Bret Boone steps away to avoid Twins runner Brent Gates. (AP photo) | ZOOM |

Where: at Sarasota, Fla.

Reds record: 7-10

Winning pitcher: Stan Belinda (2-1)

Losing pitcher: Eric Milton (0-1)

The rally: The Reds broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the ninth to win. Dmitri Young and Eduardo Perez singled, Guillermo Garcia sacrificed with a bunt, Bret Boone was intentionally walked and Damian Jackson singled home Young with the winner.

The silence: Other than the ninth, the Reds' bats were silent, getting just four hits through eight innings.

The pitching: Mike Remlinger was solid in six innings and Gabe White, Scott Sullivan and Belinda shut the door in relief.

Today's game: at Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater at 1:05 p.m.

Today's starters: Left-hander Steve Cooke is scheduled to start against right-hander Tyler Green.

  MINNESOTA       AB  R  H BI  CINCINNATI      AB  R  H BI
  NIXON CF         3  0  2  0  STYNES LF        4  0  2  0
  LEWIS CF         1  0  0  0  NUNNALLY RF      3  0  1  0
  GATES 2B         4  0  1  0  A BOONE 3B       1  0  0  0
  FERGUSON 2B      0  0  0  0  S BELINDA P      0  0  0  0
  MOLITOR 1B       3  0  0  0  W GREENE 3B      3  0  0  0
  MIENIKIEWICZ 1B  1  0  0  0  SULLIVAN P       0  0  0  0
  CORDOVA LF       3  0  0  0  G WHITE P        0  0  0  0
  MILTON P         1  0  0  0  D YOUNG LF       1  1  1  0
  JAVIER VALENTI C 3  0  1  0  ED PEREZ 1B      4  0  1  0
  BUCHANAN RF      3  0  0  0  TAUBENSEE C      2  0  0  0
  R RADMANOVICH LF 1  0  0  0  G GARCIA C       1  0  0  0
  SHAVE 3B         3  0  0  0  B BOONE 2B       2  0  0  0
  HOCKING SS       3  0  1  0  CUMMINGS CF      2  0  0  0
  HAWKINS P        2  0  0  0  WATKINS CF       2  0  0  0
  LATHAM LF        1  0  0  0  D JACKSON SS     3  0  1  1
                               REMLINGER P      1  0  1  0
                               E OWENS RF       1  0  0  0
  TOTALS          32  0  5  0  TOTALS          30  1  7  1
  MINNESOTA               000 000 000-- 0
  CINCINNATI              000 000 001-- 1
  TWO OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED.
  E--B BOONE. DP--MINNESOTA 1. LOB--MINNESOTA 7, CINCINNATI 
  8. CS--NIXON. S--E OWENS, G GARCIA.
                                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
   MINNESOTA
  HAWKINS                           5   2   0   0   0   1   0
  MILTON (L)                    3 2-3   5   1   1   3   1   0
   CINCINNATI
  REMLINGER                         6   5   0   0   1   2   0
  SULLIVAN                          1   0   0   0   1   1   0
  G WHITE                           1   0   0   0   0   3   0
  S BELINDA (W)                     1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  PB--JAVIER VALENTIN.
  T--2:17. A--2,681.

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