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Where: Sarasota, Fla.

Reds Record: 8-12

Winning pitcher: Dave Burba (1-0)

Losing pitcher: Justin Thompson (0-1)

The hits: Chris Stynes and Willie Greene walked and scored on Reggie Sanders' two-run single in the fourth. Boone singled in the sixth and scored on a passed ball, and Jon Nunnally doubled home Eric Owens.

The ace: Burba didn't match his materpiece of last Thursday, but still pitched well. In six innings he allowed six hits, one run and gave up his first walk in 25 innings (90 hitters).

The local kids: Tigers minor leaguers Scott Sollmann and Ryan Grimmett, both Cincinnati natives, played as outfield subs. Sollmann (St. Xavier) was 0-for-1 and Grimmett (Glen Este) 0-for-1.

Today's game: Detroit Tigers in Lakeland at 7:05 p.m.

Today's starters: Reds' left-hander Mike Remlinger against Detroit right-hander Scott Sanders.

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  DETROIT SS      AB  R  H BI  CINCINNATI      AB  R  H BI
  K BARTEE CF      2  1  1  0  REESE SS         4  0  1  0
  SOLLMAN CF       1  0  0  0  D YOUNG RF       2  0  0  0
  RANDA 3B         3  0  1  0  NUNNALLY RF      1  0  1  1
  SCHESSER 3B      1  0  1  0  STYNES LF        2  1  0  0
  HIGGINSON RF     4  0  1  1  WATKINS LF       1  0  0  0
  TO CLARK 1B      3  0  3  0  ED PEREZ 1B      4  0  1  0
  SIDDALL C        1  0  0  0  W GREENE 3B      3  1  0  0
  INCAVIGLIA LF    3  0  1  0  R SANDERS CF     3  1  1  2
  GRIMMETT LF      1  0  0  0  B BOONE 2B       4  1  1  0
  OLIVER C         4  0  0  0  FORDYCE C        3  0  1  0
  L GARCIA SS      4  0  0  0  BURBA P          2  0  1  1
  FARIES 2B        3  0  0  0  PETAGINE PH      0  0  0  0
  J THOMPSON P     1  0  0  0  E OWENS PH       0  1  0  0
  FLORIE P         1  0  0  0  WEATHERS P       0  0  0  0
  DURAN P          0  0  0  0  TIMMONS PH       1  0  0  0
  B HURST P        0  0  0  0  SHAW P           0  0  0  0
  M BOONE PH       1  0  0  0
  RUNYAN P         0  0  0  0
  TOTALS          33  1  8  1  TOTALS          30  5  7  4
  DETROIT SS              000 001 000-- 1
  CINCINNATI              000 302 00x-- 5
  E--L GARCIA. DP--DETROIT SS 1. LOB--DETROIT SS 6, 
  CINCINNATI 8. 2B--NUNNALLY, HIGGINSON. SB--STYNES. CS--K 
  BARTEE, FORDYCE.
                                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
   DETROIT SS
  J THOMPSON (L)                3 1-3   3   3   3   3   5   0
  FLORIE                            2   3   1   1   1   1   0
  DURAN                           2-3   1   1   0   2   1   0
  B HURST                           1   0   0   0   1   0   0
  RUNYAN                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
   CINCINNATI
  BURBA (W)                         6   6   1   1   1   5   0
  WEATHERS                          2   2   0   0   0   1   0
  SHAW                              1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  WP--J THOMPSON. PB--OLIVER.
  T--2:25. A--4,375.

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