Thursday, March 22, 2001
Game report: Pirates 9, Reds 5
The arms — Though Pittsburgh roughed up Jared Fernandez, Red manager Bob Boone said it was still too early to eliminate the rookie knuckleballer from consideration for a spot in the starting rotation. Left-hander Justin Atchley, making his first appearance since March 11, fired two shutout innings and has not allowed a run in 7 2/3 innings.
The bats — After going 0-for-8 as a designated hitter, Dmitri Young played his first game in left field since bruising his right shoulder March 7 and went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI. Sean Casey lifted his spring average from .294 to .342 and has a team-high 13 hits.
The rest — Cincinnati resembled a Little League team in the first inning, when throwing errors by Alex Ochoa and Young helped generate Pittsburgh's first two runs. Young atoned with a sliding catch of Aramis Ramirez's sinking line drive in the fifth inning.
Up next — Today against Toronto in Sarasota, 1:05 p.m. Rob Bell will oppose RHP Esteban Loaiza.
CINCINNATI AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI
SADLER 2B 3 1 0 0 C HERMANSEN CF 3 2 1 0
D YOUNG LF 4 0 2 2 DE BELL RF 4 1 3 0
D SANDERS LF 0 1 0 0 T HOWARD RF 1 0 0 0
GRIFFEY JR CF 3 0 0 0 KENDALL C 3 0 0 1
S CASEY 1B 4 0 3 1 DOUMIT C 0 0 0 0
OCHOA RF 2 0 0 0 GILES LF 3 1 2 1
BR LARSON 2B 1 0 0 0 WEHNER LF 0 0 0 0
A BOONE 3B 3 0 0 0 AR RAMIREZ 3B 3 1 0 0
SKRMETTA P 0 0 0 0 E WILSON 3B 0 0 0 0
W GUERRERO PH 1 0 0 0 K YOUNG 1B 4 1 2 2
REESE SS 0 0 0 0 JEFFERSON 1B 0 0 0 0
J CASTRO SS 3 1 0 0 MEARES 2B 3 1 0 1
J LARUE C 3 1 2 0 W MORRIS 2B 0 0 0 0
WALBECK C 2 0 1 0 J WILSON SS 3 0 1 1
J FERNANDEZ P 1 0 0 1 ARROYO P 1 0 0 0
ATCHLEY P 1 0 0 0 MI WILLIAMS P 0 0 0 0
M TUCKER RF 2 1 1 0 VANDER WAL PH 1 1 1 0
J MANZANILLO P 0 0 0 0
SAUERBECK P 0 0 0 0
OSIK PH 1 0 0 0
TAYLOR P 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 9 4 TOTALS 30 8 10 6
CINCINNATI 002 001 020-- 5
PITTSBURGH 303 002 00x-- 8
E--OCHOA, D YOUNG. DP--PITTSBURGH 4. LOB--CINCINNATI 4,
PITTSBURGH 6. 2B--K YOUNG 2, J LARUE, D YOUNG, GILES.
S--ARROYO. SF--MEARES, KENDALL.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
J FERNANDEZ (L) 3 6 6 6 4 0 0
ATCHLEY 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
GRACE 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
SKRMETTA 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
PITTSBURGH
ARROYO (W) 5 5 2 2 0 3 0
MI WILLIAMS 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
J MANZANILLO 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
SAUERBECK 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
TAYLOR (S) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
WP--J FERNANDEZ, MI WILLIAMS 2 . HBP--REESE BY ARROYO.
T--2:39. A--5,986.
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