Friday, March 12, 1999
Twins 5, Reds 2
• Reds record: 7-3
• The arms: Scott Sullivan pitched two perfect innings of relief, extending his scoreless streak to six innings and strengthening his hold on a setup role. John Hudek worked out of self-inflicted trouble (two walks) in the ninth inning.
• The bats: Pokey Reese enjoyed his best offensive game of the spring with two solid singles and a sacrifice fly. Manager Jack McKeon continued to rave about Mark Sweeney, whose two hits increased his average to .500 (6-for-12). Sweeney, Aaron Boone and Michael Tucker share the team lead with 5 RBI apiece. Otherwise, only four Reds reached scoring position through eight innings.
• The rest: Reese appeared to make a brilliant play when he tagged out Chris Latham after the Twins left fielder stole second base. Having taken a high throw, Reese seemed to give a head fake that indicated the ball had gone into center field, causing Latham to stray from the bag. But Reese said his head movement was unintentional.
• Up next: Today at Tampa Bay. Pete Harnisch will start against Tampa Bay left-hander Tony Saunders.
• The box score:
MINNESOTA SS AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
J JONES CF 5 0 1 0 REESE 2B 4 0 2 1
GATES 2B 5 1 2 1 B LARKIN SS 3 0 0 0
LAWTON RF 2 0 0 0 BRANSON SS 2 0 0 0
STENTZ P 0 0 0 0 MORRIS 1B 3 0 0 0
MOTA P 0 0 0 0 VAUGHN LF 3 0 1 0
COOMER 3B 4 0 1 2 SULLIVAN P 0 0 0 0
MORIARTY 3B 0 0 0 0 NUNNALLY PH 1 0 0 0
D ORTIZ 1B 4 1 1 1 HUDEK P 0 0 0 0
RUPP 1B 0 0 0 0 D YOUNG RF 3 0 0 0
STEINBACH C 3 1 1 1 HAMMONDS CF 2 0 1 0
PIERZYNSKI C 1 0 0 0 TUCKER CF 2 1 1 0
LATHAM LF 2 0 0 0 B JOHNSON C 2 0 0 0
JOE ESPADA SS 3 1 0 0 OWENS C 1 1 0 0
GUZMAN SS 0 0 0 0 M LEWIS 3B 2 0 1 0
SAMPSON P 1 0 0 0 AVERY P 0 0 0 0
MAYS P 2 1 0 0 D REYES P 0 0 0 0
FELSTON RF 0 0 0 0 SWEENEY LF 2 0 2 1
TOTALS 32 5 6 5 TOTALS 30 2 8 2
MINNESOTA SS 000 131 000-- 5
CINCINNATI 000 000 002-- 2
E--AVERY, MORRIS, D ORTIZ, COOMER. DP--MINNESOTA SS 2,
CINCINNATI 2. LOB--MINNESOTA SS 6, CINCINNATI 9.
2B--COOMER, SWEENEY. 3B--TUCKER. HR--D ORTIZ (OFF AVERY),
STEINBACH (OFF D REYES). SB--LATHAM, SWEENEY. CS--REESE.
S--AVERY, D REYES. SF--REESE.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA SS
SAMPSON (W) 3 2 0 0 2 1 0
MAYS 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
STENTZ 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
MOTA 1 2 2 2 2 0 0
CINCINNATI
AVERY (L) 4 2-3 5 4 1 4 2 1
D REYES 1 1-3 1 1 1 0 2 1
SULLIVAN 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
HUDEK 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
T--2:28. A--2,052.
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