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BRADENTON, Fla. - Adam Dunn drove in two runs and Jimmy Haynes pitched two solid innings in his first outing of the spring as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 Sunday.

Haynes, who will start the first game at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on March 31 against Pittsburgh, allowed one run and one hit.

His first exhibition start was pushed back three days because of mild tendinitis in his pitching elbow. He walked one and struck out one.

Aramis Ramirez hit an RBI single in the first inning for Pittsburgh, then Haynes retired the side in order in the second.

Haynes was 15-10 for the Reds last year after going 8-17 for Milwaukee the previous season.

"I felt a little awkward in the first inning because I hadn't pitched in a game since last September and hadn't thrown much in the last week," Haynes said.

Dunn doubled and hit a sacrifice fly for Cincinnati. Kent Mercker pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Salomon Torres, one of seven pitchers vying for one open spot in the Pirates' rotation, started and allowed an unearned run on one hit in three innings.

"I thought Salomon threw well," Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon said.

Ryan Freel, an infielder in Reds' camp on a minor league contract, scored the tying run and drove in the go-ahead run as Cincinnati rallied from a 3-2 deficit.

Freel and Corky Miller hit back-to-back doubles in the seventh off Ryan Vogelsong, tying the score at 3. Freel then keyed a two-run eighth inning against Al Reyes that put Cincinnati ahead 5-3.

Wilton Guerrero started the eighth with a walk and moved to second on pinch-hitter Robin Jennings' two-out single. Freel singled home Guerrero with the go-ahead run, and Jennings moved to third.

Jennings followed by stealing home on the front end of a double steal to make it 5-3.

The Reds added three runs in the ninth off Mike Gonzalez.

Freel, Miller and Reggie Taylor had two hits each for Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh took a 3-2 lead in the sixth, scoring a run on shortstop Felipe Lopez's throwing error and another on a bases-loaded walk to Tike Redman from Felix Heredia.

The start was delayed 1 hour, 10 minutes by rain.

THE ARMS: Starter Jimmy Haynes walked the first batter he faced, but allowed only one other baserunner during his two-inning outing. Reliever Jose Acevedo followed Haynes and pitched two scoreless innings. John Riedling, who allowed three runs in one inning against the Red Sox on Friday, pitched a scoreless eighth.

THE BATS: Non-roster invitee Ryan Freel has impressed coaches with his speed and versatility. Freel went 2-for-3 with a double in the seventh and the go-ahead single in the eighth. Left fielder Adam Dunn went 1-for-1 with a double and two RBI. After his double in the second, Dunn was called out when he got caught between second and third on a groundball to the left side of the infield. Outfielder Emil Brown, a non-roster invitee and former Pirates prospect, had a two-run double in the ninth.

THE REST: First pitch was delayed 70 minutes because of rain. Fourteen pitchers total were used. With runners on first and third in the eighth, the Reds scored on a perfectly executed double steal.

UP NEXT: The Reds host the Phillies at 1:05 p.m. today at Ed Smith Stadium. A B-game against the Devil Rays is set for 10 a.m.

Batting

CINCINNATI					PITTSBURGH
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Lopez ss	3	1	0	0	Kendall c	2	1	0	0
Guerrero 3b	0	2	0	0	CWilson c	1	0	0	0
Taylor cf	3	1	2	0	JWilson ss	2	0	0	0
Heredia p	0	0	0	0	Doster ss	1	1	1	0
Olmedo ss	2	0	1	0	Giles lf	2	0	0	0
Dunn lf	1	0	1	2	Alvarez lf	2	1	1	0
Guillen lf	3	0	0	0	Ramirez 3b	2	0	1	1
Larson 3b	3	0	0	0	Fernndz 3b	2	0	0	0
Mercker p	0	0	0	0	Simon 1b	2	0	0	0
Jennings ph	1	1	1	0	Rivera 1b	2	0	0	1
Brown cf	1	0	1	2	Stairs rf	2	0	0	0
Casey 1b	2	0	0	0	Davis rf	1	0	0	0
Mnznillo p	0	0	0	0	Mckwiak cf	2	0	0	0
Freel 2b	3	1	2	1	Redman cf	1	0	0	1
Mateo rf-cf	4	0	0	0	Castillo 2b	3	0	1	0
Riedling p	0	0	0	0	STorres p	0	0	0	0
LaRue c	2	0	0	0	KYoung ph	1	0	1	0
Miller c	2	1	2	1	DLRosa pr	0	0	0	0
Dawkins 2b	2	0	0	0	Arrojo p	0	0	0	0
Cruz 1b	2	1	1	0	WYoung ph	1	0	0	0
Haynes p	0	0	0	0	Prieto	0	0	0	0
Secrist ph	1	0	0	0	Vogelsong	0	0	0	0
Acevedo p	0	0	0	0	Hyzdu ph	0	0	0	0
Pena 1b-rf	3	0	1	0	AReyes p	0	0	0	0
					Gonzalez p	0	0	0	0
					MTorres p	0	0	0	0
					Barnes ph	1	0	0	0
Totals	38	8	12	6	Totals	30	3	5	3

