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04-05-2002, 11:15 PM
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Masato Yoshii allowed one run in six innings and the Cincinnati Reds put on a slapstick performance -- three errors in one inning -- as the Montreal Expos rolled to an 8-7 victory Friday night.
Vladimir Guerrero and Brian Schneider each drove in a pair of runs as the Expos piled up 12 hits off Jimmy Haynes (0-1) and four relievers. Montreal coasted after a five-run second inning featuring three Reds errors, one of them by Haynes.
Expos manager Frank Robinson, who spent the first 10 years of his Hall of Fame career with the Reds and has his No. 20 retired, didn't have many tough decisions until the ninth inning.
The Reds scored six runs in the ninth, with the help of two Montreal errors, before Graeme Lloyd struck out Todd Walker with runners on first and third to end the game and earn the save. Lloyd was the fourth pitcher in the inning for the Expos, who traded closer Scott Strickland to the New York Mets before the game.
The biggest bright spot for the chilled crowd of 17,123 was Jose Rijo's third-inning single through the hole at shortstop -- the reliever's first hit since 1995, when he had the first of five elbow operations that sidelined him until last August.
Yoshii (1-0) shut out the Reds until Aaron Boone hit a solo homer in the sixth, Cincinnati's second homer in four games. Yoshii gave up seven hits -- three by Juan Encarnacion -- walked two and struck out five.
For the second time in four games, a Cincinnati starter failed to make it to the fifth inning. The Expos batted around for five runs in a sloppy second inning that brought catcalls from the bundled crowd.
Lee Stevens led off with a double and scored when Chris Truby singled to right and a charging Encarnacion tried to scoop the ball and missed, letting it roll past him for an error.
Schneider doubled home another run and later scored when Haynes tried to field Peter Bergeron's slow roller with his glove and make a fancy flip to first, but instead knocked the ball away.
Bergeron stole second and came home on Jose Vidro's single, and center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. completed the trilogy of errors by failing to come up cleanly with Guerrero's double, allowing Vidro to score from first.
Left fielder Adam Dunn had a bad moment in the third, when he dove for Schneider's sinking line drive. Thinking he'd short-hopped it, Dunn popped up, got in throwing position and reached into his glove for the ball. He was puzzled to find the glove empty -- the ball had deflected into the corner for an RBI double.
Brad Wilkerson's single scored Schneider to make it 7-0, and Guerrero doubled home another run in the fourth off Rijo.
Sean Casey's two-run single was the big hit in the ninth for the Reds.
Notes
The Expos plan to add LHP Bruce Chen to the rotation. They got him from the Mets on Friday as part of a deal for Strickland. ... The Expos didn't steal a base in their series against Florida, going 0-for-3. They stole three in the first two innings off Haynes, who has a slow move to the plate. ... When Yoshii came to bat, fans chanted, ``USA! USA!'' ... A banner hanging from the upper deck said, ``Save The Expos'' ... Rijo's last hit came off Chicago's Steve Trachsel on July 13, 1995. ... Totals for the Reds' four starters this week: Joey Hamilton, 94 pitches, five innings; Elmer Dessens, 87 pitches, 3 2-3 innings; Jose Acevedo, 107 pitches, six innings; Haynes, 66 pitches, 2 1-3innings.
Thats why you have to chip away at big leads and not expect to come back in one inning.
Vladimir Guerrero and Brian Schneider each drove in a pair of runs as the Expos piled up 12 hits off Jimmy Haynes (0-1) and four relievers. Montreal coasted after a five-run second inning featuring three Reds errors, one of them by Haynes.
Expos manager Frank Robinson, who spent the first 10 years of his Hall of Fame career with the Reds and has his No. 20 retired, didn't have many tough decisions until the ninth inning.
The Reds scored six runs in the ninth, with the help of two Montreal errors, before Graeme Lloyd struck out Todd Walker with runners on first and third to end the game and earn the save. Lloyd was the fourth pitcher in the inning for the Expos, who traded closer Scott Strickland to the New York Mets before the game.
The biggest bright spot for the chilled crowd of 17,123 was Jose Rijo's third-inning single through the hole at shortstop -- the reliever's first hit since 1995, when he had the first of five elbow operations that sidelined him until last August.
Yoshii (1-0) shut out the Reds until Aaron Boone hit a solo homer in the sixth, Cincinnati's second homer in four games. Yoshii gave up seven hits -- three by Juan Encarnacion -- walked two and struck out five.
For the second time in four games, a Cincinnati starter failed to make it to the fifth inning. The Expos batted around for five runs in a sloppy second inning that brought catcalls from the bundled crowd.
Lee Stevens led off with a double and scored when Chris Truby singled to right and a charging Encarnacion tried to scoop the ball and missed, letting it roll past him for an error.
Schneider doubled home another run and later scored when Haynes tried to field Peter Bergeron's slow roller with his glove and make a fancy flip to first, but instead knocked the ball away.
Bergeron stole second and came home on Jose Vidro's single, and center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. completed the trilogy of errors by failing to come up cleanly with Guerrero's double, allowing Vidro to score from first.
Left fielder Adam Dunn had a bad moment in the third, when he dove for Schneider's sinking line drive. Thinking he'd short-hopped it, Dunn popped up, got in throwing position and reached into his glove for the ball. He was puzzled to find the glove empty -- the ball had deflected into the corner for an RBI double.
Brad Wilkerson's single scored Schneider to make it 7-0, and Guerrero doubled home another run in the fourth off Rijo.
Sean Casey's two-run single was the big hit in the ninth for the Reds.
Notes
The Expos plan to add LHP Bruce Chen to the rotation. They got him from the Mets on Friday as part of a deal for Strickland. ... The Expos didn't steal a base in their series against Florida, going 0-for-3. They stole three in the first two innings off Haynes, who has a slow move to the plate. ... When Yoshii came to bat, fans chanted, ``USA! USA!'' ... A banner hanging from the upper deck said, ``Save The Expos'' ... Rijo's last hit came off Chicago's Steve Trachsel on July 13, 1995. ... Totals for the Reds' four starters this week: Joey Hamilton, 94 pitches, five innings; Elmer Dessens, 87 pitches, 3 2-3 innings; Jose Acevedo, 107 pitches, six innings; Haynes, 66 pitches, 2 1-3innings.
Thats why you have to chip away at big leads and not expect to come back in one inning.