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Spring Training 2001

Friday, March 9, 2001
Cincinnati @ Boston
Split Squad

Reds 5 Red Sox 1
Record 2-6
  123 456 789 RHE
C I N C I N N A T I 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 0
B O S T O N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1

Nomo has strong outing

  • Ok, before you look at the boxscore and see Nomo's numbers for the game, then say to youself, "What the hell is he talking about?" How can I say Hideo Nomo pitched well when he allowed 4 runs in 3 2/3 innings?

    Allow me to explain. Thru the first three innings Nomo costed, allowing no runs, it was the fourth inning where things started to fall apart. Now remember, these players are coming back from a six month layoff. It's quicker for hitters to get back into the groove than it is for the pitchers. Pitchers need to rebuild arm strength, hence the reason for only 2-3 inning starts to begin the spring training schedule.

    Today was a stretch day, as I call it, for Nomo. In order to build arm strength the pitchers need to pitch a little more each time out, until by the end of the spring then can go 7-9 innings. So basically what happened to Nomo today was that he ran out of gas in the fourth, and actually had two out before the gates opened on him. A couple runners and a bomb later, and all of a sudden his good day turned bad in the boxscore.

    So for the time he was still fresh, Nomo pitched very well. Obvioulsy 4 innings won't cut it at all come April 1, but for March 9th, it was very encouraging.

    As for the offense, it never got going. Some squandered opportunities, coupled with this being a split squad game, spelled for a good day for the Reds staff.

    paul@redsox2000.com


    • C I N C I N N A T I B O S T O N
      AB R H BI   AB R H BI
    B Larkin SS
    J Castro SS
    M Tucker RF
    Melian RF
    Griffey Jr DH
    Kearns DH
    Dt Cromer 1B
    Br Larson 3B
    Sexton 2B
    B Clark LF
    Selby 2B
    Stinnett C
    Walbeck C
    W Guerrero 2B
    D Sanders CF
    R Gonzalez CF     		3
    1
    4
    1
    3
    1
    4
    4
    0
    1
    2
    3
    1
    4
    3
    1     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
    1
    0
    1
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0      		1
    1
    0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    0     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    0     		Offerman 2B
    Stenson LF
    John Valentin 3B
    W Veras 3B
    Daubach 1B
    Everett CF
    Benitez RF
    Oleary LF
    Santos 2B
    Varitek C
    Hillenbrand C
    T Nixon RF
    Burkhart DH
    C Grebeck SS
    Capista SS
          		2
    2
    2
    3
    4
    2
    1
    3
    1
    2
    1
    3
    3
    3
    1
          		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
          		0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    1
          		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
     
    Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 33 1 7 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).

    C I N C I N N A T I B O S T O N
      IP H R ER BB SO HR   IP H R ER BB SO HR
    O Fernandez (W)
    Mercado
    J Fernandez
    Riedling
    Graves     		3
    1
    3
    1
    1     		3
    0
    1
    2
    1     		0
    0
    0
    1
    0     		0
    0
    0
    1
    0     		1
    0
    2
    0
    0     		2
    0
    3
    1
    0     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		Nomo (L)
    Betancourt
    Fossum
    Beck
    D Lowe     		3.2
    1.1
    2
    1
    1     		4
    1
    3
    0
    1     		4
    0
    1
    0
    0     		4
    0
    1
    0
    0     		1
    0
    1
    0
    1     		4
    1
    3
    2
    0     		2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Totals 9 7 1 1 3 6 0 Totals 9 9 5 5 3 10 2
    WP: J Fernandez.
    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.


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