Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Reds at Devil Rays series preview



When: 7:15 p.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday

Where: at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg

TV: Fox Sports Net, all games

Radio: WLW-AM (700)

Records: Reds - 30-32, fourth place in National League Central; Devil Rays - 22-39, fifth place in American League East.

The arms: Today - Reds RHP Paul Wilson (3-4, 4.58 ERA) vs. Devil Rays RHP Dewon Brazelton (1-5, 6.21)

• Wednesday - Reds RHP John Riedling (0-3, 6.20) vs. Devil Rays RHP Carlos Reyes (0-2, 5.06)

• Thursday - Reds RHP Ryan Dempster (1-4, 7.96) vs. Devil Rays RHP Jeremi Gonzalez (2-1, 3.41).

The bats: Right fielder and cleanup hitter Austin Kearns has reached base safely in 54 of 60 games, but he's had just eight hits in his last 46 at-bats.

• Tampa Bay's Rocco Baldelli is batting .329, fifth in the AL, while Aubrey Huff has hit 14 home runs.

The rest: Today's start will be Paul Wilson's first against his former team. He played for the Devil Rays from 2000-2002.

• Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford is second in the AL with 15 stolen bases.



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