Tuesday, March 16, 1999
Yankees 5, Reds 4
• Reds record: 8-6
• The arms: Steve Avery's erratic four innings featured eight strikeouts but long home runs by Tino Martinez in the second inning and Shane Spencer in the third. Non-roster rookie Scott Williamson strengthened his bid to claim a bullpen spot by working two scoreless innings. Scott Sullivan and losing pitcher Stan Belinda allowed their first runs of the spring.
• The bats: The generous breezes at Ed Smith Stadium helped the deep flies hit by Sean Casey and Mike Cameron carry over the wall for homers.
• The rest: John Hudek loosened the knots of a two-on, none-out jam in the eighth inning by picking off ex-Red Jerome Walton at second base. In the 10th, Walton blooped a single off Belinda, moved to second on a groundout, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Alonzo Powell's single.
• Up next: Today against the Detroit Tigers at Lakeland, Fla. Pete Harnisch will start.
The box score:
NY YANKEES AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
SORIANO SS 5 0 1 0 CAMERON CF 5 1 2 1
RAABE 2B 5 1 3 0 B LARKIN SS 1 1 1 0
CURTIS CF 3 0 0 0 BRANSON SS 3 1 1 0
WALTON LF 2 1 2 0 CASEY 1B 3 1 2 2
SPENCER RF 4 1 1 2 SULLIVAN P 0 0 0 0
MARTINEZ 1B 2 1 1 1 HUDEK P 0 0 0 0
JOHNSON 1B 1 0 0 0 SWEENEY PH 1 0 0 0
POWELL LF 5 0 1 1 BELINDA P 0 0 0 0
CARPENTER CF 0 0 0 0 VAUGHN LF 1 0 0 1
BROSIUS 3B 2 0 0 0 WILLIAMSON P 0 0 0 0
BELLINGER 3B 2 1 0 0 MORRIS 1B 2 0 0 0
GIRARDI C 3 0 1 0 D YOUNG RF 4 0 1 0
NELSON P 0 0 0 0 TAUBENSEE C 4 0 0 0
O HERNANDEZ P 1 0 0 0 A BOONE 3B 2 0 1 0
TORRES PH 1 0 0 0 M LEWIS 3B 2 0 0 0
MENDOZA P 1 0 0 1 REESE 2B 4 0 0 0
WASZGIS CF 1 0 1 0 AVERY P 1 0 0 0
TUCKER LF 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 11 5 TOTALS 36 4 8 4
NY YANKEES 012 000 100 1-- 5
CINCINNATI 000 102 010 0-- 4
DP--CINCINNATI 2. LOB--NY YANKEES 8, CINCINNATI 4.
2B--RAABE 2, WASZGIS, D YOUNG, GIRARDI, BRANSON.
HR--MARTINEZ (OFF AVERY), SPENCER (OFF AVERY), CASEY (OFF
MENDOZA), CAMERON (OFF MENDOZA). CS--JOHNSON, A BOONE.
SF--VAUGHN.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
NY YANKEES
O HERNANDEZ 4 3 1 1 1 3 0
MENDOZA 4 4 3 3 0 3 2
NELSON (W) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
CINCINNATI
AVERY 4 4 3 3 1 8 2
WILLIAMSON 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
SULLIVAN 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
HUDEK 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
BELINDA (L) 2 3 1 1 0 3 0
T--2:58. A--7,225.
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