One of them was Ken Griffey Jr.'s 577th career blast.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Homer Bailey benefited from Cincinnati's three home runs, including the 577th of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career, to a win his major league debut as the Reds beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Friday night.
Brandon Phillips and Jeff Conine also homered in support of Bailey, Cincinnati's No. 1 pick in the 2004 draft.
Bailey, the No. 7 overall pick in 2004, made his debut three years and one day after being drafted by the Reds.
The Indians loaded the bases with two outs against Bailey in the fifth, but with the crowd of 38,696 standing and cheering, the right-hander struck out David Dellucci looking on a 93 mile-per-hour fastball.
Bailey wins debut
It was the 114th and final pitch of the night for Bailey (1-0), who allowed two runs and five hits with four walks and three strikeouts. He left with a 3-2 lead.
Mike Stanton, Jon Coutlangus and Gary Majewski combined for 22/3 innings of scoreless relief before David Weathers got the last four outs for his 12th save in 14 opportunities.
Cliff Lee (2-4) has lost all four of his starts since beating the Reds 9-4 on May 18. He gave up four hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in six innings.
Griffey connects in sixth
Griffey led off the sixth against Lee with a home run to right field, his 14th of the season, to give Cincinnati a 4-2 lead.
Phillips led off the fourth against Lee with a double. One out later, Conine hit his third home run of the season into the left field seats to give Cincinnati a 3-2 lead.
Cleveland scored a run against Bailey with two outs in the first inning on Travis Hafner's single and Victor Martinez's double.
Phillips tied the score in the bottom of the inning with his 11th homer of the season, an opposite-field liner to right.
Cleveland regained a one-run lead in the fourth when Martinez led off with a single, moved to third on Trot Nixon's double and scored on Dellucci's sacrifice fly.
Ryan Garko hit a pinch-hit home run leading off the ninth — his eighth of the year — off Weathers to make it 4-3.
Notes
The Reds optioned RHP Todd Coffey to Triple-A Louisville to make room on the roster for Bailey. ... Conine's home run was his first in 84 at-bats, dating back to April 21. ... Phillips' homer was his third of the season against his former team. ... Casey Blake singled in the seventh inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to 17 games.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
One of them was Ken Griffey Jr.'s 577th career blast.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Homer Bailey benefited from Cincinnati's three home runs, including the 577th of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career, to a win his major league debut as the Reds beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Friday night.
Brandon Phillips and Jeff Conine also homered in support of Bailey, Cincinnati's No. 1 pick in the 2004 draft.
Bailey, the No. 7 overall pick in 2004, made his debut three years and one day after being drafted by the Reds.
The Indians loaded the bases with two outs against Bailey in the fifth, but with the crowd of 38,696 standing and cheering, the right-hander struck out David Dellucci looking on a 93 mile-per-hour fastball.
Bailey wins debut
It was the 114th and final pitch of the night for Bailey (1-0), who allowed two runs and five hits with four walks and three strikeouts. He left with a 3-2 lead.
Mike Stanton, Jon Coutlangus and Gary Majewski combined for 22/3 innings of scoreless relief before David Weathers got the last four outs for his 12th save in 14 opportunities.
Cliff Lee (2-4) has lost all four of his starts since beating the Reds 9-4 on May 18. He gave up four hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in six innings.
Griffey connects in sixth
Griffey led off the sixth against Lee with a home run to right field, his 14th of the season, to give Cincinnati a 4-2 lead.
Phillips led off the fourth against Lee with a double. One out later, Conine hit his third home run of the season into the left field seats to give Cincinnati a 3-2 lead.
Cleveland scored a run against Bailey with two outs in the first inning on Travis Hafner's single and Victor Martinez's double.
Phillips tied the score in the bottom of the inning with his 11th homer of the season, an opposite-field liner to right.
Cleveland regained a one-run lead in the fourth when Martinez led off with a single, moved to third on Trot Nixon's double and scored on Dellucci's sacrifice fly.
Ryan Garko hit a pinch-hit home run leading off the ninth — his eighth of the year — off Weathers to make it 4-3.
Notes
The Reds optioned RHP Todd Coffey to Triple-A Louisville to make room on the roster for Bailey. ... Conine's home run was his first in 84 at-bats, dating back to April 21. ... Phillips' homer was his third of the season against his former team. ... Casey Blake singled in the seventh inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to 17 games.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Homer Bailey benefited from Cincinnati's three home runs, including the 577th of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career, to a win his...
