Luis Castillo gave up back-to-back doubles to Eric Sogard and Omar Narvaez then retired nine straight batters. Ryan Hendrix and Tyler Mahle didn't fare as well, the Brewers scored four off them. Hendrix , the Reds' fifth pick in the 2016 draft, gave up two runs in his inning. Mahle allowed two runs in three innings.
The Reds dropped the decision to the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-4.
"That showed that Castillo was close," David Bell said. "We have a long way to go but that was definitely the best of his three outings. We had a long bottom of the third so we didn't send him out there but he could have. It was a good step."
"Tyler had good velocity," Bell said. "It is a game you would like to see on TV because it looked like he was just missing. The pitches looked good. Overall it was fine."
The Reds scored first on a home run by shortstop, yes shortstop, Kyle Farmer off Freddy Peralta in the third inning. The Reds scored four in the third against Peralta and Clayton Andrews. Farmer's home run started the inning. Joey Votto drew his second walk of the game. He scored from first base on a double by Mike Moustakas over the head of center fielder Jace Peterson. Nick Senzel flied out deep to right in his first game of the spring. Moustakas moved to third and scored on an infield single by Aristides Aquino. Aquino stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Josh VanMeter's double brought Aquino home with the fourth run.
Senzel is recovering from shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum. Today was his first action as a designated hitter. He was 0-for-3 and struck out once but hit two fly balls hard that were caught deep.
"Nick took some great swings," Bell said. "It was really good to see. Both the fly balls he hit were on really good swings. He's in great shape. He's really strong. It was nice to get him some at bats. It will make him start feeling like a player again. It will help with the process to get him back as an outfielder as well."
Freddis Galvis has yet to play shortstop. He had success last week as a DH but a mildly strained quad will keep him on the bench for five to seven days.
Alex Powers pitched a scoreless inning. Tony Santillan allowed a run on two hits in the ninth inning but he struck out two.
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