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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Heisey Humbles Brewers







Chris Heisey the ever popular "backup quarterback" tore up another Cactus League team.

Heisey hit his fifth spring homer and Cincinnati had 18 hits in a 16-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday after Reds starter Homer Bailey was scratched with a sore right groin.

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Brett Marshall subbed for Bailey and allowed one run in three innings. The right-hander has allowed one run in nine spring innings with 11 strikeouts.

Marshall, just 23-years old, hit a run scoring single too.  The Reds picked him up on waivers from the Cubs, who picked him up off waivers from the Yankees.

Heisey hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a double in the third. He is hitting .421 with 11 RBIs in 13 games this spring.

An unsuccessful pinch-hit at bat on Friday night snapped Heisey's five-game hitting streak.

Neftali Soto had three hits, including a solo home run off Milwaukee reliever Francisco Rodriguez in the fifth. Roger Bernadina and Chris Nelson homered in the eighth for Cincinnati.

Soto and Bernadina are making it difficult to keep them off the roster going into the season.

Bernadina is hitting .476 this spring.  Soto is at .438.

Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez had two hits apiece for the Brewers, and Mark Reynolds added a two-run single
Posted by Gary Schatz at 8:40 PM

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