Wednesday, March 17, 1999
Tigers 14, Reds 8
• Reds' record: 8-7
• The arms: Except for Pete Harnisch, the results were encouraging. Danny Graves and Gabe White, expected to share the closer's duties, combined for three hitless innings. Dennys Reyes was struck in his left bicep by Raul Casanova's fifth-inning line drive but stayed in the game.
• The bats: Jeff Branson and Chris Stynes, fighting for reserve roles, each stroked a pair of RBI singles. Jon Nunnally hiked his trade value with a two-run double in the sixth inning.
• The rest: Catcher Brian Johnson and third baseman Aaron Boone had Detroit's Luis Polonia trapped off third base in the second inning, but let him slip off the hook. Second baseman Pokey Reese committed a second-inning error when the ball slipped out of his hand as he prepared to throw to first base on Casanova's grounder.
• Up next: Today against Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla. Brett Tomko will oppose Pittsburgh right-hander Jason Schmidt.
• Box score:
CINCINNATI (8) AT DETROIT (14)
CINCINNATI AB R H BI DETROIT AB R H BI
HAMMONDS CF 2 0 0 0 POLONIA DH 5 1 1 1
NUNNALLY CF 2 1 1 2 K BARTEE LF 4 3 2 2
BRANSON SS 5 0 2 2 CATALANOTTO 2B 4 2 4 5
MORRIS 1B 5 0 1 1 MACIAS 2B 1 0 0 0
D YOUNG RF 3 0 0 0 KAPLER CF 3 1 1 2
HOLLINS RF 2 0 0 0 K GARCIA RF 2 0 0 0
TUCKER LF 4 1 0 0 G ALVAREZ 3B 5 0 0 0
A BOONE 3B 1 0 1 0 CRADLE RF 3 1 0 0
M LEWIS 3B 2 1 0 0 MCCARTY 1B 3 2 1 0
SWEENEY DH 4 1 0 0 CASANOVA C 3 2 1 1
B JOHNSON C 3 2 1 0 CARDONA C 1 0 0 0
FORDYCE C 1 0 1 1 L GARCIA SS 4 2 2 2
REESE 2B 2 1 1 0
STYNES 2B 2 1 2 2
TOTALS 38 8 10 8 TOTALS 38 14 12 13
CINCINNATI 001 014 200-- 8
DETROIT 264 020 00x--14
E--M LEWIS, REESE, CRADLE 2. LOB--CINCINNATI 8, DETROIT 3.
2B--NUNNALLY, A BOONE, B JOHNSON. 3B--POLONIA, K BARTEE, L
GARCIA. HR--KAPLER (OFF HARNISCH), CATALANOTTO (OFF
HARNISCH). SB--K BARTEE.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
HARNISCH (L) 2 2-3 8 12 11 3 2 2
THOMPSON 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 2 0
D REYES 1 3 2 2 0 0 0
GRAVES 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
G WHITE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
DETROIT
MOEHLER (W) 4 3 1 1 1 5 0
KIDA 1 2-3 5 5 5 2 1 0
BRUNSON 1 1-3 2 2 0 1 2 0
BROCAIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
M ANDERSON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
WP--HARNISCH. PB--B JOHNSON. HBP--A BOONE BY MOEHLER.
SO--CIN: NUNNALLY, BRANSON, D YOUNG 2, HOLLINS, SWEENEY, B
JOHNSON, REESE. DET: POLONIA, G ALVAREZ, CRADLE, MCCARTY
2, L GARCIA.
BB--CIN: HAMMONDS, TUCKER, M LEWIS, SWEENEY. DET: K
BARTEE, CRADLE, MCCARTY.
T--2:48. A--5,122.
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