By John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer

PHOTO GALLERIES

Photos of Tuesday's game

Dave Miley's first day

Dave Miley was named manager, not miracle worker. So Miley's presence in the dugout for his Cincinnati debut didn't change anything fundamentally for the Reds.

Their starting pitching is still the National League's worst, and they still make errors at an alarming rate.

The result: Miley is 0-1 as Reds manager, as Cincinnati lost 5-3 to the Colorado Rockies Tuesday night before a crowd of 25,663 at Great American Ball Park.

The Reds equaled a season-high with four errors. Three of them were throwing miscues by shortstop Ray Olmedo, the most errors by a Red in one game since Pokey Reese made four on Opening Day in 1998.

"That's something we need to get better at," Miley said. "With good defense, things might have been different. All the errors played a part in the (Rockies') runs."

Starter Jimmy Haynes (2-11) was rocked for four runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Miley, promoted from Triple-A Louisville on Monday, got a nice ovation from a crowd that included 4,500 walkup ticket buyers when he brought out the Reds' lineup card.

"That was awesome," Miley said.

He used essentially the same lineup Bob Boone used in his final days as manager.

"That's something I'll look at over the next few days," Miley said. "I've talked to (coaches) Ray Knight, Jose Cardenal and Mark Berry."

The Rockies scored a run in the second inning and added two in the fourth. Catcher Jason LaRue's throwing error contributed to the rally.

The Reds got a run back in the third on Sean Casey's RBI single.

Ronnie Belliard led off the Colorado fifth with a single to right. He started toward second after Jose Guillen dropped the ball, and Guillen threw to second base. Belliard scrambled to get back to first, and Olmedo's throw hit him as he slid into the bag. The ball went into the photographers' pit, and Belliard advanced to third.

Haynes got an out but allowed an RBI single to Preston Wilson, who went to third on Jay Payton's single. Reds third baseman Aaron Boone thought Ruben Mateo's throw caught Wilson.

Miley did, too. He came out to argue, although not vociferously by his standards - he was ejected five times this year for Louisville.

After a short discussion, Miley went to the mound to pull Haynes and bring in Brian Reith.

That's one difference in Miley's style compared to Bob Boone's. Boone gave starters a chance to pitch out of trouble more often than not; the only time Haynes was pulled in his previous 12 starts was when he gave up back-to-back-to-back homers against Houston.

Reith got a double-play ball to end the inning.

Reith allowed an unearned run in the seventh when Belliard reached on Olmedo's third error of the game and came around to score to make it 5-1.

The Reds rallied for two runs in the seventh. Aaron Boone led off with a walk and Adam Dunn followed with a double into the right-field corner. LaRue got one run in with a sacrifice fly, and Barry Larkin's pinch-hit double scored Dunn to cut the Reds' disadvantage to 5-3.

"We had some opportunities," Miley said. "We were a hit away."

Colorado	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Womack ss	4	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Belliard 2b	5	2	1	0	0	0	.292
Helton 1b	5	0	1	0	0	1	.347
PrWilson cf	4	0	1	1	1	1	.302
Payton lf	5	1	4	0	0	0	.308
RReyes rf	4	1	1	0	0	2	.318
Stynes 3b	4	1	1	0	0	0	.271
Bernero p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Fuentes p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Speier p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
CJohnson c	3	0	1	1	1	1	.226
Oliver p	3	0	2	1	0	0	.244
Bellhorn 3b	1	0	1	0	0	0	.219
Totals	38	5	13	3	2	5

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
DJimenez 2b	3	1	1	0	1	1	.338
Olmedo ss	4	0	1	0	0	1	.300
JGuillen rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.337
Casey 1b	4	0	2	1	0	0	.302
Reitsma p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
ABoone 3b	3	1	0	0	1	1	.273
Dunn lf-1b	4	1	1	0	0	1	.215
RMateo cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.230
Taylor ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.215
LaRue c	2	0	0	1	1	0	.237
JHaynes p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Reith p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wagner p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Larkin ph	1	0	1	1	0	0	.273
Mercker p	0	0	0	0	0	0	---
Branyan lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228
Totals	31	3	6	3	3	7

