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CINCINNATI – Adam Everett’s eighth-inning suicide squeeze drove in the go-ahead run, Roy Oswalt beat the Cincinnati Reds again, and the Houston Astros came from behind to win 7-5 Sunday.

Morgan Ensberg had three RBIs for the Astros, including a sacrifice fly in the eighth that cut their deficit to 5-4. After Jeff Kent scored the tying run on John Riedling’s bases-loaded walk to Craig Biggio, Everett laid down a terrific bunt just beyond the reach of reliever Todd Van Poppel for a base hit that allowed Jeff Bagwell to score from third.

Ensberg added an RBI double in the ninth to make it 7-5, sending slumping Cincinnati to its 10th loss in 11 games. Jacob Cruz hit a two-run homer for the Reds, and Wily Mo Pena had a two-run double.

Riedling (4-3) gave up three hits, two walks and three runs in two-thirds of an inning. He was ejected by plate umpire Andy Fletcher as he walked off the field after being relieved.

Oswalt (11-8) improved to 9-0 in 13 career appearances against the Reds, giving up five runs, four earned, and 10 hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked two. The right-hander allowed four runs in the fourth before settling down and yielding just one hit in his final three innings.

Dan Miceli worked a scoreless eighth, and Brad Lidge got three outs for his 11th save in 13 opportunities. He got D’Angelo Jimenez to ground into a game-ending double play.

Cincinnati’s Paul Wilson wound up with his fourth no-decision in four starts since the All-Star break. He allowed six hits and three runs with four walks and four strikeouts in seven innings. The Reds have lost all four games he’s started since the All-Star break.

Ensberg and Raul Chavez hit consecutive run-scoring singles to give Houston a 2-0 lead in the second.

The Reds, who had scored one run in their previous 17 innings, needed help from Biggio to get on the board in the third. Felipe Lopez was on second with one out when Ryan Freel singled to left. Lopez stopped at third, then kept going when the ball slipped under Biggio’s glove for an error.

In the fourth, Cruz followed Pena’s two-run double off the right-field wall with a two-run homer into the right-field bleachers as the Reds sent nine batters to the plate and took a 5-2 lead.

Houston started its comeback with a run in the fifth when Everett scored from second on Mike Lamb’s two-out single.

Notes: Cincinnati’s Sean Casey snapped an 0-for-14 slump with a first-inning single. … Pena snapped an 0-for-17 skid, and Cruz broke an 0-for-11 slump. … Bagwell did not start for the second consecutive game. He walked as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. … Cincinnati’s Adam Dunn extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games with a fourth-inning double. … Carlos Beltran went 0-for-5, ending his hitting streak at seven games.

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