The Cincinnati Enquirer

Meet the Reds: Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang, pitcher. (Michael E. Keating photo)

Position: Pitcher

Age: 25

Height/weight: 6-7, 240 pounds

Throws/bats: Right/right

Born/raised: San Diego

How acquired: In a trade from the Oakland A's, along with Joe Valentine and Jeff Bruksch, for Jose Guillen.

Favorite TV Show: American Hot Rod or American Chopper on the Discovery Channel.

Favorite movie: Bull Durham.

Other than baseball he likes to: Tinker with cars. His mother has a 1956 Chevy Bel Air and his father has a 1972 Chevy truck.

Fun fact: Majored in graphic design when attending San Diego State.

Inside camp: Injury report

Phillip Dumatrait was cleared by Dr. Tim Kremchek to begin throwing. Dumatrait has been shut down since the beginning of spring training with a sore elbow.

Game report: Twins 7, Reds 4 (11 inn.)

The bats: Barry Larkin and Jason LaRue gave the Reds a 4-0 lead with two-run homers in the first. Austin Kearns had two hits.

The arms: Jose Acevedo went two innings, allowing a run on two hits, in his spring debut. Phil Norton allowed two runs in one inning of work. Joe Valentine took the loss, giving up three runs in the 11th, his second inning of work.

The rest: Felipe Lopez, in his spring debut, committed two errors. The Reds fall to 1-4 this spring.

On deck: It's another split-squad day. Left-hander Brandon Claussen will start against Pittsburgh in Bradenton, and right-hander Aaron Harang will start against Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg.

MINNESOTA					CINCINNATI
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Stewart lf	3	0	0	0	Bergolla 2b	2	1	1	0
Kubel lf	2	1	0	0	Olmedo 2b	1	0	0	0
Punto ss	2	0	0	0	Larkin ss	3	1	1	2
Brtltt ph-ss	3	1	1	1	Chrstnsn cf	1	0	1	0
Jones rf	3	1	1	0	Griffey cf	2	0	0	0
Garbe pr-cf	3	1	0	0	Lopez ss	4	0	0	0
Morneau dh	6	1	3	2	Kearns dh	4	1	2	0
Ford cr-rf	4	1	2	2	Cruz ph	1	0	0	0
Offerman 1b	2	0	1	2	LaRue c	2	1	1	2
Mauer 2b	2	0	1	0	Miller c	2	0	1	0
Cddyr 2b-1b	5	0	1	0	Holbert pr	0	0	0	0
Blanco c	2	0	0	0	Sardinha c	1	0	0	0
Heintz c	2	0	0	0	Valentin 1b	5	0	1	0
Prieto 3b	3	0	1	0	Larson 3b	2	0	0	0
Tiffee 3b	2	1	1	0	Hummel 3b	2	0	0	0
Santana p	0	0	0	0	Smthrmn lf	5	0	1	0
Palki p	0	0	0	0	Pena rf	3	0	0	0
Nathan p	0	0	0	0	Taylor ph-rf	2	0	1	0
Fultz p	0	0	0	0	Acevedo p	0	0	0	0
Miller p	0	0	0	0	Reith p	0	0	0	0
Johnson p	0	0	0	0	Norton p	0	0	0	0
Wolfe p	0	0	0	0	Booker p	0	0	0	0
					Beltran p	0	0	0	0
					Wagner p	0	0	0	0
					Reitsma p	0	0	0	0
					Valentine p	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	7	12	3	Totals	42	2	10	4

Minnesota	010	210	000	03-7
Cincinnati	400	000	000	00-4

E-Mauer, Lopez 2, Valentin. LOB-Minnesota 10, Cincinnati 11. 2B-Ford, Offerman, Morneau, Cuddyer, Bartlett, Smitherman, Kearns, Christensen. HRs-Larkin (1), Larue (1). S-Ford, Christensen, Olmedo. SF-Offerman.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Minnesota
Santana	2	5	4	4	1	0
Palki	1	1	0	0	1	0
Nathan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fultz	1	1	0	0	0	0
Miller	2	0	0	0	1	0
Johnson	2	2	0	0	1	0
Wolfe W, 1-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Cincinnati
Acevedo	2	2	1	1	0	2
Reith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norton	1	4	2	2	1	0
Booker	1	1	1	0	1	1
Beltran	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wagner	1	1	0	0	0	1
Reitsma	1	0	0	0	0	0
Valentine L, 0-1	2	4	3	3	1	0

HBP-by Wagner (Ford). T-3:02. A-4,321.