Times wires
Monday, May 9, 2011
Reds 6, Astros 1
HOUSTON — Travis Wood hit a three-run homer and pitched shutout ball into the seventh to lead the Reds. Wood's shot to the Crawford Boxes in leftfield made it 3-0 in the third inning, and Ramon Hernandez pushed the lead to 5-0 with a two-run homer to almost the same spot an inning later. Wood earned his first win since April 2.