

Alvarez dh 4 0 1 0 1 .313

Diaz c 3 0 2 3 0 .300

Pena ss 4 0 0 0 2 .270

Singleton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 .231

Gamel lf 3 0 0 0 0 .308

Dubon 3b 2 0 0 0 1 .257

a-Caratini ph 1 0 1 0 0 .277

1-Whitcomb 3b 1 0 0 0 1 .250

Heyward rf 3 1 1 0 0 .222

McCormick cf 3 1 1 0 0 .194

TOTALS 31 3 6 3 8

Cincinnati AB R H BI SO AVG

India 2b 3 1 1 0 0 .251

De La Cruz ss 3 1 0 0 2 .261

Stephenson c 4 0 2 0 2 .264

Friedl cf 4 0 1 1 1 .214

Steer lf-1b 4 0 0 0 1 .234

France 1b 4 1 4 1 0 .284

2-Dunn pr-lf 1 0 0 0 1 .053

Fraley rf 5 1 1 0 1 .270

Espinal 3b 4 1 2 2 1 .270

Rosario dh 4 0 2 1 1 .250

TOTALS 36 5 13 5 10

Houston 002 000 100 3 6 0

Cincinnati 200 030 00x 5 13 1

a-singled for Dubon in the 6th. 1-ran for Caratini in the 6th. 2-ran for France in the 7th. E: India (4). LOB: Houston 8, Cincinnati 14. 2B: McCormick (6), Alvarez (30), France (7). RBIs: Diaz 3 (78), Friedl (42), France (10), Espinal 2 (42), Rosario (4). SB: Fraley (17), Espinal (9), Steer (23), Friedl (8). SF: Diaz, Friedl. S: McCormick.

Runners left in scoring position: Houston 5 (Heyward 2, Pena, Singleton, Alvarez); Cincinnati 8 (De La Cruz 2, Fraley 5, Stephenson). RISP: Houston 2 for 9; Cincinnati 3 for 11. GIDP: Pena. DP: Cincinnati 1 (Espinal, India, France).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Verlander, L, 3-5 42/3 8 5 5 4 3 4.52

Ort 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 1.15

Ferguson 2 3 0 0 1 4 2.70

Whitley 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.00

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Aguiar 22/3 2 2 2 2 2 6.48

Moll 11/3 0 0 0 0 1 2.63

Spiers, W, 5-5 21/3 3 1 1 3 2 5.31

Pagan, H, 6 21/3 1 0 0 0 3 3.94

Wilson, S, 2-4 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4.61

Pitches-Strikes: Verlander 107-58; Ort 8-4; Ferguson 34-24; Whitley 28-18;

Aguiar 53-33; Moll 19-14; Spiers 65-33; Pagán 28-20; Wilson 5-2.

Inherited runners-scored: Ort 1-1, Moll

2-0, Pagan 2-1, Wilson 1-0. IBB: off Aguiar (Alvarez). WP: Ferguson. PB: Stephenson (3).

Umpires: Home, Chris Conroy; First, Shane Livensparger; Second, Brian O’Nora; Third, Brennan Miller.

Time: 3:03. A: 24,606 (43,891).