REDS JACK 5 HRs IN SHUTOUT OF CREW
Casey, Kearns Guillen Go
Back-to-Back-to-Back--Again!
CINCINNATI, May 9 (AP) - Chris Reitsma tossed eight shutout innings and his
teammates hit five home runs as the Cincinnati Reds cruised past the Milwaukee
Brewers, 7-0, at Great American Ballpark. Sean Casey hit a pair of long
balls and was part of a string of three straight homers, along with Austin
Kearns and Aaron Boone, in a four-run third inning.
The Reds' first run came in the second inning, courtesy of a Jason LaRue
sacrifice fly that drove home Kearns, who had opened the inning with a base on
balls off Brewers starter Matt Kinney (3-3).
In the bottom of the third, Jose Guillen drew a one-out walk from Kinney and
Casey followed with his first home run of the game, and ninth of the year, into
the right field bullpen. Kearns immediately followed with his 12th of the
season, about halfway up into the lower grandstand in left field. Boone
then followed with his 10th roundtripper of the year, giving Cincinnati a
comfortable 5-0 lead.
Barry Larkin's third homer of the season came in the bottom of the fourth and
upped the advantage to 6-0 and Casey's second of the game, deep into the seats
in right-center field off of reliever Brooks Kieschnick in the seventh, capped
the scoring.
Reitsma (3-0), making his third start of the season, was masterful, allowing
only three hits and a single walk while striking out five in eight scoreless
frames. Gabe White mopped up with a single shutout inning.
This was the second time in eight days that Casey, Kearns and Boone have hit
back-to-back-to-back home runs. On May 1, the trio accomplished the feat
in a 9-4 home field victory over the Colorado Rockies.
5/9/2003, Mil03-Cin03, Great American Ball Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2003 Reds 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 x 7 8 0 4 4 Brewers AB R H BI AVG Reds AB R H BI AVG Sanchez,A cf 4 0 0 0 .236 Larkin ss 4 1 1 1 .326 Young,Eri 2b 3 0 1 0 .250 Guillen,J rf 3 1 0 0 .350 Sexson 1b 3 0 0 0 .244 Casey 1b 4 2 3 3 .286 Jenkins lf 3 0 2 0 .411 Kearns cf 2 2 2 1 .269 Vander Wal rf 3 0 0 0 .338 Boone,A 3b 4 1 2 1 .284 Helms 3b 3 0 0 0 .239 Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 .207 Perez,ER c 3 0 0 0 .349 White,G p 0 0 0 0 .000 Clayton ss 2 0 1 0 .190 LaRue c 3 0 0 1 .188 Kinney p 1 0 0 0 .091 Lopez,F 2b 4 0 0 0 .188 Kieschnick ph 1 0 0 0 .375 Reitsma p 3 0 0 0 .000 Estrella p 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor,R lf 0 0 0 0 .216 Clark,B ph 1 0 0 0 .189 30 7 8 7 27 0 4 0 Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kinney L 3-3 5.0 6 6 6 4 3 88 50 3.92 Kieschnick 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 33 22 1.93 Estrella 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 19 12 1.29 8.0 8 7 7 4 5 140 84 Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Reitsma W 3-0 8.0 3 0 0 1 5 88 55 2.96 White,G 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 3.60 9.0 4 0 0 1 5 98 63 Mil: Kieschnick batted for Kinney in the 6th Kieschnick moved to p in the 6th Clark,B batted for Estrella in the 9th Cin: Taylor,R inserted at lf in the 9th HR-Larkin(3), Casey 2(10), Kearns(12), Boone,A(10). RBI-Larkin(9), Casey 3(26), Kearns(27), Boone,A(21), LaRue(9). K-Jenkins, Vander Wal 3, Kieschnick, Dunn, LaRue, Lopez,F 2, Reitsma. BB-Clayton, Guillen,J, Kearns 2, Dunn. SF-LaRue. GWRBI: LaRue Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 8 MPH. Attendance: 32,910 Game Time: 2:30