Sunday, March 10, 2002
Reds sweep Twins in split squad games
Good pitching in 6-1, 2-0 wins
The arms: Both starters were very impressive. Joey Hamilton went four innings in Sarasota, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out five. In Fort Myers, Ty Howington threw 4 2/3 innings of two-hit ball. ... Ricardo Aramboles got the win in Sarasota. The 20-year-old right-hander has allowed only two hits in 5 1/3 innings this spring. He has five strikeouts. ... Jared Fernandez got the win in Fort Myers, pitching 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball.
The bats: Ken Griffey Jr. had his first two hits of the spring. He doubled in the first and singled to drive in two runs in the sixth. ... Todd Walker hit his second home run of the spring to drive in the Reds' first two runs. ... Brady Clark drove in two runs with a pinch-hit double. ... The Reds had only four hits in Fort Myers.
The rest: The Reds have gone four straight games without an error after making 17 in the first eight games.
Up next: The Reds play the Toronto Blue Jays at 12:05 p.m. today at Dunedin. Right-hander Jose Acevedo faces RHP Corey Thurman. The game is on WLW-AM (700).
REDS 6, TWINS 1
MINNESOTA AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
J Jones lf 4 1 2 1 T Walker 2b 3 1 1 2
R Salazar 2b 4 0 0 0 D Espinosa 2b 0 1 0 0
M Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0 B Larkin ss 2 0 0 0
D Ortiz 1b 3 0 3 0 M Caruso ss 0 1 0 0
J Morneau 1b 1 0 0 0 K Griffey Jr cf 4 1 2 2
B Kielty cf 3 0 0 0 A Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
J Mauer ph 1 0 0 0 B Reith p 0 0 0 0
K Abbott ss 3 0 0 0 B Clark ph 1 0 1 2
D Lamb ss 1 0 1 0 C Dingman p 0 0 0 0
C Blake 3b 4 0 1 0 A Kearns rf 4 0 0 0
T Prince c 3 0 0 0 B Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0
D Bochtler p 0 0 0 0 K Witt 3b 3 0 0 0
J Mays p 1 0 0 0 C Miller c 1 1 0 0
T Fiore p 1 0 0 0 R Gonzalez lf 1 0 0 0
A Johnson p 0 0 0 0 J Hamilton p 1 0 0 0
J Valentin c 1 0 0 0 G White p 1 0 0 0
R Aramboles p 0 0 0 0
J Levis c 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 34 1 7 1 TOTALS 28 6 5 6
MINNESOTA 001 000 000-- 1
CINCINNATI 000 002 04x-- 6
LOB--MINNESOTA 6, CINCINNATI 3. 2B--B Clark, K
Griffey Jr, J Levis, C Blake, D Ortiz, D Lamb.
HR--T Walker (2) (off A Johnson), J Jones (2) (off
J Hamilton).
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA
J Mays 3 1 0 0 1 2 0
T Fiore 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
A Johnson (L,0-1) 2 1 2 2 1 2 1
D Bochtler 1 3 4 4 2 2 0
CINCINNATI
J Hamilton 4 3 1 1 0 5 1
G White 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
R Aramboles (W,1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
B Reith 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
C Dingman 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
HBP--C Miller by A Johnson. T--2:11. A--2,350.
REDS 2, TWINS 0
CINCINNATI AB R H BI MINNESOTA AB R H BI
R Olmedo 2b 4 0 0 0 L Rivas 2b 2 0 0 0
J Larue c 4 0 1 0 D Hocking 2b 2 0 0 0
D Sardinha c 0 0 0 0 C Guzman ss 4 0 1 0
S Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 0
J Melian lf 1 1 0 0 T Sears 1b 1 0 0 0
A Boone 3b 3 1 1 0 M Lecroy dh 3 0 1 0
W Guerrero 3b 1 0 0 0 T Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
J Encarnacion cf 3 0 0 0 D Mohr cf 0 0 0 0
W Pena rf 1 0 0 0 B Buchanan rf 4 0 1 0
R Mateo rf 4 0 1 1 M Ryan lf 2 0 1 0
R Jennings lf 2 0 0 1 A Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0
A Sanders dh 3 0 1 0 J Canizaro 3b 2 0 0 0
T Dawkins ss 2 0 0 0
J Castro 2b 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 30 0 4 0
CINCINNATI 000 000 200-- 2
MINNESOTA 000 000 000-- 0
DP--CINCINNATI 1. LOB--CINCINNATI 4, MINNESOTA 8.
2B--J Larue. SF--R Jennings.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
T Howington 4 2-3 2 0 0 1 1 0
J Fernandez (W,1-1) 3 1-3 1 0 0 2 0 0
H Mercado (S,1) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
MINNESOTA
K Lohse 3 1 0 0 1 5 0
J Santana 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
B Wells (L,0-2) 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
E Guardado 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
T Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
SO--CIN: R Olmedo 3, J Larue 2, A Boone, T
Dawkins, J Encarnacion, S Casey. MIN: M Lecroy, T
Sears, J Canizaro, M Ryan, D Mohr. BB--CIN: S
Casey 2, A Boone, T Dawkins, R Olmedo, J
Encarnacion, J Larue. MIN: M Ryan 2, J Canizaro, M
Lecroy, D Mohr, T Sears. T--2:22. A--4,528.
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