Boxscore

Homer Bailey started for the Cincinnati Reds and, in his own words, “pounded the zone.” Given his results so far this spring, the zone does indeed appear to be all that Bailey’s been pounding lately.

Bailey didn’t strike anyone out, but he did allow only one run, 3 hits, and one walk over 5 innings. It’s that one walk that I really like to see.

On the offensive side, the Reds flat-out destroyed the Giants. The first 2 runs both came off the bat of Joey Votto, although he was out on both occasions. His Spring Training batting average is at .171, but he does still have almost 2 weeks to get everything straightened out.

The majority of the scoring came in the 8th, off former Red Jeremy Affeldt and Brandon Medders. Aaron Miles contributed an RBI double, and Drew Stubbs hit another home run. Stubbs has 4 on the Spring, which continues his power surge since joining the majors last year.

There was no save situation, but Daniel Herrera did pitch a scoreless 9th to prevent another Spring Training tie.