Thursday, March 25, 1999

Reds 5, Devil Rays 4

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Aaron Boone dives back to first after a pickoff throw. (AP photo) | ZOOM |

        • Record: 11-11

        • The arms: Steve Avery allowed only five hits in six innings, but three were home runs. “If he gets his pitches up, he better make sure he gets them way out of the (strike) zone,” manager Jack McKeon said. “Other than that, he did a good job.”

        • The bats: The Reds either were hitting intelligently or swinging slightly behind the fastballs of Tampa Bay starter Bobby Witt. Of their eight hits, four went to the opposite field.

        • The rest: Mark Sweeney and Mike Cameron were caught trying to steal second base, dropping the Reds' stolen-base percentage to .538 (14-of-26).

        • Up next: Tonight against Pittsburgh in Sarasota at 7:05. Steve Parris will face Pittsburgh's Kris Benson.

        Box score:

 TAMPA BAY       AB  R  H BI  CINCINNATI      AB  R  H BI
 WINN CF          5  1  2  1  CAMERON CF       4  0  1  1
 LEDESMA SS       5  0  2  0  B LARKIN SS      4  1  1  0
 S MCCLAIN 1B     4  1  0  0  BRANSON SS       0  0  0  0
 LEVIS PH         1  0  0  0  VAUGHN LF        4  1  1  0
 TRAMMELL LF      4  1  2  2  TUCKER RF        0  0  0  0
 B SMITH 3B       4  0  0  0  CASEY 1B         2  0  1  2
 OLIVER C         4  1  1  1  MORRIS 1B        1  0  0  0
 M KELLY RF       1  0  0  0  TAUBENSEE C      4  0  1  0
 R BUTLER RF      0  0  0  0  A BOONE 3B       3  1  0  0
 LAMB 2B          4  0  0  0  SWEENEY RF       2  1  1  0
 M WHITE P        0  0  0  0  SULLIVAN P       0  0  0  0
 WITT P           2  0  0  0  D REYES P        0  0  0  0
 FRANCO PH        1  0  0  0  M LEWIS PH       1  0  0  0
 CHARLTON P       0  0  0  0  WILLIAMSON P     0  0  0  0
 ALDRED P         0  0  0  0  REESE 2B         4  1  2  1
 CAIRO 2B         1  0  0  0  AVERY P          2  0  0  0
                              HAMMONDS LF      0  0  0  0
 TOTALS          36  4  7  4  TOTALS          31  5  8  4
 TAMPA BAY               110 002 000-- 4
 CINCINNATI              111 002 00x-- 5
 E--LAMB 2, A BOONE 2, S MCCLAIN. LOB--TAMPA BAY 8, 
 CINCINNATI 6. 2B--TAUBENSEE, REESE, B LARKIN, TRAMMELL. 
 3B--VAUGHN. HR--WINN (OFF AVERY), OLIVER (OFF AVERY), 
 TRAMMELL (OFF AVERY). CS--SWEENEY, CAMERON. SF--CASEY.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TAMPA BAY
 WITT                              5   7   3   2   0   5   0
 CHARLTON (L)                      1   1   2   1   3   1   0
 ALDRED                            1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 M WHITE                           1   0   0   0   0   2   0
  CINCINNATI
 AVERY (W)                         6   5   4   3   2   1   3
 SULLIVAN                      1 2-3   1   0   0   1   3   0
 D REYES                         1-3   0   0   0   0   1   0
 WILLIAMSON (S)                    1   1   0   0   0   1   0
 T--2:39. A--3,951.

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