The Cincinnati Enquirer

MEET THE REDS: Ray Olmedo

Position: Shortstop/second base

Age: 22

Height/weight: 5 feet 11/155 pounds

Throws/bats: Right/both

Born raised: Maracay, Venezuela

How acquired: Signed as non-drafted free agent.

Favorite TV show: Otro Rollo, a Spanish-language talk show.

Favorite movie: The Rookie or 61*

Other than baseball he likes to: Play basketball and soccer.

Fun fact: Olmedo didn't begin switch-hitting until his third year of professional ball.

GAME REPORT: Braves 6, Reds 3; Reds 7, Pirates 3

The arms: Both starters - Brandon Claussen and Aaron Harang - were not as sharp as they've been. But each went four innings and allowed only one earned run. Harang hasn't walked a batter in nine innings.

The bats: Stephen Smitherman hit a two-run homer against Pittsburgh. Javier Valentin was 3-for-4 against the Braves.

The rest: William Bergolla made an error on a routine play that led to an unearned run in the fourth against the Pirates. The Reds' young players continue to have trouble with run-of-the-mill plays. The club has committed 18 errors in 13 games, but nearly all of them are by young players - not in the plans for this year. The starting eight has a total of two errors.

Up next: The Reds host the Philadelphia Phillies in a 1:05 p.m. game today. It is on 700 WLW-AM. Right-hander Cory Lidle (0-0, 1.80) faces left-hander Eric Milton (0-0, 4.76).

ATLANTA (ss)					CINCINNATI (ss)
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Wise rf-cf	5	0	1	1	Christnsn lf-cf	4	1	1	0
DeRosa 3b-ss	5	0	0	0	Larkin ss	2	0	0	0
AJones cf	4	0	3	0	Lomsney c	1	0	0	0
McCarthy pr-rf	1	0	0	0	Griffey cf	1	0	0	0
LaRoche 1b	4	0	0	0	Darula pr-lf	2	1	2	1
Jackson ph-1b	1	0	0	0	LaRue c	3	0	0	0
Estrada c	4	3	3	0	Myette p	0	0	0	0
DePastino c	0	0	0	0	Pena ph	0	1	0	0
Hollins lf	4	1	1	0	Holbert 2b	1	0	0	0
Velandia ss-2b	3	0	2	1	Cruz rf	3	0	0	0
Garcia 2b	3	0	0	0	Valentin 1b	4	0	3	1
Drew p	0	0	0	0	Castro 3b-ss	2	0	0	1
Branyan ph	0	1	0	0	Bergolla 2b	4	0	0	0
Evert p	0	0	0	0	Belisle p	0	0	0	0
Pratt p	1	0	1	0	Claussen p	0	0	0	0
Colon p	1	0	0	0	Haynes p	0	0	0	0
Betemit ph-3b	2	1	2	3	Kearns ph	1	0	1	0
					Norton p	0	0	0	0
					Encrncion 3b	2	0	1	0
Totals	38	6	13	5	Totals	30	3	8	3

Atlanta (ss)	010	102	020-6
Cincinnati (ss)	000	000	021-3

E-Pratt, Bergolla. DP-Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1. LOB-Atlanta 7, Cincinnati 10. 2B-Estrada, Betemit, Valentin. 3B-Christensen. S-Velandia, Claussen. SF-Castro

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Atlanta
Pratt W, 1-0	2	1	0	0	4	2
Colon	3	1	0	0	0	2
Drew	2	2	0	0	1	4
Evert	2	4	3	3	1	1
Cincinnati
Claussen L, 0-1	4	6	2	1	0	4
Haynes	1	1	0	0	0	1
Norton	1	3	2	2	0	1
Myette	2	3	2	2	1	3
Belisle	1	0	0	0	0	0

HBP-by Evert (Pena, Lomasney). T-2:34. A-4,140.

CINCINNATI (ss)					PITTSBURGH
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Jimenez 2b	4	1	1	0	Redman cf	3	0	2	0
Olmedo ss	1	0	0	0	Alvarez cf	1	0	0	0
Freel cf-3b	2	1	0	1	Kendall c	2	0	0	0
Reitsma p	0	0	0	0	House c	2	0	0	0
Casey 1b	3	0	0	0	Mondesi lf	3	0	1	1
Etherton p	0	0	0	0	Gonzalez p	0	0	0	0
Correll ph	1	0	1	2	Boehringer p	0	0	0	0
MPerez c	1	0	0	0	Abad ph	1	0	1	0
Smitherman lf	5	2	2	2	Simon 1b	3	0	0	0
Miller c	3	0	1	0	Rivera 1b	2	1	1	0
Moseley p	0	0	0	0	CWilson rf	3	0	1	0
Beattie 3b	1	0	1	0	Davis rf	1	1	1	0
Hummel 3b-1b	4	0	1	0	Mackowiak 2b	3	0	2	0
Taylor rf	4	1	1	1	Castillo 2b	1	0	0	0
Lopez ss-2b	5	0	1	0	Stynes 3b	3	0	1	0
Harang p	1	1	0	0	Truby 3b	1	0	1	2
Clark cf	1	1	1	1	JWilson ss	2	0	0	0
					Nunez ss	0	0	0	0
					Perez p	0	0	0	0
					Vogelsong p	2	1	1	0
					Guthrie p	0	0	0	0
					Merced ph-lf	2	0	0	0
Totals	36	7	10	7	Totals	35	3	12	3

Cincinnati (ss)	013	000	210-7
Pittsburgh	001	000	020-3

E-JWilson 2, OPerez, Alvarez. DP-Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 2. LOB-Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 10. 2B-Vogelsong, Correll, Clark, Truby, Abad. HR-Smitherman (1). CS-Redman. SF-Freel.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cincinnati
Harang W, 1-0	4	8	1	1	0	1
Etherton	2	0	0	0	2	1
Moseley	1 1-3	3	2	2	2	2
Reitsma	1 2-3	1	0	0	1	0
Pittsburgh
OPerez L, 1-1	2 2-3	4	4	3	3	1
Vogelsong	3 1-3	1	0	0	0	4
Guthrie	1	1	2	2	3	3
Gonzalez	1	2	1	1	1	1
Boehringer	1	2	0	0	0	1

WP-Harang, Guthrie. PB-MPerez. T-3:02. A-4,228.