The Cincinnati Enquirer

Meet the Reds: Jose Acevedo

Position: Pitcher

Age: 26

Height/weight: 6 feet/180 pounds

Throws/bats: Right/right

Born/resides: Santo Domingo, D.R./Santiago, D.R.

How acquired: Signed as non-drafted free agent, Dec. 7, 1996.

Favorite TV show: Animal Planet.

Favorite movie: Scarface.

Other than baseball he likes to: Hunt.

Fun fact: Acevedo is a cousin of Hall of Famer Juan Marichal.

Injury report

Adam Dunn remained out of the lineup after minor surgery Wednesday on the infected ring finger of his right hand. He did take batting practice.

Game report: Reds 4, Phillies 2

The bats: Barry Larkin went 2-for-2 with a double. Larkin is hitting .375. Ryan Freel was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored.

The arms: Cory Lidle made his third start of the spring and became the first Reds pitcher to go five innings. Lidle allowed a run on five hits. His ERA is 1.80 after 10 innings this spring. Mike Matthews, Brian Reith and Danny Graves each pitched a scoreless inning. Graves earned his first save.

The rest: The game drew 6,194, the largest crowd this year at Ed Smith Stadium.

Up next: The Reds are off today. The Reds play the Boston Red Sox Tuesday in the spring's first night game at Ed Smith. Right-hander Jose Acevedo (1-0, 1.50 ERA) faces right-hander Bronson Arroyo (0-1, 10.80).

PHILADELPHIA					CINCINNATI
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Rollins ss	4	0	1	1	Jimenez 2b	2	1	0	0
Collier ss	0	0	0	0	Taylor rf	1	0	1	0
Polanco 2b	4	0	1	0	Larkin ss	2	0	2	0
Roberge 3b	0	0	0	0	Olmdo pr-ss	2	1	1	0
Abreu rf	4	0	0	0	Casey 1b	1	0	0	1
Ledee lf	4	0	0	0	Cruz 1b	2	0	0	0
Utley 1b	4	0	1	0	Castro 3b	0	0	0	0
Coggin p	0	0	0	0	Valentin c	4	0	1	1
Glanville cf	3	1	0	0	Hmml 3b-1b	3	0	1	0
Telemaco p	0	0	0	0	Freel cf	3	2	1	0
Rushford 1b	1	0	0	0	Clark rf-2b	2	0	1	1
Hthcx 3b-2b	4	1	2	1	Christnsn lf	2	0	1	1
Hinch c	2	0	1	0	Lidle p	2	0	0	0
Budzinski ph	1	0	0	0	Matthews p	0	0	0	0
Milton p	1	0	1	0	Wagner p	0	0	0	0
Smith ph	1	0	0	0	Kearns ph	1	0	0	0
Worrell p	0	0	0	0	Reith p	0	0	0	0
Michaels cf	1	0	0	0	Graves p	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	2	7	2	Totals	27	4	9	4

Philadelphia	010	000	100-2
Cincinnati	012	100	00x-4

E-Hitchcox. DP-Philadelphia 2. LOB-Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 3. 2B-Utley, Hitchcox 2, Rollins, Clark, Larkin. SB-Freel, Polanco. S-Clark. SF-Casey, Christensen.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Philadelphia
Milton L, 0-1	3	4	3	2	1	3
Worrell	2	2	1	1	0	1
Telemaco	2	3	0	0	0	1
Coggin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cincinnati
Lidle W, 1-0	5	5	1	1	1	2
Matthews	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wagner	1	2	1	1	0	1
Reith	1	0	0	0	0	2
Graves S, 1	1	0	0	0	0	0

WP-Wagner.

T-2:19. A-6,194.

Reds' upcoming schedule

MAR

OPPONENT

TIME

WHERE

15	OFF
16	BOSTON	7:05	Sarasota
17	at NY Yankees	7:15	Tampa
17	PITTSBURGH	7:05	Sarasota
18	at Toronto	1:05	Dunedin
19	TAMPA BAY	1:05	Sarasota
20	at Atlanta	1:05	Kissimmee
20	at Tampa Bay	1:05	St. Ptrsbrg
21	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
22	at Cleveland	1:05	Winter Hav.
23	NY YANKEES	7:05	Sarasota
24	at Detroit	6:05	Lakeland
25	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
26	PHILADELPHIA	1:05	Sarasota
27	CLEVELAND	1:05	Sarasota
28	at Minnesota	1:05	Fort Myers
29	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
30	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota