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NEW YORK (AP) -- Scott Williamson is still getting used to
starting games.
Williamson, a reliever for Cincinnati last season, pitched six
strong innings and Dante Bichette drove in three runs as the Reds
snapped the New York Mets' six-game winning streak with a 6-0
victory Monday night.
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Reds pitching coach
hospitalized after game
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NEW YORK -- Reds pitching coach Don Gullett was
hospitalized because of tightness in his chest Monday night.
Gullett, 49, experienced tightness after the Reds beat the Mets
6-0 and was taken to New York Medical Center in Queens. A Reds
spokesman said it did not appear to be serious, but Gullett was to
be held overnight for observation.
Gullett, in his eighth season as Reds pitching coach, has a
history of heart troubles. He had a heart attack in 1986, and
underwent triple-bypass surgery in 1990.
-- Associated Press
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Williamson (4-7) allowed six hits, struck out three and walked
two before leaving with a left hamstring spasm in his fifth major
league start. He injured himself while running the bases in the
seventh, but doesn't expect to miss his next start Sunday against
Florida.
"It started to cramp up, and they told me I had pitched a good
game and didn't want me to take any chances," Williamson said. "I
promise I'll be able to get past the sixth inning one day. Right
now, I think my body is just trying to adapt to the starting
role."
Williamson improved to 3-0 with an 0.51 ERA in eight appearances
against the Mets, including 2-0 and no earned runs in 13 2/3
innings at New York. Larry Luebbers pitched three innings for his
first career save.
"We never got anything going -- he was on," Mets manager Bobby
Valentine said. "The few times we got him deep (in the count), he
seemed to throw a nice 3-2 breaking ball or 2-1 breaking ball. He
spotted it where he wanted to."
Last year's NL rookie of the year was a starter in his first two
professional seasons, but was converted to a reliever last year
when he made the big league club. He made 38 appearances as a
reliever this season before moving into the rotation.
"The guy did well," said New York's Bubba Trammell, who went
0-for-3. "It's the first time I've seen him, but he threw his
slider well, and hit his spots with the fastball. It's unusual to
have just two (pitches), but he threw both of them pretty good."
Barry Larkin, in his first game at Shea Stadium since rejecting
a trade to the Mets on July 23, went 1-for-4 with an RBI and walk.
Larkin was booed heartily when his name was called during pregame
introductions and before each at-bat.
"It was loud," Larkin said. "But I think that's one of the
reasons I've always liked playing here. There always seems to be a
lot of energy here and I feed off that."
Ken Griffey Jr., who also turned down a trade to the Mets in
December, had a scary collision with Mike Piazza in the first
inning, but remained in the game.
The Reds took a 3-0 lead in the first against Glendon Rusch
(7-8). Chris Stynes led off with a single and Larkin struck out
looking. Griffey singled before Bichette hit a long two-run double
over center fielder Derek Bell's head.
"I made one bad pitch to Bichette," Rusch said. "I was ahead
in the count and I hung a curveball and he hit it well."
Griffey gave the Reds a scare when he slid in ahead of Mike
Bordick's relay throw to Piazza at home and came up limping. He was
checked out by the team trainer and took the field in the bottom
half.
Bichette, who went to third on Bordick's throw, scored on Sean
Casey's groundout to make it 3-0. Casey went 0-for-3 to snap his
career-high 21-game hitting streak, longest by a Red since Hal
Morris' 29-game streak in 1996.
The Reds added another run in the fourth on Bichette's RBI
single. Larkin hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh to make it
5-0. The Reds added another run on Luebbers' sacrifice fly -- his
first career RBI -- in the ninth.
Rusch, who lost for the first time in four starts, allowed five
runs -- four earned -- and seven hits in six innings.
"We got behind early and we never recovered from that," Rusch
said. "A bad first inning and that's all they needed the way they
pitched."
Game notes
Reds C Eddie Taubensee left in the second with back spasms.
Taubensee, listed as day to day, appeared to injure himself running
to second on Williamson's sacrifice. ... Williamson's 19 wild
pitches tie Jim Maloney's club record. ... The Mets have been shut
out seven times. Their last loss was also a shutout -- 1-0 at
Atlanta on July 23. ... RHP Scott Sullivan served the last of a
three-game suspension he received after hitting Colorado's Brian
Hunter with a pitch, setting off a brawl. ... Rusch's single in the
third inning was just his second hit this season. He is 2-for-33.
... LHP Rich Rodriguez accepted an assignment to Triple-A Norfolk
and will rejoin the team when rosters expand Sept. 1.
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