Stat break: 69 Senators

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,

B Allen               35      3   10     4       1    0      0      3      1      .286
H Allen                 8      0     1     1       1    0      0      0      0     .125

Alyea                   8      1      1     0       0    0      0      1      0     .125

Brinkman           41      0     9     2       3    0      0      2      0      .220

Casanova          23      3     4     1       0    0      0      2      0      .174

Cullen                  5      1     1     0       0     0      0      0      0     .200

Epstein              37      8     8     9       1     0     3       8      0      .216

French               16     1      1     0       0    0      0      1       0     .063

Howard             41     7    10     6       3    0      4      5       0      .244

Maye                 34      4   11     4       0    0      3      0       0      .324

McMullen          44      3    10    3       4     0      0      2       0      .227
Stroud              18      4      6    1        1     1     0      5       1      .333

Unser                45     3    14     2       1     1     0      6       1      .311

Versalles            0      0      0     0       0    0      0      2      0        ---

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Baldwin             3      0         5       6     3      3      0       4       0      0     0       5.40
Bosman            3      3       20.6  16     6      6       6    22       0      2     1       2.61
Coleman           4      4       24.3  25   17    17      8     22       0      1     2       6.29
C Cox               2      2       14     13     6      6       3      9        0      1     0      3.86
Hannan            2       2      10.6     7     4      4      5       4        0      1     1      3.37
Higgins             2       0        4       2      4     2       4      2        0      0      1      4.50
Humphries       4      0         5.6     4     1      1      3       2        0      0     1      1.59

Knowles           3      0        3.3      2     0      0      1       3        3     0     0       0.00
Moore               2      0       3         2     0      0      1       2        0      0    0       0.00

Shellenback     4      0        7         5     3      3      3       1        0      0     0      3.86

Paul bracket: Reds (09) defeat Senators (69) in five games

Game One: 09 Reds 8, 69 Senators 2
WP: Arroyo (1-0)
LP: Coleman (1-1)
HR: Votto 2 (3), Maye (1), Phillips (1)

Game Two: 09 Reds 5, 69 Senators 3
WP: Burton (2-0)
LP: Higgins (0-1)
Save: Cordero (4)
HR: Howard (3), Votto (4), Phillips (2)

Game Three: 09 Reds 4, 69 Senators 3
WP: Cueto (3-0)
LP: Bosman (2-1)
Save: Cordero (5)
HR: Maye (2), Gomes 2 (2)

Game Four: 69 Senators 3, 09 Reds 1
WP: Hannan (1-1)
LP: Bailey (0-1)
Save: Knowles (3)

Game Five: 09 Reds 10, 69 Senators 4
WP: Arroyo (2-0)
LP: Coleman (1-2)
HR: Gomes (3), Phillips (3), Nix (2), Maye (3), Howard (4), Epstein (3)

The 2009 Cincinnati Reds averaged two home runs a game in powering past the 1969 Washington Senators.

Joey Votto homered twice in the series opener at Washington's RFK Stadium with solo shots off Joe Coleman in the first and fourth innings. The Reds nicked Coleman for one run in the first, two in the second, another in the third and chased him in the fourth with two more. Bronson Arroyo allowed just one run in six innings, a homer by Lee Maye in the third. Votto scored three runs for the Reds; Brandon Phillips drove in three, two of them on an eighth-inning homer. Jay Bruce was injured in the sixth inning and missed the rest of the series.

The Reds never trailed in Game Two either, but the Senators tied it twice. Phillips homered in the third to give Cincinnati a 1-0 lead; Frank Howard tied it with a homer in the fourth. Votto's two-run shot in the sixth gave the Reds a 3-1 lead, but Washington scored one in the bottom of the inning and another in the seventh to even the score. In the top of the ninth, Senators reliever Dennis Higgins walked Laynce Nix. Alex Gonzalez sacrificed Nix to second. Johnny Gomes walked. Second baseman Bernie Allen booted Drew Stubbs' grounder to load the bases. Chris Dickerson grounded into a force out at the plate for the second out of the inning, but Phillips singled home two runs. Phillips was 4-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs.

The series shifted to Cincinnati and Great American Ballpark for Game Three. Gomes homered twice off Dick Bosman and Votto drove in the other two runs on a bases-loaded walk ans a single. Johnny Cueto allowed just four baserunners in the first six innings, but he didn't get an out in the seventh. Arthur Rhodes retired three straight hitters with one run in and two on base to escape that jam. Maye hit a two-run pinch-hit homer with two out in the ninth to make the score close.

Jim Hannan, Bob Humphreys and Darrold Knowles kept the Senators alive in Game Four. Hannan allowed one run in five innings, and Humphreys induced two double-play grounders in his three shutout frames. Mike Epstein drove in two of Washington's three runs.

Washington opened Game Five with back-to-back homers from Maye and Howard. But the Reds evened the score in the second -- Gomes homered, Scott Rolen doubled and Ryan Hanigan singled -- and blasted Coleman for six runs in the third, highlighted by Phillips' two run homer. The Senators never challenged after that.

Players of the series: Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips each went 10-for-20 with three homers and five runs scored. Phillips had one more RBI (eight to seven) and a steal, but Votto drew more walks. Split it between them.

Player availability: Bruce is eligible for Game One of Round Three. With four days off, the pitching staff will be fully available.

