GaryMrMets
03-05-2003, 01:49 AM
Reds' Larkin Day-to-Day With Injury
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Cincinnati shortstop Barry Larkin left the Reds game against Cleveland after being hit on the right forearm with a pitch.
Larkin was hit by an inside fastball thrown by rookie right-hander Ricardo Rodriguez in the third inning.
Cincinnati manager Bob Boone immediately came out of the dugout to check on Larkin, who left the game and was attended to by team trainers in the Reds' clubhouse. Larkin was diagnosed with a bruised forearm by trainer Mark Mann and is day to day.
Rodriguez, acquired from Los Angeles last July as part of the trade that sent reliever Paul Shuey to the Dodgers, already has a reputation for brushing back batters. The 24-year-old was ejected in the ninth inning of his first big league win last season after hitting Detroit's Robert Fick with the pitch after Randall Simon hit a home run.
During an intrasquad game one week ago, he hit Indians teammate Casey Blake.
"I never try to hurt anybody, but I am going to pitch inside and people better get used to that,'' Rodriguez said then.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Cincinnati shortstop Barry Larkin left the Reds game against Cleveland after being hit on the right forearm with a pitch.
Larkin was hit by an inside fastball thrown by rookie right-hander Ricardo Rodriguez in the third inning.
Cincinnati manager Bob Boone immediately came out of the dugout to check on Larkin, who left the game and was attended to by team trainers in the Reds' clubhouse. Larkin was diagnosed with a bruised forearm by trainer Mark Mann and is day to day.
Rodriguez, acquired from Los Angeles last July as part of the trade that sent reliever Paul Shuey to the Dodgers, already has a reputation for brushing back batters. The 24-year-old was ejected in the ninth inning of his first big league win last season after hitting Detroit's Robert Fick with the pitch after Randall Simon hit a home run.
During an intrasquad game one week ago, he hit Indians teammate Casey Blake.
"I never try to hurt anybody, but I am going to pitch inside and people better get used to that,'' Rodriguez said then.