Where: at Sarasota, Fla.

Reds final spring record: 13-18

Winning pitcher: Steve Cooke (1-1)

Losing pitcher: Scott Sanders (0-2)

The explosion: The previously offensively-challenged Reds waited until their final game of the spring to break out the big bats, exploding for nine runs and 11 hits. Reds pitchers, meanwhile, only gave up three hits.

The inning: The big damage was done in the third, when the Reds scored five runs, their biggest inning of the spring.

The hits: Jon Nunnally had a three-run homer, his second of the spring, in the third. Reggie Sanders later had a pinch-hit two-run triple and Dmitri Young was 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Opening day: 2:05 p.m. Tuesday vs. the San Diego Padres at Cinergy Field.

Tuesday's starters: Reds' right-hander Dave Burba is scheduled to oppose Padres' righty Kevin Brown.

  DETROIT         AB  R  H BI  CINCINNATI      AB  R  H BI
  BL HUNTER CF     2  0  1  0  STYNES RF        4  1  1  0
  OLIVER C         2  0  0  0  W GREENE 3B      3  2  1  0
  CASANOVA C       1  0  0  0  SULLIVAN P       0  0  0  0
  B RIPKEN SS      2  0  0  0  G WHITE P        0  0  0  0
  FARIES SS        1  0  0  0  R SANDERS PH     1  1  1  2
  SANDERS P        1  0  0  0  WATKINS LF       0  0  0  0
  MILES P          0  0  0  0  D YOUNG 1B       4  1  2  2
  MORA PH          1  0  0  0  ED PEREZ LF      4  1  2  1
  DURAN P          0  0  0  0  S BELINDA P      0  0  0  0
  RIOS 3B          1  0  0  0  SHAW P           0  0  0  0
  K BARTEE CF      2  0  0  0  NUNNALLY CF      4  1  1  3
  RANDA 1B         2  0  1  0  L HARRIS 2B      4  0  1  0
  W ROBERTS PH     1  0  0  0  FORDYCE C        3  0  0  0
  D BROCAIL P      0  0  0  0  TAUBENSEE C      1  0  0  0
  T JONES P        0  0  0  0  D JACKSON SS     3  0  0  0
  INCAVIGLIA PH    1  0  0  0  REESE SS         1  0  0  0
  HIGGINSON RF     3  0  0  0  COOKE P          2  1  1  0
  TO CLARK 1B      1  0  0  0  A BOONE 3B       1  1  1  0
  SIDDALL 1B       1  0  0  0
  EASLEY 2B        2  0  0  0
  CATALANOTTO 2B   1  0  1  0
  L GONZALEZ LF    2  0  0  0
  AIROSO LF        1  0  0  0
  TOTALS          28  0  3  0  TOTALS          35  9 11  8
  DETROIT                 000 000 000-- 0
  CINCINNATI              105 000 30x-- 9
  E--RIOS. DP--DETROIT 1, CINCINNATI 1. LOB--DETROIT 2, 
  CINCINNATI 2. 2B--RANDA, CATALANOTTO. 3B--R SANDERS. 
  HR--NUNNALLY (OFF SANDERS). CS--BL HUNTER.
                                    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
   DETROIT
  SANDERS (L)                       3   8   6   6   0   2   1
  MILES                             2   1   0   0   0   2   0
  DURAN                             1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  D BROCAIL                         1   2   3   2   0   0   0
  T JONES                           1   0   0   0   0   2   0
   CINCINNATI
  COOKE (W)                         5   2   0   0   1   2   0
  SULLIVAN                          1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  G WHITE                           1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  S BELINDA                         1   1   0   0   0   1   0
  SHAW                              1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  WP--SANDERS.
  T--1:58. A--5,297.

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