Cincinnati Reds: Shortstop Barry Larkin left Tuesday's 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.

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Reds 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 victory 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.

Arizona Diamondbacks: Curt Schilling pitched four scoreless innings against a team of Chicago White Sox minor leaguers on Tuesday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks 'B' game was arranged because Schilling doesn't want to pitch against National League teams in spring training.

Schilling threw 48 pitches, 34 strikes and 14 balls. He struck out four and allowed two hits.

"I felt really good. I've gotten better on a couple of things I wanted to get better at," he said. "Physically, a couple of times I tried to reach back and throw some balls and was able to. I was happy with how I felt going out and coming in."

He said that his control was better than in his first appearance.

Schilling also was helped by getting a chance to work with catcher Rod Barajas. The right-hander has to get used to a new catcher this year because Damian Miller, his regular catcher a year ago, was traded to the Chicago Cubs.

Barajas and Chad Moeller are scheduled to split the catching duties this season.

"That was probably the one thing that was most important today was to start getting into a rhythm," Schilling said. "I'm very much a tempo guy. I don't like to stand out there and shake and shake and shake and call timeout. I've got to get comfortable with both of these guys and today I thought we did some good stuff."

Oakland Athletics: Mark Mulder allowed one run and four hits in four innings Tuesday as the Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3.

A's third base coach Ron Washington had to leave the game in the later innings with an apparent kidney stone. He was taken to a hospital for observation.

Adam Morrissey singled with two outs in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run for Oakland, which improved to 5-1 during the exhibition season.

Loser Jeremy Hill allowed Mike Edwards' single and Rontrez Johnson's double before Morrisey's hit.

A's starter Tim Hudson gave up two runs and three hits in four innings, while Royals starter Runelvys Hernandez pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit.

Mendy Lopez, Carlos Beltran and Dee Brown each drove in runs as the Royals took a 3-0 lead into the seventh. Luis Lopez hit a two-run single in the seventh for the A's, and Eric Brynes tied it with a single in the eighth.

Atlanta Braves: John Smoltz struggled in his one inning against Montreal, giving up two runs and three hits as the Expos defeated the Braves 6-4 on Tuesday.

The Braves' closer entered with a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Fernando Tatis singled and was driven in on a double by Ron Calloway.

After Henry Mateo singled, Wil Cordero's grounder drove in another run off Smoltz.

"I thought (Smoltz) threw great,'' Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "I was more than happy with his stuff. He only gave up one hard-hit ball. He had bite on his slider, and when he throws that well, nobody can hit him.''

Baltimore Orioles: Todd Sears and Michael Restovich hit two-run homers off Pat Hentgen, and Jose Morban connected off Omar Daal as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Orioles 11-1 on Tuesday.

Hentgen allowed five runs and seven hits in three innings. The former Cy Young award winner is vying for a spot in the starting rotation after missing most of the 2002 season following elbow-ligament replacement surgery.

"I felt like the ball was coming out of my hand pretty good,'' Hentgen said. "It's frustrating, but life goes on.''

Sears homered on an 0-2 pitch in the first inning to stake the Twins to a 3-0 lead.

"I think my thought process was correct, I just didn't execute the pitch,'' Hentgen said. "If I make the pitch down and away like I'm trying to do, the outcome is different.''

Restovich added a wind-blown shot in the third following a single by Michael Cuddyer, who had two hits and scored twice.

Hentgen still has plenty of time to show he's worthy of a spot in the Orioles' rotation, but thus far he's got a 10.80 ERA after giving up six runs in five innings.

"Obviously results are important. That's what this whole game is about,'' Hentgen said.