The Cincinnati Enquirer

MEET THE REDS: Corky Miller

Position: Catcher

Age: 28

Height/weight: 6-1, 225

Throws/bats: Right, right

Born/resides: Yucaipa. Calif.; Calimesa, Calif.

How acquired: Signed as non-draft free agent June 5, 1998.

Favorite TV show: Cold Case Files.

Favorite movie: "I like a lot of movies. It's hard to pick one. I'd say Tombstone."

Other than baseball he likes to: Golf (16 handicapper) and fish.

Fun fact: Corky is his real name. Full name is Corky Abraham Philip Miller.

GAME REPORT: Reds 6, Pirates 2

The bats: Wily Mo Pena absolutely crushed a home run to right-center. The towering shot cleared the fence by 20 feet. Pena has three home runs and 10 RBI in his last 14 games. Adam Dunn went 3-for-3 with a home run, his sixth of the spring. D'Angelo Jimenez drove in the winning runs with a two-double in the seventh.

The arms: Jose Acevedo started and went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits. He walked none and struck out six.

The rest: Ryan Freel turned in a sparkling play at third, charging a soft grounder by Craig Wilson and throwing him out. Dunn made his second nice running catch in as many days. Todd Jones, signed by the Reds Thursday, took a wicked line drive off his right arm. It missed the bone. "I think I'm all right," Jones said.

Up next: The Reds play the Minnesota Twins in 1:05 p.m. at Ed Smith. Right-hander Aaron Harang (2-0, 1.89 ERA) faces left-hander Brad Thomas (0-1, 4.91)

PITTSBURGH					CINCINNATI
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
TRdmn cf	4	0	2	1	DJmnz 2b	4	1	1	2
Castillo 2b	3	1	2	0	Larkin ss	4	0	1	1
Kendall c	2	0	0	1	Olmedo ss	0	0	0	0
Cota c	1	0	0	0	Grf Jr. cf	1	0	0	0
Mndesi lf	3	0	0	0	WPena cf	3	1	2	1
JDavis lf	1	0	0	0	Kearns rf	4	0	0	0
Simon 1b	4	0	0	0	Jones p	0	0	0	0
CWilsn rf	3	0	0	0	Reith p	0	0	0	0
Mckwk 3b	3	0	0	0	Graves p	0	0	0	0
JWilsn ss	3	0	0	0	Dunn lf	4	1	3	1
Vglsng p	2	1	1	0	Hummel 3b
Bhrngr p	0	0	0	0	Casey 1b	3	0	0	0
Hill ph	1	0	0	0	Bong p	0	0	0	0
Mesa p	0	0	0	0	JClark rf	1	1	1	0
					LaRue c	3	0	0	0
					Freel 3b-cf	3	1	1	1
					Acevedo p	2	0	0	0
					Valentin 1b	1	1	0	0
Totals	30	2	5	2	Totals	33	6	9	6

Pittsburgh	101	000	000-2
Cincinnati	001	100	31x-6

E-Mondesi, Mackowiak. DP-Pittsburgh 1. LOB-Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 6. 2B-Vogelsong, DJimenez, Dunn, Freel. 3B-TRedman (1), Castillo (1). HR-WPena (3), Dunn (6). SB-JClark. CS-TRedman, Dunn. SF-Kendall.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Pittsburgh
Vogelsong	6	4	2	2	1	8
Boehringer L,0-1	1	3	3	2	1	1
Mesa	1	2	1	1	0	0
Cincinnati
JoAcevedo	6	4	2	2	0	6
Bong W,2-0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jones	2-3	1	0	0	0	1
Reith	1-3	0	0	0	1	0
Graves	1	0	0	0	0	1

HBP-by Vogelsong (LaRue).

T-2:22. A-4,926.

Spring schedule

	Opponent	Time	Site

3-30	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota
3-31	TORONTO	1:05	Sarasota
4-1	at Pittsburgh	1:05	Bradenton
4-2	at Toronto	1:05	Dunedin
4-3	vs. Baltimore	1:05	Chat.

World Series odds

	CURRENT	OPENING
TEAM	ODDS	ODDS
New York (AL)	2-1	9-2
Boston	4-1	8-1
Chicago (NL)	5-1	8-1
Anaheim	8-1	18-1
Houston	11-1	13-1
Philadelphia	12-1	20-1
Seattle	12-1	9-1
Atlanta	18-1	8-1
Oakland	18-1	10-1
St. Louis	18-1	13-1
San Francisco	18-1	9-1
Los Angeles	20-1	12-1
Arizona	25-1	13-1
Minnesota	25-1	18-1
Chicago (AL)	30-1	18-1
San Diego	30-1	110-1
Florida	40-1	18-1
New York (NL)	45-1	55-1
Kansas City	50-1	45-1
Toronto	60-1	70-1
Baltimore	70-1	120-1
Montreal	100-1	55-1
Cleveland	120-1	100-1
Colorado	150-1	110-1
Detroit	150-1	300-1
Cincinnati	175-1	120-1
Tampa Bay	200-1	140-1
Pittsburgh	250-1	160-1
Texas	250-1	80-1
Milwaukee	300-1	160-1

Calendar

March 30-31 - Opening series, New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, Tokyo.

March 31 - Last day to request unconditional waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2004 salary.

April 4 - Opening day for other teams. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.