Reds vs Guardians Feb 24th, 2024 1st Spring Training Game

The all important roster for Game 1

A leadoff walk followed by a flare single, and then Cany and Fraley make 3 outs on 2 pitches.

Nice inning from Spiers.  Seeing eye single and then 3 punch outs

Not a great half inning for the offense. TySteve was either caught looking or out on weak swing. Benson out on first pitch. (Work the count folks). Harrison fly out.

Nice 2nd inning from Spiers. Solid single to left followed by K and flyout to CF.  Then a slow roller that Candy didn't handle well but Martini was not shaken and got 1sr runner in rundown.

Cruz in to pitch. Grounder to Candy who boots it but still gets Straw at first.  Kwan with solid single.  Grounder to Martini who throws to Cruz at 1b for the out.

Walk to Fraley, but then he falls down attempting to teal. TySteve K's. Benson goes deep !!!   And then Harrison doubles.

Farmer in to pitch. He looks slimmer. Very quick efficient inning.

Friedl single, Elly down swinging as RH. Candy double play 0/3

The ultra-valuable Bubba Thompson leads off with a double. Trautwein hits an opposite field single.  1st and 3rd.  Capel K's and Callihan grounds to pitcher who fails to look back Bubba and he scores.

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Recapping impressions from 1st game.  All the pitchers looked sharp with the exception of Kennedy (who still went 2 scoreless) and he probably never sniffs Cincy this summer.  Buck Farmer looks noticeably trimmer. NRI pitchers Bruihl and Kriske looked good too.  Overall the Reds K'd 10 and walked none. Escpeially nice to see the good start from Spiers (2 innings)

Benson homered (off a righty) and Callihan hit a 2 run homer that might have left the ballpark. Love to see him get back to top prospect status.  No Red had 2 hits.  Disappointing starts from TySteve (0/2) and Candelario (0/3).  Candy's defense was a little shaky.