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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The fans were still abuzz over Barry Larkin's
2,000th hit when Dmitri Young gave them a reason to marvel.
|  | | Barry Larkin acknowleged a standing ovation Monday after hitting a double for his 2,000th career hit. |
Larkin had a milestone double and Young hit an upper-deck grand
slam in the same inning Monday night as the Cincinnati Reds beat
the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.
Young's first career slam highlighted a six-run third inning off
Randy Wolf (9-7) that sent the Reds to only their second victory in
seven games.
Cincinnati had two franchise moments as it batted around for a
7-1 lead. Larkin, the team captain, lined a run-scoring double to
left for his 2,000th hit, then stood at second and waved as the
crowd of 21,558 gave a standing ovation and chanted his first name.
"It was an emotional thing," Larkin said. "Maybe we fed off
that. It was loud the entire inning."
Larkin became the first major league shortstop to have at least
2,000 hits, 170 homers and 350 stolen bases. He's the fourth player
with 2,000 hits for Cincinnati, joining Pete Rose (3,358), Dave
Concepcion (2,326) and Johnny Bench (2,048).
After Wolf hit Ken Griffey Jr. on the arm with a pitch and
walked Dante Bichette, Young hit a first-pitch slider into the
first row of the upper deck in left -- the 34th red-seat homer in
the stadium's 30-year history.
"Unfortunately, I had to upstage the captain and his 2,000
hits, and he told me about it in the dugout," said Young, who
hadn't hit a grand slam since high school.
The only other red-seat slam by a Reds player was the first ever
hit into the upper deck -- by Tony Perez on Aug. 11, 1970.
Young didn't watch the ball -- he knew it was gone when it left
the bat -- and didn't realize where it landed.
"I didn't even know I did that until the guys in the dugout
told me," he said. "It was just cool to get those four runs up
there quick."
Young also had a single and a double in a free-swinging
performance, hitting the first pitch in each of his first three
at-bats. Young got an intentional walk in the seventh.
"That's not unusual," manager Jack McKeon said. "He can play
through a series and have 10 at-bats and see 11 pitches. If they
throw it over the plate, he's got a chance to hit it."
Wolf gave up seven runs and seven hits in three innings,
matching the shortest start of his career. He lasted only three
innings in a 10-2 loss at Houston on May 23.
In his last three starts, Wolf has given up 21 runs in 15 1/3
innings. The drubbing Monday left him puzzled.
"I'd say the only mistake I made was on the pitch to Young,"
Wolf said. "It was so frustrating because it seemed like every
good pitch I made, they got a hit on."
Manager Terry Francona thinks there's nothing physically wrong
with Wolf.
"He looks sound to me. We're trying to watch him like a hawk,"
Francona said. "One of his strengths is his ability to pitch in.
He's not getting it in or he's getting it too far in. The pitch to
Young just came right over the middle of the plate."
Tomas Perez had three doubles and drove in three runs for the
Phillies, who lost for the seventh time in eight games.
Pete Harnisch (5-6) struggled despite the big lead, giving up
nine hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings. Angry after giving up
consecutive walks to load the bases in the sixth, Harnisch walked
to the dugout at a fast clip after he was replaced and slammed his
glove and cap against the bench.
Perez had run-scoring doubles in the second and sixth off
Harnisch and drove in another run by hitting into a forceout in the
fourth. He doubled again in the eighth, but Danny Graves relieved
and got four outs for his 21st save in 24 chances.
Game notes
Bobby Abreu, who batted leadoff for the first time in his
career Sunday and went 2-for-3, hit leadoff again Monday and went
1-for-3 with a pair of walks. ... Scott Rolen singled in the fifth,
ending an 0-for-17 slump. ... Griffey and Phillies Doug Glanville,
Mike Lieberthal and Pat Burrell were on the field early to film a
segment for a movie tentatively called "Summer Catch." It's about
a pitcher who makes it to the big leagues and gives up a homer to
Griffey in his first appearance. ... Harnisch threw the Reds' 82nd
wild pitch of the season, one shy of the club record. ... Young's
upper-deck homer was the first by a Red this season and the fourth
overall. Mark McGwire, Preston Wilson and Moises Alou also have
reached the red seats. ... Griffey went 2-for-4, extending his
hitting streak to seven games and raising his average to a
season-high .257. ... Chris Stynes had four hits.
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