Where: Fort Myers, Fla.

Reds record: 9-13

Winning pitcher: Travis Miller (2-1).

Losing pitcher: Pete Harnisch (1-2)

The washout: The first of the Reds split squad game vs. the New York Yankees was wiped out by monsoon-like rainstorm at Sarasota. The game was not only one of the biggest draws of the spring, it was supposed to be the first game on Fox Sports Ohio.

The dinger: Jon Nunnally curved one around the foul pole in right-field for solo home run in the fourth inning. The opposite-field shot was Nunnally's first of the spring. Nunnally also drove a double into the right-center field gap in the fifth.

The debut: Melvin Nieves made his debut with the Reds. He was 0-for-2 with a walk.

Today's game: vs. Boston Red Sox at Sarasota, 7:05 p.m.

Today's starters: LHP Steve Cooke vs. RHP Bret Saberhagen.

The box score:

  CINCINNATI SS   AB  R  H BI  MINNESOTA       AB  R  H BI
  REESE SS         3  0  0  0  NIXON CF         2  0  0  0
  NUNNALLY CF      3  1  2  1  HUNTER CF        0  0  0  0
  STYNES LF        3  0  0  0  LAWTON RF        2  0  0  0
  ED PEREZ 1B      2  0  0  0  MOLITOR DH       2  0  0  0
  W GREENE 3B      2  0  0  0  MERCED 1B        2  0  0  0
  D YOUNG RF       3  0  2  0  STAHOVIAK 1B     0  0  0  0
  WATKINS PR       0  0  0  0  CORDOVA LF       2  0  1  0
  NIEVES DH        2  0  0  0  R RADMANOVICH LF 0  0  0  0
  B BOONE 2B       2  0  0  0  KOSKIE 3B        1  1  1  0
  FORDYCE C        1  0  0  0  MEARES SS        2  1  1  0
                               T WALKER 2B      2  0  0  1
                               JAVIER VALENTI C 2  0  1  1
  TOTALS          21  1  4  1  TOTALS          17  2  4  2
  CINCINNATI SS           000 100-- 1
  MINNESOTA               000 02x-- 2
  TWO OUTS IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING WHEN GAME IS
  CALLED DUE TO RAIN.
  DP--CINCINNATI SS 2. LOB--CINCINNATI SS 8, MINNESOTA 2. 
  2B--NUNNALLY. HR--NUNNALLY (OFF B RADKE).
                                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
   CINCINNATI SS
  HARNISCH (L)                      5   4   2   2   2   0   0
   MINNESOTA
  B RADKE                       3 2-3   1   1   1   1   3   1
  TRAVIS MILLER (W)                 2   3   0   0   2   3   0
  HBP--FORDYCE BY B RADKE, B BOONE BY TRAVIS MILLER.
  SO--CIN: REESE, NUNNALLY, ED PEREZ, D YOUNG, NIEVES, B 
  BOONE. MIN: LAWTON, JAVIER VALENTIN.
  BB--CIN: ED PEREZ, W GREENE, NIEVES. MIN: NIXON, KOSKIE.
  T--1:26. A--6,015.

Notebook: Health heartens Boone March 20, 1998
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