Cincinnati Enquirer

MEET THE REDS: Barry Larkin

Position: Shortstop

Age: 39

Height/weight: 6-0, 185 pounds

Throws/bats: Right, right

Born/resides: Cincinnati, Orlando

How acquired: Selected in the first round (fourth pick overall) of 1985 draft.

Favorite TV show: The Cosby Show

Favorite movie: Scarface, no The Fighting Temptations. I loved that movie.

Other than baseball he likes to: Fish.

Trivially speaking: Larkin has played 2,000 games at shortstop, 14th all-time. If he plays 98 games this year, he'll pass Bert Campaneris for 10th on the list.

GAME REPORT: Indians 11, Reds 4

The bats: Javier Valentin hit his second homer of the spring. He has hit safely in six of seven games. He's hitting .400 (8-for-20) with two home runs and four RBI over that span. Jermaine Clark hit a three-run homer.

The arms: The Reds gave up 18 hits and 11 runs, so things didn't go well. Todd Van Poppel started and gave up three runs in 2 1/3 innings. Left-hander Mike Matthews gave up three runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning.

The rest: The Reds only had one error in the Indians' six-run third, but the inning was the worst display of fielding this spring for the Reds. At least three balls fell or got away from fielders who could have made plays.

Up next: The Reds takes on the New York Yankees tonight in 7:05 game at Ed Smith. The game is Fox Sports Net. Paul Wilson (1-2, 8.76 ERA) faces Jose Contreras (2-0, 2.00) in a rematch of Wednesday's pitching matchup.

CINCINNATI					CLEVELAND
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Freel rf	2	1	0	0	Lawton lf	4	1	1	1
Larkin ss	3	0	0	0	Vizquel ss	3	0	0	0
JClark 2b-lf	2	1	1	3	JMcDld ss	1	0	0	0
Grf Jr. cf	3	0	2	0	Hafner dh	4	2	2	0
Chrstns cf	2	0	0	0	Brdley cf	3	1	1	2
Dunn lf	2	0	1	0	Bard c	2	1	2	1
Holbert 2b	1	0	0	0	AEscbr rf	4	1	4	1
Vlentin 1b	3	1	1	1	ErnYg rf	1	0	0	0
JaCruz dh	5	0	0	0	VMrtnz c	3	1	1	0
CMiller c	3	1	0	0	Clpnski 2b-3b	2	1	1	0
Hmmel 3b	4	0	1	0	Gterrez 3b	4	1	2	1
Olmedo 2b-ss	3	0	1	0	Srensen 2b	1	0	1	1
					Brssrd 1b	3	1	2	2
					Blliard 2b	2	1	1	1
					Little cf	2	0	0	0
Totals	33	4	7	4	Totals	39	11	18	10

Cincinnati	010	003	000-4
Cleveland	006	010	13x-11

E-Griffey Jr., Vizquel. DP-Cincinnati 2, Cleveland 2. LOB-Cincinnati 11, Cleveland 10. 2B-THafner, Bard, AEscobar, Broussard, Belliard. 3B-Bradley. HRs-JClark (1), Valentin (1). SB-Vizquel (1). SF-Broussard.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cincinnati
Poppel L,0-1	2 1-3	3	3	3	2	1
MMatthews	2-3	4	3	3	0	0
PNorton	1 2-3	3	1	1	0	1
Reith	1 1-3	2	0	0	1	3
Sheere	1	2	1	1	1	0
Mallette	1	4	3	3	0	1
Cleveland
Stanford W,1-0	3	3	1	1	3	0
Hackman	2	1	0	0	2	0
Carrara	2	2	3	3	1	1
Miller	2	1	0	0	2	1

HBP-by Carrara (CMiller), by MMatthews (THafner). WP-MMatthews.

T-2:51. A-5,367.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

MAR	OPPONENT	TIME	WHERE

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	Minnesota	1:05	Ft. Myers
29	PITTSBURGH	7:05	Sarasota
30	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota
31	TORONTO	1:05	Sarasota