COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Young 2b 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500
E Burks cf-lf 5 1 1 2 0 2 5 .200
Bichette lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
Mccracken cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Walker rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Galarraga 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
V Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .250
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
S Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Weiss ss 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 .667
Ritz p 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000
Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Je Reed c 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Totals 34 4 8 4 4 11 14
a-struck out for J Burke in the 9th.
BATTING: HR - V Castilla (1, 2nd inning off J Smiley 0 on, 2
out); E Burks (1, 3rd inning off J Smiley 1 on, 1 out). RBI - V
Castilla (1), E Burks 2 (2), Weiss (1). 2-out RBI - V Castilla,
Weiss. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Walker 1,
Bichette 1, E Burks 1. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: SB - Galarraga (1, 2nd base off J
Smiley/Taubensee); E Young (1, 2nd base off J Smiley/Taubensee).
CS - Bichette (1, 2nd base by J Smiley).
FIELDING: E - V Castilla (1, bobble); Dipoto (1, throw).
Outfield assists - E Burks (H Morris at 1st base). DP: 2 (V
Castilla-Galarraga, E Burks-Galarraga).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Sanders cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .500
W Greene 3b 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 .500
Larkin ss 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 .000
Reese ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Sanders rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 4 .400
H Morris 1b 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 .750
Sierra lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500
Jarvis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Boone 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 .200
Taubensee c 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 .667
J Smiley p 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 .500
a-L Harris ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 11 15 9 8 2 16
a-sacrificed for J Smiley in the 6th.
BATTING: 2B - D Sanders (1, Ritz); J Smiley (1, Ritz); Sierra
(1, Dipoto); H Morris (1, J Burke). 3B - R Sanders (1, Ritz). HR
- W Greene (1, 1st inning off Ritz 1 on, 0 out). S - D Sanders,
L Harris. RBI - W Greene 2 (2), R Sanders (1), H Morris 3 (3), J
Smiley (1), D Sanders (1), Boone (1). 2-out RBI - H Morris,
Boone. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Smiley 1, R
Sanders 2, Boone 2, W Greene 1. GIDP - Boone. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - Larkin 2 (2, 2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring, 2nd
base off J Burke/Je Reed); D Sanders 2 (2, 2nd base off
Dipoto/Manwaring, 3rd base off Dipoto/Manwaring); W Greene (1,
2nd base off Dipoto/Manwaring). CS - R Sanders (1, 2nd base by
Dipoto/Manwaring).
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Colorado - 012 100 000 -- 4
Cincinnati - 400 104 02X -- 11
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
Ritz (L, 0-1) 5 8 5 5 4 2 1 9.00
Dipoto 2/3 5 4 4 2 0 0 54.00
S Reed 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
J Burke 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 18.00
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smiley (W, 1-0) 6 6 4 4 2 6 2 6.00
Jarvis (S, 1) 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 0.00
WP - J Burke. IBB - Taubensee (by Ritz). Pitches-strikes: J
Smiley 96-62; Jarvis 49-30; Ritz 91-49; Dipoto 31-17; S Reed
18-11; J Burke 23-14. Ground balls-fly balls: J Smiley 9-2;
Jarvis 1-3; Ritz 7-5; Dipoto 1-0; S Reed 3-1; J Burke 1-2.
Batters faced: J Smiley 25; Jarvis 13; Ritz 25; Dipoto 8; S Reed
5; J Burke 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Gary Darling.
3B--Charlie Reliford.
T--3:05. Att--54,820. Weather: 59 degrees, clear. Wind: 5
mph, in from center.
How they scored
REDS' 1ST - DSanders doubles to left. Greene homers to right, DSanders scores. Larkin walks. With RSanders batting, Larkin steals second. RSanders triples to left, Larkin scores. Morris singles to left, RSanders scores. Sierra singles to left, Morris to second. Boone grounds into double play, Sierra to second. Taubensee walks intentionally. Smiley strikes out. (4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB)
Rockies 2nd - With two outs, Castilla homers to left. Manwaring singles to left. Weiss flies to center. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB)
Rockies 3rd - Ritz walks. Young flies to left. Burks homers to left, Ritz scores. Bichette singles to left. With Walker batting, Bichette caught stealing. Walker grounds out. (2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB)
Rockies 4th - Galarraga walks. Castilla strikes out, Galarraga steals second. Manwaring grounds out. Weiss singles to center, Galarraga scores. Ritz grounds out. (1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB)
Reds 4th - Taubensee singles to center. Smiley doubles to right, Taubensee scores. DSanders sacrifice bunts, Smiley to third. Greene strikes out. Larkin walks. RSanders pops to third. (1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB)
Reds 6th - Taubensee singles to left. Harris pinch hits for Smiley. Harris sacrifice bunts, Taubensee to second. DSanders singles to left, Taubensee scores. With Greene batting, DSanders steals second. Greene walks. With Larkin batting, DSanders steals third, scores on error, Greene steals second, to third on error. Larkin walks. Greene scores on error. RSanders singles to left, Larkin to third. With Morris batting, RSanders caught stealing. Morris singles to center, Larkin scores. Sierra doubles to center, Morris to third. Boone grounds out. (Four runs, five hits, two errors, 2 LOB)
Reds 8th - Larkin walks. With RSanders batting, Larkin steals second. RSanders flies to left. Morris doubles to right-center, Larkin scores. Morris to third on wild pitch. Jarvis grounds out. Boone singles to center, Morris scores. Taubensee flies to center. (2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB).
OPENING DAY PHOTOS
GAME STORY
WHOA, BABY! WHAT A DAY FOR SMILEY
LOVE IS IN THE AIR OPENING DAY
TRIPLE A WON'T TARNISH POKEY'S DAY Paul Daugherty column
BOUNCES WILL ADD WRINKLES FOR REDS Tim Sullivan column
MR. RED COULD GIVE BASEBALL A BIG HEAD Cliff Radel column
BICHETTE WEARS BULLS-EYE IN LF
NOTEBOOK: REESE SENT TO INDY
ALLEN HEARS POSITIVES FROM FANS
BAN DOESN'T KEEP SCHOTT OUT OF SPOTLIGHT
REDS HONOR McSHERRY
