Monday, September 02, 2002
Reds vs. Cardinals series preview
When: Today 2:10 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 8:10 p.m.
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis.
TV: Today and Tuesday, Fox Sports Net.
Radio: WLW (700 AM).
Records: Reds 66-70, third place in the NL Central. Cardinals 76-59, first place in the NL Central.
The arms: Today — Shawn Estes (4-11, 4.55 ERA) vs. TBA; Tuesday — Jimmy Haynes (13-8, 4.18) vs. TBA; Wednesday — Ryan Dempster (7-13, 5.55) vs. TBA.
The bats: The Cardinals aren't scuffling with the lumber like the Reds. There isn't a big track record to go by, but the Cards' hitters have been tough on Estes. Miguel Cairo is 2-for-3; Mike DeFelice 3-for-7; J.D. Drew 1-for-3; Jim Edmonds 3-for-10; Tino Martinez is 1-for-2; Fernando Vina 4-for-12; and Mike Matheny 4-for-10. On Tuesday, Haynes needs to be concerned especially with Edmonds, 1 0-for-29 (.345, two HRs); Martinez, 11-for-23 (.478); Matheny, 7-for-23 (.304), Albert Pujols, 8-for-15 (.533); and Edgar Renteria, 7-for-22 (.318). On Wednesday, Dempster, will try to be smart with Drew, 5-for-13; Edmonds, 4-for-12 and Martinez, 3-for-10 (two HRs)
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