The Cincinnati Enquirer

MEET THE REDS: Dane Sardinha

Position: Catcher

Age: 24

Height/Weight: 6-0/215

Bats/Throws: Right

Born/Resides: Honolulu, Hawaii/Kailua, Hawaii

How acquired: Selected in the second round (46th overall) in the 2000 draft.

Favorite movie: Tin Cup

Favorite TV show: That '70s Show

Hobby: Horseshoes

Something else you might not know: Sardinha enjoys looking through auto trader magazines.

"I'm not big into cars. I just like to look at prices of cars and what kind of deals are out there."

Injury report

Third baseman Brandon Larson (turf toe) remains day-to-day.

GAME REPORT: Reds 5, Pirates 0

The bats: The Reds used five first-inning hits to score all of their runs. The big hit of the inning belonged to catcher Jason LaRue, whose two-run double put the Reds ahead 4-0.

The arms: Jimmy Haynes, Aaron Myette, Ryan Wagner and John Riedling combined on a four-hit shutout. Myette struck out five in thee innings.

The rest: Center fielder Ryan Freel successfully executed a hit and run with a single in the first inning. He also threw out Pirates third baseman Chris Truby at home to prevent a run in the third. ... Attendance was 4,520. ... The Reds are now 4-1 against the Pirates this spring.

ON DECK

The Reds travel to Winter Haven to play the Indians at 1:05 p.m.

Todd Van Poppel (0-0, 7.04) will make his first start of the spring for Cincinnati. Jason Stanford (0-0, 6.00) starts for the Indians.

TV: Fox Sports Net

Radio: WLW-AM (700)

PITTSBURGH					CINCINNATI
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Redman cf	4	0	1	0	Jimenez 2b	4	1	1	0
Wilson ss	3	0	1	0	Wagner p	0	0	0	0
Nunez ss	1	0	0	0	Clark rf	0	0	0	0
Kendall c	2	0	0	0	Freel cf	3	1	1	0
McDonald c	1	0	0	0	Casey 1b	2	1	1	1
Mondesi lf	3	0	0	0	Cruz 1b	1	0	0	0
Mesa p	0	0	0	0	Kearns rf	4	1	1	1
Abad lf	0	0	0	0	Riedling p	0	0	0	0
Simon 1b	3	0	0	0	LaRue c	4	1	1	2
Ward 1b	1	0	0	0	Taylor lf	3	0	0	0
Wilson rf	3	0	1	0	Hummel 3b	3	0	1	0
Corey p	0	0	0	0	Lopez ss-2b	3	0	1	1
Boyd p	0	0	0	0	Haynes p	1	0	0	0
Hill ph	1	0	0	0	Castro ph	0	0	0	0
Truby 3b	2	0	1	0	Myette p	0	0	0	0
Castillo 2b	3	0	0	0	Olmedo ph-ss	1	0	0	0
Wells p	0	0	0	0
Roberts p	0	0	0	0
Merced ph	1	0	0	0
Torres p	0	0	0	0
Davis lf-rf	1	0	0	0
Totals	29	0	4	0	Totals	29	5	7	5

Pittsburgh	000	000	000-0
Cincinnati	500	000	00x-5

E-Nunez. DP-Pittsburgh 3. LOB-Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 3. 2B-Wilson, Kearns, LaRue. S-Wells.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Pittsburgh
Wells L, 0-2	3 1-3	7	5	5	2	7
Roberts	0 2-3	0	0	0	0	0
Torres	1	0	0	0	0	2
Mesa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Corey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Boyd	1	0	0	0	1	1
Cincinnati
Haynes W, 1-1	4	2	0	0	1	0
Myette	3	2	0	0	1	5
Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Riedling	1	0	0	0	1	1

WP-Wells, Myette.

T-2:30. A-4,520.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

MAR	OPPONENT	TIME	WHERE

22	Cleveland	1:05	Winter Haven
23	N.Y. YANKEES	7:05	Sarasota
24	Detroit	6:05	Lakeland
25	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
26	PHILADELPHIA	1:05	Sarasota
27	CLEVELAND	1:05	Sarasota
28	Mnnesota	1:05	Ft. Myers
29	PITTSBURGH	7:05	Sarasota
30	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota
31	TORONTO	1:05	Sarasota

Regular season
April 5	Chicago Cubs	2:10 p.m.
April 7	Chicago Cubs	7:10 p.m.
April 8	Chicago Cubs	12:35 p.m.
April 9	Pittsburgh	7:10 p.m.