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Reds chip away at Oswalt's dominance.

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)

| April 29, 2006 | Mctaggart, Brian | COPYRIGHT 2006 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Brian Mctaggart

Apr. 29--CINCINNATI -- If there was a silver lining in the first loss of the season for Astros righthander Roy Oswalt, it's that he no longer will have to answer questions about his perfect record against the Cincinnati Reds.

That's because the Reds -- one of baseball's biggest surprises this season -- finally figured out how to beat the Astros righthander on Friday night at Great American Ball Park. Oswalt (4-1) allowed eight hits and three runs in six innings and suffered his first loss in 16 career decisions against the Reds (16-7), who held on to beat the Astros 5-4 in front of 32,089 fans.

"Eventually it was going ...

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