Friday, July 23, 1999
Scouting Report: Reds at Giants
• Where: 3Com Park, San Francisco
• Records: Reds (53-40, 2nd place in the NL Central) vs. Giants (52-44, 1st place in the NL West)
• When: 10:35 tonight; 4:05 p.m Saturday and Sunday
• Radio: WLW-AM (700)
• TV: Ch.19 Saturday, Fox Sports Net Ohio Sunday
At the plate
The Giants are scoring runs at a good rate, second in the NL. That's impressive, considering their best player, Barry Bonds, missed 53 games. Bonds is batting .100 (4-for-40) in his last 12 games. There's plenty of pop throughout the Giants lineup: Jeff Kent (13 HRs, 63 RBI), Ellis Burks (15 HRs, 52 RBI), Rich Aurilia (15 HRs, 49 RBI), J.T. Snow (12 HRs, 64 RBI).
On the mound
• Today: Steve Avery (6-7, 4.96 ERA) vs. Chris Brock (5-8, 5.54)
• Saturday: Pete Harnisch (9-6, 3.50 ERA) vs. Mark Gardner (3-8, 6.73)
• Sunday: Steve Parris (7-1, 3.54) vs. Shawn Estes (6-6, 5.37)
The Reds miss the Giants' big winners: Russ Ortiz (12-6) and Kirk Rueter (8-4).
Outlook
The Reds opened the season with the Giants, whose three-game sweep of the Reds and made the bullpen look bad by scoring 26 runs. Dusty Baker is probably Jack McKeon's top competition for manager of the year.
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