Draining day: Reds, Astros split

Josh Hancock, who wasn't on the roster for Friday's first pitch, earned the victory.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Carlos Beltran and Mike Lamb hit ninth-inning homers Saturday, sending the Houston Astros to an 8-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that ended a draining day.
It started with the Reds beating the Astros 3-2 in 13 innings, finishing a game suspended overnight because of rain.
Beltran had a three-run homer and Lamb added a two-run shot off Gabe White in the second game, assuring Houston of a split.
Left-hander Andy Pettitte was scratched from the second game because of a sore elbow, which also forced him out of his last start. Darren Oliver (3-3), acquired from Florida on July 22, made his first start for the Astros and allowed only Adam Dunn's single in five innings.
The Reds didn't get a runner into scoring position until the seventh, when Dunn had an infield single and Cincinnati loaded the bases with none out.
Mike Gallo escaped by inducing three harmless flyballs.
David Weathers and Kirk Bullinger finished off Houston's combined four-hitter.
Brandon Claussen (1-1) got sidetracked by one inning.
He threw 43 pitches in the fourth, when Ryan Freel let in a run with a wild throw on Jason Lane's fly to right.
Claussen lasted 51/3 innings, giving up three hits and five walks in his third start for the Reds. Phil Norton relieved in the sixth and gave up Brad Ausmus' RBI double, the second of his four hits.
Small crowd
A tiny crowd was on hand when the teams handled the first order of business -- picking up a game suspended Friday night in the sixth inning with the score tied at 2.
Two players who had just met for the first time finished off one of the majors' most unusual games of the season.
Josh Hancock, who wasn't even on the Reds' roster for the game's first pitch, wound up getting the victory after catcher Jason LaRue doubled home the winning run in the 13th.
LaRue's only hit in six at-bats during the marathon game -- four rain delays in all -- ended an eight-game losing streak that was Cincinnati's longest in a year.
First game
HOUSTONCINCINNATI
abrhbiabrhbi
Biggio lf6000Freel rf4020
AEvrtt ss5210JCastro 3b5010
CBeltrn cf5011Vn Wal ph1000
Brkmn rf4000Hancock p0000
JKent 2b5000Casey 1b5000
Bgwell 1b3011Dunn lf4111
Ensbrg 3b2000DJmnz 2b6010
Wthers p0000WPena cf5100
OPlmro ph1010LaRue c6011
Gallo p0000FLopez ss4121
DMiceli p0000Harang p2000
Oliver ph1000RWgnr p0000
Lidge p0000GWhite p0000
Lane ph1000JaCruz ph0000
Hrvlle p0000Redling p0000
Asmus c2000Graves p0000
JVzcno ph0000Larkin ph1000
RChavz c2000Poppel p0000
Munro p2000Hmmel 3b0000
Lamb 3b2000
Totals41242Totals43383
Houston0001010000000--2
Cincinnati0100100000001--3
Two outs when winning run scored.
DP--Houston 2, Cincinnati 2. LOB--Houston 11, Cincinnati 11. 2B--CBeltran (6), LaRue (14), FLopez (4). HR--Dunn (29), FLopez (1). SB--Berkman (3), Freel (20). S--Hummel.
IPHRERBBSO
Houston
PMunro562215
Weathers200021
Gallo100000
DMiceli210011
Lidge200024
Harville L,0-1 2-311111
Cincinnati
Harang5 2-332233
RWagner1-300020
GWhite100002
Riedling210010
Graves100010
Van Poppel200013
Hancock W,1-0100020
RWagner pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP--by Harang (AEverett), by PMunro (Dunn). WP--Harang. PB--LaRue. Umpires--Home, Tim Welke; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Kevin Kelley. T--3:56. A--32,691.
Second game
HOUSTONCINCINNATI
abrhbiabrhbi
JVzcno 2b5000Freel rf3010
AEvrtt ss4100JCastro 3b4000
CBeltrn cf5223Casey 1b2000
Brkmn rf3100Dunn lf4030
Lamb 1b3212WPena cf3000
Ensbrg 3b4010DJmnz 2b3000
Lane lf4000Vlentin c3000
Asmus c4141FLopez ss2000
Oliver p1000PNortn p0000
JKent ph0000Larkin ph1000
Wthers p0000RWgnr p0000
Biggio ph2111Clausen p1000
Bullngr p0000Hmmel 3b2000
Totals35897Totals28040
Houston000101006--8
Cincinnati000000000--0
E--Freel (11). DP--Houston 3. LOB--Houston 10, Cincinnati 5. 2B--CBeltran (7), Ausmus (9), Biggio (29). HR--CBeltran (11), Lamb (8). SB--CBeltran (6). CS--Dunn (1). S--Oliver.
IPHRERBBSO
Houston
Oliver W,3-3510026
Gallo210010
Weathers110000
Bullinger110000
Cincinnati
Claussen L,1-15 1-332154
PNorton1 2-310011
GWhite1 1-346620
RWagner2-310011
HBP--by Gallo (WPena). Umpires--Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Kevin Kelley; Third, Tim Welke. T--2:57. A--36,415.