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Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Ryan Hanigan went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in, as the Cincinnati Reds earned a 10-4 decision over Houston in the rubber match of a three-game set at Great American Ball Park. babyliss curl secret prix . Jay Bruce turned in a three-hit game with a solo homer and three runs scored for the Reds, who won consecutive games for the first time since April 11-12 at San Diego. Fred Lewis added a pinch-hit solo shot for the victors. Homer Bailey (1-0), making his first start of the 2011 season, worked six solid innings, allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts. He did walk one. The right-hander was activated off the 15-day disabled list prior to the game with an impingement in his pitching shoulder he suffered in spring training. He made 19 starts for the Reds last season, going 4-3 with a 4.46 earned run average. It was good to get back into the game, to be a part of this team again and go out there and compete with those guys. They had my back so well, Bailey said about his teammates. Hunter Pence went 2-for-4 with three RBI, while Jason Bourgeois drove in the other run for Houston, which has dropped two straight after a three-game winning streak. Brett Myers (1-2) was touched for nine hits and six runs in 5 2/3 innings. The veteran righty struck out four and walked three. It didnt appear that he had his best stuff, but it was sure nice to see him battle all the way through it, Astros manager Brad Mills said about Myers. Hanigans run-scoring single to right in the second gave Cincinnati the early lead. With the bases loaded in the fourth, Hanigan again stepped up and lined a two- run single to left to make it a 3-0 game. Chris Heisey reached with a bunt single leading off the fifth, stole second and came around to score on a base hit by Edgar Renteria. Pences RBI double to center in the sixth got the Astros on the board, but Paul Janishs sac fly and homer by Lewis in the home half put Cincinnati up 6-1. Bourgeois drew a bases loaded walk and Pences two-run single off Aroldis Chapman in the seventh cut the Houston deficit to 6-4. Chapman was replaced by Bill Bray, who got Brett Wallace to ground out to prevent further damage. Nick Masset worked a perfect top of the eighth and the Reds tacked on four more in the bottom portion. Bruce led off the frame with a solo homer to right and later, Drew Stubbs RBI double, a sac fly from Heisey and run-scoring single by Renteria made it 10-4. Sam LeCure came on to throw a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the victory. GAME NOTES:Prior to the game, the Reds optioned pitcher Jordan Smith to Triple-A Louisville to make room on the roster for Bailey...Astros left fielder Carlos Lee missed his third straight game with sore left ribs and is listed as day-to-day. Lee suffered the injury on Sunday, when he collided with teammate Angel Sanchez while pursuing a fly ball...Cincinnati took two of three from the Astros earlier in the season...Astros second baseman Bill Hall was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes...Reds first baseman Joey Votto went 1-for-5 with a run scored and has now reached base safely in 31 straight games. miracurl secret de babyliss . Settle for the best 3-point shooting night of the season, or stay on the court for the fourth quarter and a chance at history? "I asked him, he wanted out. babyliss miracurl . Both clubs will look to create some breathing room atop their respective standings this evening at HP Pavilion. You can watch the game tonight on TSN, TSN.ca, or TSN Mobile TV tonight at 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt. LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- Heather Nedohin likes to let the horses run, while her third Beth Iskiw wants to pull on the reins. Its a relationship that seems to work for Canadas back end at the Ford World Womens Curling Championship. Nedohins rink remained unbeaten with an 8-7 win over the Czech Republic on Monday. "The difference between Beth and I is that Im aggressive and shes conservative, so we do have to meet in the middle and come to an agreement," Nedohin said. "We bicker like old Bettys. I call her my Betty and Im Dorothy to her. We laugh like were two old women trying to beat each other in a game of chess. I know its different than what other back enders do. Other thirds may play more the role of puppet, say yes and agree. "I like that she has the confidence to give me a different point of view, yet at the same time trust that Ill make the final decision and then were all-in to make that shot." There was little debate between Nedohin and Iskiw on what Canadas approach had to be Monday afternoon when Czech skip Linda Klimova scored five points in the second end to lead 5-0. The Canadians had no choice but to take risks to get back in the game. They went to work scoring eight points, six of them stolen, over the next six ends. At 4-0, Nedohins Edmonton foursome was the only unbeaten team left in the field with a game at night versus Denmark. "I look at the way weve started the last few games and weve been slow out of the gate," Nedohin observed, pointing to second ends in particular. "I think we had to get mean out there. I say mean, but its not mad at each other. "Its always tough to defend a lead. We put up junk to go at it. We pushed on her to make big shots. Those are tough to make sometimes." South Koreas Sun-Ji Kim and Swedens Margaretha Sigfriddson were tied for second at 4-1. Kim is the early surprise at this world championship. Her team went 2-9 in last years world championship. With Pyeongchang winning the bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, expect South Korea to make strides in all winter sports, including curling. Switzerlands Mirjam Ott, Germanys Melanie Robillard, Scotlands Eve Muirhead and Denmarks Lene Nielson were all 2-2. Italys Diana Gaspari and the Czechs were 2-3. Chinas Bingyu Wang and Russias Anna Sidorova were both 1-3. Even though the U.S. had the highest shooting percentage of all teams after seven draws at 86, Allison Pottinger was still looking for her first winn after four losses. mira curl babyliss. The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin Thursday advance to playoffs. Curling fans re-discovered at this years national womens championship how entertaining Nedohin, 36, can be with her dramatic body language and facial expressions. As it often happens, Nedohins voice was rasping Monday on just the third day of competition. The occasional butting of heads between Nedohin and Iskiw over strategy also drew attention at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. "In the past, weve had some pretty good arguments out there about different strategy calls and we definitely laugh about it afterwards," Iskiw said. "We room together too and sometimes weve come back to the room too and said, This is what I was thinking, and were across the hotel room saying What are we going to do next time? "I used to believe it wasnt good for a skip and a third to room together, but for us it works because we get that out a little bit if we need to discuss things." Iskiw, 32, knows Nedohin has the final say. She chooses her time to make a stand carefully. "Everybody is talking about how shes emotional and I can feel that as well, when I cant press the limits with her," Iskiw said. "You can tell by her body language and the way shes talking, I will step back. "She knows unless I really believe something, Im not going to be that strong. Unless I absolutely disagree with something, I wont be that strong. If Im disagreeing, Im really believing a certain way." The Czech Republic is relatively new to international womens curling. The country, which has 2,500 curlers out of four facilities, made its world championship debut in 2007. Klimova, 23, is skipping her country for the first time at a world championship. After taking the big lead early, Klimova was unable to defend it. "We were quite excited about the five ender and then they played really well," the Czech skip said. "We were quite afraid I think." Klimova felt she spent too much time chasing Canadian stones around centre guards, instead of setting up corner guards and making Nedohin follow her. The turning point was a steal of three by Canada in the fourth end to tie the game 5-5. With five Canadian rocks and a couple of Czech stones clustered around the four-foot-rings, Klimovas final draw was slightly heavy. A measurement on third stones confirmed the steal of a third point Canada. ' ' '