Cincinnati	100	100	123-8
Pittsburgh	100	002	000-3

E-Simon, Lopez. DP-Cincinnati 2. LOB-Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 8. 2B-Dunn, Freel, Miller, Cruz, Brown. SB-Larson (1), Jennings (2), Freel (1). CS-Taylor. S-Doster. SF-Dunn.

Pitching

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cincinnati
Haynes	2	1	1	1	1	1
Acevedo	2	1	0	0	0	0
Manzanillo	1	0	0	0	1	1
Heredia	1	2	2	1	2	0
Mercker W, 1-0	1	0	0	0	2	2
Riedling	1	0	0	0	0	1
Fernandez	1	1	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh
STorres	3	1	1	0	0	0
Arrojo	2	3	1	1	0	1
Prieto	1	0	0	0	0	1
Vogelsong	1	2	1	1	0	1
AReyes L, 0-1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Gonzalez	2-3	4	3	3	1	1
MTorres	1-3	0	0	0	0	0

WP-Gonzalez. PB-Kendall.

T-2:42. A-3,415.

Baseball

Spring training

AMERICAN LEAGUE

	W	L	Pct
Kansas City	4	0	1.000
Toronto	2	0	1.000
Baltimore	3	1	.750
Cleveland	3	1	.750
Minnesota	3	1	.750
Oakland	3	1	.750
Boston	2	2	.500
Seattle	2	2	.500
Anaheim	1	2	.333
Chicago	1	2	.333
New York	1	2	.333
Texas	1	3	.250
Tampa Bay	0	2	.000
Detroit	0	3	.000

NATIONAL LEAGUE

	W	L	Pct
Atlanta	3	0	1.000
Arizona	3	1	.750
Colorado	2	1	.667
Houston	2	1	.667
Montreal	2	1	.667
Cincinnati	2	2	.500
Florida	2	2	.500
St. Louis	2	2	.500
Chicago	1	2	.333
Los Angeles	1	2	.333
San Diego	1	2	.333
San Francisco	1	2	.333
Milwaukee	1	3	.250
New York	1	3	.250
Philadelphia	1	3	.250
Pittsburgh	1	3	.250

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Saturday's Games

Montreal 4, Los Angeles 2

Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5

Cleveland 13, Detroit 8

Houston 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

Minnesota 6, Cincinnati 4

Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 0, 10 innings

N.Y. Mets (ss) 2, Atlanta (ss) 2, tie, 10 innings

Baltimore 7, N.Y. Mets (ss) 6

Atlanta (ss) 10, Philadelphia 5

Florida 7, St. Louis 3

Colorado 9, Texas 5

Seattle 7, San Diego 1

Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 3

Kansas City 10, Oakland 8, 10 innings

San Francisco 6, Anaheim 4

Arizona 7, Chicago White Sox 4

Sunday's Games

Atlanta 4, Montreal 3

Minnesota 6, Boston 5

St. Louis 9, Florida 8

Houston 10, Los Angeles 5

Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6

Cleveland 6, Detroit 4

Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 3

Baltimore 15, N.Y. Mets 6

N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4

Seattle 13, San Diego 2

Texas 14, Milwaukee 8

Oakland 10, San Francisco 5

Colorado (ss) 8, Anaheim 7

Kansas City 9, Chicago Cubs 2

Chicago White Sox 3, Arizona (ss) 2

Colorado (ss) vs. Arizona (ss), ccd., rain

Monday's Games

Baltimore vs. Montreal at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05

Florida vs. Los Angeles at Vero Beach, Fla., 1:05

Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, 1:05

Cleveland vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, 1:05

Minnesota (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton,1:05

Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:15 p.m.

Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05

Milwaukee (ss) vs. Anaheim at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05

Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Colorado at Tucson, 3:05

San Fran. vs. Chicago W. Sox at Tucson, 3:05

Milwaukee (ss) vs. Chic. Cubs (ss) at Mesa, 3:05

Boston (ss) vs. Minnesota (ss) at Ft. Myers, 7:05