Reds 2, Devil Rays 1

Reds are hot. And sexy.

NOTABLE THINGS

Pitching: Arroyo had a very nice outing, going the longest any starter has gone with five innings. He K'ed 2 and only allowed 2 hits. Keep in mind that it was against Tampa Bay and keep in mind that it is still Spring Training. Otherwise, awesome. It was good news for him, though. Weathers pitched the sixth and gave up a homer to Rocco Baldelli. Homer Bailey pitched the seventh, surprisingly, and K'ed 1 in his scoreless inning, though he did hit another batter. Seems to be his forté. His ERA is now a meager 19.64. Salmon got the save, K'ing 1. Notice how I changed tense, going from "K'ed" to "K'ing?" This is not how to write a paper, which is probably what I should be doing instead of this.

Hitting: Not much to go on, except Josh Hamilton got another hit, but only went 1/3. Disappointing to say the least. And most. Not much hitting to get excited about. Gonzalez, Castro, and Phillips all went 1/2, Gonzo & Fidel getting doubles. Ross still sucks, going 0/2. Worse were Hatteberg and Crosby at 0/3.

Fielding & such: Phillips stole his first base of the year. And by that, I don't mean first base compared to second base, it's his personal first. It's always something I thought he could do a lot of last year but didn't. And it's something I've been waiting for him to do. And it finally happened. Hopefully more of that. Gil-Bellhorn-Votto turned a double play.