Boston Red Sox v Cincinnati Reds – Spring Training Box Score – Friday,March 8, 2002

Friday, March 8, 2002
Cincinnati 9, Boston 7

 CINCINNATI       AB  R  H BI    BOSTON           AB  R  H BI
 B Clark cf        1  1  0  0    R Henderson dh    3  1  2  0 
 A Sanders lf      2  1  1  0    T Betts dh        2  0  0  0 
 B Larkin ss       2  1  1  2    T Nixon rf        4  2  2  1 
 K Witt 3b         3  0  1  1    E Clemente rf     1  0  0  0 
 B Larson 3b       0  0  0  0    N Garciaparra ss  3  1  2  1 
 A Dunn 1b         3  1  1  1    L Merloni ss      1  0  1  0 
 A Kearns rf       3  0  0  0    M Ramirez cf      3  1  1  0 
 S Casey dh        2  3  2  0    M Coleman cf      2  0  0  0 
 R Mateo cf        3  1  1  1    T Clark 1b        2  0  1  2 
 R Gonzalez cf     1  0  1  0    J Diaz 1b         3  0  1  0 
 R Jennings 1b     3  1  1  1    J Lofton pr       0  0  0  0 
 C Sexton 2b       0  0  0  1    J Varitek c       2  0  0  1 
 C Miller c        4  0  1  0    D Mirabelli c     2  1  1  0 
 D Sardinha c      1  0  0  0    C Baerga 3b       3  0  1  0 
 W Guerrero 2b     1  0  0  1    W Veras 3b        1  1  1  2 
 B Broussard 1b    2  0  0  0    D Buford cf       3  0  0  0 
 J Castro ss       3  0  0  0    D Stenson lf      1  0  0  0 
 T Dawkins ss      2  0  0  0    J Offerman 2b     2  0  0  0 
                                 R Sanchez 2b      2  0  0  0 
                                 A Santos 2b       0  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           36  9 10  8    TOTALS           40  7 13  7

 CINCINNATI                600 001 011--  9
 BOSTON                    410 000 020--  7

 E--R Garces, W Banks, C Baerga. DP--BOSTON 1. 
 LOB--CINCINNATI 12, BOSTON 8. 2B--D Mirabelli, T Nixon,
 R Henderson, T Clark, C Baerga, B Larkin, R Mateo, S Casey.
 HR--W Veras (1) (off J Brower). SB--R Gonzalez (2),
 W Guerrero (2). S--W Guerrero. SF--C Sexton.

                               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
 CINCINNATI
 E Dessens (W,1-1)              3       8   5   5   0   2   0
 C Reitsma                      3       2   0   0   0   4   0
 S Sullivan                     1       0   0   0   1   0   0
 J Brower                       1       1   2   2   1   1   1
 L Pineda (S,1)                 1       2   0   0   0   0   0

 BOSTON
 D Hermanson (L,0-1)              1-3   3   6   5   3   1   0
 R Viera                        2 2-3   0   0   0   3   3   0
 U Urbina                       1       0   0   0   1   1   0
 R Garces                       2       3   1   1   1   3   0
 J De La Rosa                   2       3   1   1   0   0   0
 W Banks                        1       1   1   0   0   2   0

 HBP--A Sanders by W Banks, B Clark by D Hermanson. T--3:24. A--7,447.

Sean Casey scored three times and Barry Larkin doubled and drove in two runs as the Cincinnati
Reds outslugged the Boston Red Sox, 9-7, in a Grapefruit League game.

Red Sox starter Dustin Hermanson retired just one batter before being chased from the mound.  The veteran righthander allowed six runs and three hits and was unable to find the plate, walking three and hitting a batter.

Boston countered with four runs in the bottom of the first off winner Elmer Dessens, who surrendered five runs and eight hits in three innings.

Chris Reitsma tossed three scoreless innings for Cincinnati, allowing two hits and striking out four.  Luis Pineda pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

Wilton Veras homered and drove in two runs and Tony Clark had two RBI for Boston.  Rickey Henderson doubled twice and scored a run and Trot Nixon had two hits and scored twice as the Red Sox outhit the Reds, 13-10.

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