Projected rotation: Arroyo-Cueto-Aaron Harang-???-(Arroyo)-(Cueto)-(Harang)

Stat break: 69 Senators

Hitters

Name                AB     R   H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,

B Allen               17      2     3     2       0    0      0      2      1      .176
H Allen                 2      0     0     1       0    0      0      0      0      .000

Alyea                   5      1     1     0       0    0      0      0      0      .200

Brinkman           21      0     4     2       1    0      0      2      0      .190

Casanova          10      2     3     1       0    0      0      1      0      .300

Cullen                  2      0     0     0       0     0      0      0      0     .000

Epstein              20      5     4     6       0     0     2       5      0      .200

French               10     1      1     0       0    0      0      1       0     .100

Howard             23      4     7     4       3    0      2      2       0      .304

Maye                 17      0      4    0       0    0       0     0       0      .235

McMullen          23      3      5    2       3     0      0      2       0      .217
Stroud               14     4      5    1        1     1     0      3       1      .357

Unser                22     2      6    1        0     1     0      6       1      .273

Versalles            0      0      0     0       0    0      0      1      0        ---

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Baldwin             2      0        3.3     5     3      3      0       3       0      0     0       8.11
Bosman            2      2       15.6     9     3      3      4    20       0      2     0       1.72
Coleman           2      2       17       7     3       3      3    15       0      1     0       1.59
C Cox               1      1         7       7     3      3       2      3        0      1     0      3.87
Hannan            1       1        5.6     3     3      3      3       1        0      0     1      4.76
Humphries        2      0        1.6     2     1      1      1       1        0      0     1      5.39

Knowles           2      0        2.3      2     0      0      1       2        2     0     0       0.00
Moore               1      0       1         1     0      0      1       0        0      0    0       0.00

Shellenback     1      0        1         1     0      0      0       0        0      0     0      0.00

Paul bracket: Senators (69) defeat Rangers (09) in six games

Game One: Rangers 2, Senators 1 (10 innings)
WP: Nippert (1-0)
LP: Humphries (0-1)
HR: Epstein (1), Blalock (1)

Game Two: Senators 3, Rangers 2
WP: Bosman (1-0)
LP: Feldman (0-1)
Save: Knowles (1)
HR: Howard 2 (2)

Game Three: Senators 9, Rangers 3
WP: Cox (1-0)
LP: T Hunter (0-1)
HR: Epstein (2), Kinsler (1), N Cruz (1)

Game Four: Rangers 5, Senators 1
WP: Padilla (1-0)
LP: Hannan (0-1)
HR: Ch. Davis (1)

Game Five: Senators 5, Rangers 2
WP: Coleman (1-0)
LP: Millwood (0-1)
Save: Knowles (2)
HR: Murphy (1), N Cruz (2)

Game Six: Senators 6, Rangers 2
WP: Bosman (2-0)
LP: Feldman (0-2)
HR: N. Cruz (3)

There were fewer runs scored in this series than anticipated, and the Washington Senators moved through.

Game One, in Texas, set a low-scoring tone as Joe Coleman and Kevin Millwood dueled. Hank Blalock homered in the fourth inning to give the Rangers the lead; Mike Epstein tied it with an eighth-inning homer off C.J. Wilson. Bob Humphries relieved Coleman in the bottom of the 10th; Elvis Andus singled, stole second and scored on Ian Kinsler's single.

The Senators evened the series on a pair of homers by Frank Howard -- a solo shot in the sixth and a two-run bomb in the eighth. Dick Bosman carried a shutout into the eighth, when he gave up doubles to Kinsler and Nelson Cruz. Darold Knowles entered and yielded another double to pinch-hitter Marlin Byrd, but then retired the next four men to get the save.

The series shifted to Washington and 1969. The Ranges took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth of Game Three, but the Senators scored three runs, with Epstein and Ken McMullen cracking back-to-back RBI doubles. In the sixth a misplayed bunt opened the door to four more runs by the Senators, with Epstein cracking a two run homer off reliever Derek Holland to cap the rally. Epstein had four RBIs in the game.

The Rangers rode a five-run sixth inning to a 5-1 win in Game Four. Jim Hannan, working a three-hitter, walked three men in the frame and left with the bases loaded and two outs. David Murphy singled off Dave Baldwin for two runs, and Chris Davis followed with a three-run homer. Vincente Padilla went eight innings for the win.

Coleman went eight innings for the win in Game Five, giving up solo homers to Murphy and Cruz. Coleman doubled home a run himself in the three-run second. Knowles ptiched the ninth; after giving up a walk and a single to begin the inning, the lefty got Blalock to hit into a triple play to end the game.

The Senators wrapped up the series on the road, with Bosman throwing eight innings of four-hit, one-run ball. A pair of bases-loaded walks in the third to Howard and Epstein gave the Senators a 2-0 lead, and Scott Feldman's error provided an unearned run in the fourth. Murphy misplayed a ball into a single and error in the eighth as the centerpiece of a three-run rally by the visitors, and Cruz's ninth-inning homer off Baldwin was too little too late for the Rangers.

Player of the series: Bosman allowed three runs in 15.2 innings in his two starts, and he gets the honor.

Pitcher availability: Bosman cannot pitch until Game Three.

Projected rotation: Coleman-Casey Cox-Bosman-Hannan (or Jim Shellenback)-(Coleman)-Cox-Bosman