Tuesday, March 07, 2000
Monday's report
Pirates 11, Reds 4
• THE ARMS: Right-hander Elmer Dessens, who took Deion Sanders' place on the 40-man roster, may have taken a step backward. Pitching against his former team, Dessens allowed four runs and five hits in two innings.
• THE BATS: Chris Stynes opened the game with a home run on a full-count pitch from Pirates starter Kris Benson. After Barry Larkin doubled and Ken Griffey Jr. struck out, Dante Bichette broke an 0-for-11 skid with an RBI single. Stynes added an RBI double in the seventh before Cincinnati native Chris Sexton, who's hitting .429 (3-for-7), stroked a run-scoring single in the eighth.
• THE REST: Former Reds ace Pete Schourek strengthened his bid for the No.5 starting spot in Pittsburgh's rotation by tossing three scoreless innings. Schourek was 18-7 for Cincinnati's NL Central Division champions in 1995.
• UP NEXT: The Reds play a split-squad, split-site double-header against Philadelphia. Mark Portugal will oppose Philadelphia's Steve Sparks at Sarasota while Ron Villone faces the Phillies' Andy Ashby at Clearwater.
CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH
abrhbi
abrhbi
Stynes 2b 5 1 2 2 Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 1 1 0 Hood c 2 0 0 0
Dawkins ss 1 0 0 0 Meares ss 2 0 1 1
Griffey cf 3 0 0 0 Zasky ss 2 2 2 0
Bartee cf 2 0 0 0 Giles rf 3 0 1 0
Bichette rf 3 0 2 1 Hernandez rf 2 1 2 0
Dunn rf 1 1 1 0 Laker 1b 3 0 0 0
Casey 1b 2 0 0 0 Wood 1b 2 0 1 1
Cromer ph-1b 2 0 1 0 Cordero lf 2 1 1 0
Young lf 3 1 1 0 Mntgmry lf 0 1 0 0
Reyes p 0 0 0 0 Morris 2b 3 1 1 0
Sexton ph-3b 1 0 1 1 Nunez 2b 2 1 0 1
Lewis 3b 4 0 0 0 Aven cf 3 1 1 1
Graves p 0 0 0 0 Redman cf 0 1 0 0
Santiago c 2 0 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 2 3 4
Mercado p 0 0 0 0 Benson p 0 0 0 0
Frank ph-lf 2 0 1 0 Sveum ph 1 0 1 0
Murray p 1 0 0 0 Schourek p 1 0 1 2
Dessens p 0 0 0 0 Brinkley ph 1 0 0 0
Larue ph-c 2 0 1 0 Pena p 0 0 0 0
Hyzdu ph 1 0 0 0
Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 412 4 Totals
37 11 15 10
Cincinnati 200000110—4
Pittsburgh 00130061x—11
DP—Cinncinnati 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOB—Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7. 2B—Larkin, Santiago, Aven, Ramirez, Stynes, Wood, Hernandez. HR—Stynes, Ramirez. SB—Kendall. SF—Meares.
IP H RER BB SO
Cincinnati
Murray 2
1 0 0 0 1
Dessens, L 2
5 4 4 1 0
Merdado 2
2 0 0 0 0
Reyes 1
4 6 6 2 0
Graves 1
2 1 1 1 0
Pittsburgh
Benson 3
4 2 2 0 3
Schourek, W 3
1 0 0 0 1
Pena 1
3 1 1 0 0
Wilkins 1
3 1 1 0 1
Sauerbeck 1
1 0 0 2 1
WP—Graves. T—2:35. A—5,305.
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