Colorado	010	210	100	-5	13	1
Cincinnati	000	100	200	-3	6	4

E-Belliard (10), Olmedo 3 (7), LaRue (4). LOB-Colorado 9, Cincinnati 5. 2B-Stynes (21), CJohnson (14), Dunn (9), Larkin (14). RBIs-PrWilson (102), CJohnson (45), Oliver (6), Casey (55), LaRue (36), Larkin (16). SB-Belliard 2 (4). S-Womack. SF-LaRue. GIDP-Womack, PrWilson, RReyes, JGuillen 2. DP-Colorado 2, Cincinnati 3.

Colorado	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Oliver W, 9-6	6	4	3	3	3	3	90	4.79
Bernero H, 1	1	1	0	0	0	2	21	1.17
Fuentes H, 17	1 1/3	1	0	0	0	1	24	2.94
Speier S, 6	2/3	0	0	0	0	1	5	2.98

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
JHaynes L, 2-11	4 1/3	10	4	3	1	1	88	5.89
Reith	2	2	1	0	1	1	36	3.82
Wagner	2/3	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.00
Mercker	1 1/3	1	0	0	0	1	19	2.67
Reitsma	2/3	0	0	0	0	1	7	4.47

Inherited runners-scored-Bernero 2-2, Reith 2-0, Wagner 3-1.WP-Wagner. T-2:46. A-25,663 (42,263).

How the runs scored in Tuesday's game between the Rockies and the Reds

Rockies second. Payton singled to right. Reyes struck out. Stynes grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Olmedo to second baseman Jimenez, Payton out. Johnson walked on a full count, Stynes to second. Oliver singled to center, Stynes scored, Johnson to second. Womack popped out to right fielder Guillen. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Rockies 1, Reds 0.

Rockies fourth. Payton singled to center. Reyes bunt single to third, Payton to second. On LaRue's error, Payton scored, Reyes to second. Stynes grounded out, first baseman Casey unassisted, Reyes to third. Johnson doubled to left, Reyes scored. Oliver singled to center, Johnson to third. Womack grounded into a double play, second baseman Jimenez to shortstop Olmedo to first baseman Casey, Oliver out. 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Rockies 3, Reds 0.

Reds fourth. Jimenez walked on a full count. Olmedo singled to left, Jimenez to second. Guillen grounded into a double play, pitcher Oliver to second baseman Belliard to first baseman Helton, Jimenez to third, Olmedo out. Casey singled to left, Jimenez scored. Boone struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rockies 3, Reds 1.

Rockies fifth. Belliard singled to right. On Olmedo's error, Belliard to third. Helton popped out to right fielder Guillen. Wilson singled to right, Belliard scored. Payton singled to center, Wilson to third. Reith pitching. Reyes grounded into a double play, second baseman Jimenez to shortstop Olmedo to first baseman Casey, Payton out.

1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Rockies 4, Reds 1.

Rockies seventh. Belliard safe on Olmedo's error. Helton fouled out to second baseman Jimenez. Belliard stole second. Wilson walked on a full count. Payton singled to left, Belliard to third, Wilson to second. Wagner pitching. Reyes struck out. On Wagner's wild pitch, Belliard scored, Wilson to third, Payton to second. Stynes grounded out, second baseman Jimenez to first baseman Casey.

1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on. Rockies 5, Reds 1.

Reds seventh. Boone walked on four pitches. Dunn doubled to right, Boone to third. Bernero pitching. Bellhorn in as third baseman. Mateo struck out. LaRue hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Reyes, Boone scored, Dunn to third. Larkin pinch-hitting for Wagner. Larkin doubled to right, Dunn scored. Jimenez struck out.

2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rockies 5, Reds 3.