Where: Sarasota, Fla.

Reds record: 11-16

Winning pitcher: Mike Morgan (3-0)

Losing pitcher: Steve Cooke (0-1)

The offense: MIA, again. The Reds have scored two runs or fewer in 11 of their 27 spring games.

The defense: Not good, either. Jon Nunnally's throwing error led to one of the runs, and Damian Jackson made his sixth error of the spring.

The pitching: Steve Cooke went six strong innings, allowing only two earned runs.

The Moe Man: Mike Morgan, the aging right-hander the Reds let go, improved to 3-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.52.

Today's game: vs. the Texas Rangers at Port Charlotte, 1 p.m., WLW (700 AM).

Today's starters: RHP Dave Burba vs. RHP John Burkett.

  MINNESOTA       AB  R  H BI  CINCINNATI      AB  R  H BI
  HUNTER CF        5  0  0  0  REESE SS         4  0  0  0
  GATES 2B         4  0  0  0  NUNNALLY RF      3  0  0  0
  MOLITOR 1B       3  1  2  0  L HARRIS LF      4  0  1  0
  ORTIZ 1B         2  0  1  0  ED PEREZ 1B      3  0  1  0
  COOMER 3B        4  2  3  0  WEATHERS P       0  0  0  0
  AGUILERA P       0  0  0  0  S BELINDA P      0  0  0  0
  J OWENS C        0  0  0  0  STYNES PH        1  0  0  0
  OCHOA LF         4  0  2  2  W GREENE 3B      3  0  0  0
  STEINBACH C      3  0  1  0  A BOONE 3B       1  0  0  0
  SWINDELL P       0  0  0  0  R SANDERS CF     2  0  0  0
  TROMBLEY P       0  0  0  0  WATKINS CF       0  0  0  0
  LAWTON RF        3  0  0  0  TAUBENSEE C      3  0  0  0
  HOCKING SS       4  0  0  0  B BOONE 2B       3  0  1  0
  M MORGAN P       2  0  0  0  D JACKSON 2B     0  0  0  0
  MIENIKIEWICZ PH  1  0  0  0  COOKE P          2  0  1  0
  KOSKIE 3B        1  0  0  0  YOUNG 1B         1  0  0  0
  TOTALS          36  3  9  2  TOTALS          30  0  4  0
  MINNESOTA               000 102 000-- 3
  CINCINNATI              000 000 000-- 0
  E--TAUBENSEE, NUNNALLY, D JACKSON. DP--MINNESOTA 1, 
  CINCINNATI 1. LOB--MINNESOTA 4, CINCINNATI 5. 2B--OCHOA, 
  ORTIZ.
                                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
   MINNESOTA
  M MORGAN (W)                      6   4   0   0   0   2   0
  AGUILERA                          1   0   0   0   1   0   0
  SWINDELL                          1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  TROMBLEY (S)                      1   0   0   0   0   1   0
   CINCINNATI
  COOKE (L)                         6   7   3   2   1   2   0
  WEATHERS                          2   2   0   0   1   1   0
  S BELINDA                         1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  HBP--NUNNALLY BY M MORGAN.
  T--2:05. A--3,711.  

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