Friday, May 12, 2000
Reds-Astros Scouting Report
The series: Reds (18-15, second place in NL Central) at Houston Astros (14-19, fourth in NL Central).
Where: Enron Field
When: Today, Sunday and Monday, 8:05 p.m. ET; Saturday 3:05 p.m. ET
Radio: WLW-AM (700)
TV: Fox Sports Net (Today, Saturday, Monday); ESPN (Sunday)
The bats: Veterans Jeff Bagwell (.314, 10 homers) and Ken Caminiti (.307, 30 RBI) remain potent. One of the team's top producers has been Richard Hidalgo (10 homers, 30 RBI). All-Star second baseman Craig Biggio is hitting only .261.
The arms: Today: Denny Neagle (4-0, 3.68 ERA) vs. Octavio Dotel (1-3, 5.77); Saturday: Osvaldo Fernandez (0-0, 0.00) vs. Chris Holt (1-5, 6.96); Sunday: Steve Parris (2-4, 5.14) vs. Scott Elarton (1-0, 7.40); Monday: Ron Villone (4-1, 4.19) vs. Shane Reynolds (5-0, 2.96).
Reynolds' ERA ranks seventh in the NL. Jose Lima (1-5, 9.53 ERA) will skip a turn in an attempt to improve his stuff. The move to Enron Field, a homer haven, hasn't helped the pitchers, whose 5.66 ERA is 14th in the NL.
The rest: More than three homers per game have been hit at Enron 54 in 15 games. The Astros are 5-10 at home, though they're coming off their first back-to-back Enron wins.
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