Sunday, May 26, 2002
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LARKIN MILESTONES: Barry Larkin keeps climbing the Reds' charts. Larkin, who Thursday had his 7,000th big-league at-bat, is now fourth in Reds history, behind only Pete Rose, Dave Concepcion and Johnny Bench in that category.
Since the season began, Larkin has (entering Friday):
• moved into third on the hits list at 2,083, passing Bench.
• moved into fourth in total bases (3,156), passing Concepcion.
• moved into fifth in extra-base hits (635), passing Vada Pinson.
Also, he needs only two doubles (380) to pass Bench for third.
Memorial memories
The old baseball bromide is that a team in first place on Memorial Day you have a good chance of staying there.
While the Reds are fighting to get to Monday in first place, here's a look at where the NL Central stood last Memorial Day, and how it finished:
Memorial Day
W-L Pct. GB
St. Louis=27-20=574=—
Chicago=27-20=.574—
Milwaukee=25-23=.521=2
Houston=24-23=.511=3
Reds=21-28=.417=7
Pittsburgh=15-32=.319=12
Final standings
*Houston=93-69=.574=—
St. Louis=93-69=.574=—
Chicago=88-74=.543=5
Milwaukee=68-94=.420=25
Reds=66-96=.407=27
Pittsburgh=62-100=.383=31
*Astros won division by virtue of winning season series.
Note: Philadelphia led the NL East, but Atlanta won the division title; Arizona was tied for the NL West lead, and won the division.
Bullpen session
Here are a few items from the Reds bullpen, which entered the weekend with the second-best ERA in the NL:
• Has allowed opponents a .213 batting average;
• Pitchers have retired 77 percent of the first batters they faced;
• Has allowed 21 of 86 inherited runners to score;
• Opponents are hitting only .180 against Scott Williamson;
• Danny Graves has walked only three batters — two intentional passes to Barry Bonds.
Pressure cooker
Here are the best and worst Reds with runners in scoring position:
The best
Adam Dunn .351 (13-37)
Brady Clark .364 (4-11)
Corky Miller .333 (5-15)
The worst
Aaron Boone .125 (7-56)
Barry Larkin .194 (7-36)
Todd Walker .224 (11-49)
The team .227
The week ahead
Monday — first off day since May 9
Tuesday — at Florida, 7:05
Wednesday — at Florida, 7:05
Thursday — at Florida, 7:05
Friday — vs. Atlanta, 7:10
Saturday — vs. Atlanta, 1:15
Sunday — vs. Atlanta, 1:15
The skinny: The series each are encores from the past week. The Reds beat the Marlins two of three at Cinergy.
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