Friday, March 9, 2001 (am game)
Cincinnati 5, Boston (ss) 1
CINCINNATI AB R H BI BOSTON SS AB R H BI
B LARKIN SS 3 0 1 0 OFFERMAN 2B 2 0 0 0
J CASTRO SS 1 0 1 0 STENSON LF 2 0 0 0
M TUCKER RF 4 0 0 0 JOHN VALENTIN 3B 2 0 1 0
MELIAN RF 1 0 1 0 W VERAS 3B 3 0 0 0
GRIFFEY JR DH 3 0 0 0 DAUBACH 1B 4 0 0 0
KEARNS DH 1 0 0 0 EVERETT CF 2 0 0 0
DT CROMER 1B 4 2 2 1 BENITEZ RF 1 0 0 0
BR LARSON 3B 4 1 1 0 OLEARY LF 3 0 1 0
SEXTON 2B 0 0 0 0 SANTOS 2B 1 1 1 0
B CLARK LF 1 1 0 0 VARITEK C 2 0 1 0
SELBY 2B 2 0 0 0 HILLENBRAND C 1 0 1 1
STINNETT C 3 1 2 4 T NIXON RF 3 0 0 0
WALBECK C 1 0 0 0 BURKHART DH 3 0 0 0
W GUERRERO 2B 4 0 0 0 C GREBECK SS 3 0 1 0
D SANDERS CF 3 0 1 0 CAPISTA SS 1 0 1 0
R GONZALEZ CF 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 9 5 TOTALS 33 1 7 1
CINCINNATI 000 401 000-- 5
BOSTON SS 000 000 010-- 1
E--OFFERMAN. DP--CINCINNATI 1. LOB--CINCINNATI 7, BOSTON
SS 10. 2B--B LARKIN, JOHN VALENTIN, SANTOS, HILLENBRAND.
3B--J CASTRO. HR--STINNETT (OFF NOMO), DT CROMER (OFF
NOMO). SB--D SANDERS (3), BR LARSON (1).
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
O FERNANDEZ (W) 3 3 0 0 1 2 0
MERCADO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J FERNANDEZ 3 1 0 0 2 3 0
RIEDLING 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
GRAVES 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOSTON SS
NOMO (L) 3 2-3 4 4 4 1 4 2
BETANCOURT 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 0
FOSSUM 2 3 1 1 1 3 0
BECK 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
D LOWE 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
WP--J FERNANDEZ. BALK--FOSSUM. HBP--BURKHART BY J
FERNANDEZ, EVERETT BY J FERNANDEZ.
SO--CIN: M TUCKER 2, GRIFFEY JR, DT CROMER 2, BR LARSON 2,
SELBY, STINNETT, W GUERRERO. BOS: STENSON, EVERETT, T
NIXON 2, BURKHART 2.
BB--CIN: J CASTRO, KEARNS, B CLARK. BOS: OFFERMAN,
VARITEK, T NIXON.
T--2:35. A--6,200.
Partial play-by-play:
Nomo had allowed just one hit in his first three innings of work.
Reds 4th: D.T. Cromer hit a solo home run over the right field wall. A hit and a walk put runners at first and second. Kelly Stinnett hit a 1-2 pitch over the center field wall for a three-run home run and a 4-0 lead. Rafael Betancourt relieved Nomo with two outs and retired Wilton Guerrero to end the rally.
Reds 6th: Stinnett added his fourth RBI when he singled home Cromer against Casey Fossum.
Red Sox 8th: Shea Hillenbrand’s single drove home Angel Santos.
A crowd of 6,200 saw the game at City of Palms Park, the smallest City of Palms crowd to see the Red Sox in Grapefruit League action this spring.
John Valentin left the game after feeling some soreness in his surgically repaired left knee while legging out a double in the third inning.
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