The Reds were in clear violation of Major League Baseball's pace of play rules when they took 36 minutes to bat in a five-run first inning and they were penalized with a 14-12 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Jose Peraza opened the game with a double against Miguel Gonzalez. He took third on a wild pitch. Thirdbaseman Nick Senzel hit a sacrifice fly to score Peraza. Joey Votto looking for his first hit this spring, walked. Scott Schebler singled Votto to third. Adam Duvall walked. Dilson Herrera singled, one of his three hits as the DH to score Votto and load the bases. Schebler scored on Tucker Barnhart's ground out. Phillip Ervin hit a two-run triple. Darnell Sweeney walked. Peraza grounded out to end the inning.
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The Reds scored four more off Beck. Senzel doubled. Schebler hit his first home run. Herrera singled and Barnhart hit his second home run.
Homer Bailey in his third spring outing gave up three runs in the first, two more in the second and one more in the third. His natural progression would have been a scoreless fourth but the Reds pulled the plug on their ace, who is trying to put together his first full season since, 2013.
Bailey finished with an ugly line but it looked pretty next to Miguel Gonzalez' and Beck as the Reds chased both from Glendale to Chicago.
Bailey allowed six earned runs in three innings on seven hits. The good news is he didn't walk anyone. The bad news is Yolmer Sanchez and Daniel Palka were able to strut around the bases after home runs."It was hard to get warm again after 30 something minutes before the first and 20 something minutes after the second," Bailey said. "During the season you can go under the tunnel a keep loose. Out here it is difficult to do that."
Bailey didn't know how many pitches he threw but it was too many. "Too many that didn't land," Bailey said.
The highest paid Reds' pitcher wasn't at his best and Bryan Price could understand.
"Homer wasn't real sharp," Price said. "He was starting the second inning an hour and 10 minutes into the game. It was 32 minutes the top of the first. He made a handful of decent pitches but it really wasn't a terrific outing."
"I just want to see good quality, as you can see here it doesn't guarantee you'll have a good line score at the end of the game," Price said. "In spring training we look at the quality of the delivery. You kind of have to look beyond the numbers. It is going to be more important that he builds his arm strength and improves his command."
The Sox scored a run in the third off Bailey and one in the fourth off Tanner Rainey.
Both teams scored twice in the sixth.
The Reds saw Votto's first hit of the spring roll into centerfield. Schebler singled for his third hit. Duvall double Votto home and Herrera's third hit scored Schebler.
Amir Garrett had his first subpar outing. He gave up two runs on three hits, including Matt Davidson's third home run.
The Reds got one back in the seventh.
Brandon Dixon walked and took second on a wild pitch. Dixon went to third when Votto flied out toe deep left. Rosell Herrera's sacrifice fly brought home the Reds' 12th run to give them a 12-9 lead.
The lead didn't hold.
Kevin Quackenbush pitched a scoreless seventh but Jackson Stephens was mauled in the eighth.
Stephens allowed three hits and two walks. The score was 12-10 when Luis Robert stepped in the batter's box with bases loaded. Robert unloaded them with his first spring homer for the 14-12 win.
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