Cincinnati Reds Press Clippings March 28, 2017 THIS DAY IN REDS HISTORY 1977 - The Reds trade Joel Youngblood to the Cardinals for Bill Caudill. Caudill will be traded to the Cubs for Bill Bonham seven months later, never appearing in a major league game for the Reds MLB.COM Turner's homer highlights offense vs. Giants By Mark Sheldon and Chris Haft / MLB.com | March 27th, 2017 + 58 COMMENTS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Enjoying their second-biggest offensive output of the spring in their next-to-last Arizona exhibition, the San Francisco Giants benefited from a seven-run outburst in Monday's fourth inning and cruised to a 14-2 Cactus League triumph over the Cincinnati Reds. Aaron Hill, seeking a utility infielder's role for the Giants, went 3-for-4 with a first-inning RBI single and a two-run, fifth-inning double. Reserve outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, who entered the game batting .159, rapped three doubles. Jae-gyun Hwang hoisted a two-run, opposite-field homer to right field in the fifth inning to conclude San Francisco's scoring against Reds starter Cody Reed, who allowed 10 runs in 3 2/3 innings. Reed, who entered the day with a 3.24 ERA in his previous five spring games, is trying to earn a spot in the Reds' rotation. "I got behind," Reed said. "That's a Major League lineup and they don't make mistakes that much. I made more mistakes than they did. They took advantage of me. That might be the worst I've ever been hit around, even from last year when I got banged up most of those 10 starts (0-7, 7.36 ERA)." The Giants set a team record for runs scored, exceeding the 12 they tallied on March 12 against Arizona. The Reds, whose lineup consisted mostly of candidates for reserve roles, avoided a shutout in the fifth inning when Sebastian Elizalde doubled and scored before Stuart Turner homered. Otherwise, Giants starter Madison Bumgarner was mostly untouchable, yielding one hit through four innings.The Opening Day starter ultimately lasted seven innings, surrendering two runs and four hits, while striking out nine. The pair of Reds runs he yielded halted his streak of innings without allowing an earned run at 16. "You look at what he's been doing, his body of work recently, it's what makes him so good," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He takes every outing seriously, so serious to the point where his preparation doesn't waver." Reds Up Next: Opening Day starter Scott Feldman will get his final spring tune-up when the Reds host the Dodgers at 4:05 p.m. ET Tuesday (Gameday audio) at Goodyear Ballpark. Michael Lorenzen is slated to follow from the bullpen. Giants Up Next: San Francisco concludes the Cactus League portion of the spring schedule with a 1:05 p.m. PT (MLB.TV) encounter against the World Series champion Chicago Cubs. Matt Cain, seeking the Giants' No. 5 starter's spot, will oppose Cubs righty Jake Arrieta. Watch every out-of-market regular-season game live on MLB.TV. Mark Sheldon has covered the Reds for MLB.com since 2006, and previously covered the Twins from 2001-05. Follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon and Facebook and listen to his podcast. Chris Haft has covered the Giants since 2005, and for MLB.com since 2007. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. Iglesias says he'll be ready for Opening Day By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com | @m_sheldon | March 27th, 2017 + 3 COMMENTS GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Reds are counting on Raisel Iglesias to be a main cog in the back end of their bullpen. But Iglesias hasn't thrown a pitch in a spring game since March 14 because of a bone bruise on his right elbow. Iglesias, who hurt his elbow and hips during a fall in the shower, felt the idle time would not affect him negatively. "I'm not worried about it. I feel strong right now," Iglesias said on Monday via translator Julio Morillo. "I feel like all of my pitches are there. [Tuesday], I'm going to throw in the bullpen. After that, I'm pretty confident that I'm going to go into the season and compete and everything is going to be fine." If Iglesias has a successful bullpen session, manager Bryan Price plans to get him into a game, potentially one of the exhibitions in Dayton or Louisville vs. Reds Minor Leaguers. "My elbow and my hips are fine," Iglesias said. "I feel really good. I think everything is going to be all right." Iglesias threw on Sunday, leaving Price optimistic he would be ready. "He did everything yesterday. He threw, he hit. His back is fine. His elbow is fine," Price said. Following a stint on the disabled list from May 1-June 20 last season because of a shoulder impingement, Iglesias switched from starting to relief work. The right-hander had a 1.98 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and six saves in eight chances over 50 innings and 32 relief appearances. Price plans to utilize Iglesias, Michael Lorenzen, Tony Cingrani and Drew Storen at the end of games for potentially multiple innings per appearances. Iglesias, 27, is prepared for anything. "Whatever they want me to do, I will do it. I will compete," Iglesias said. "I will do my best. I just want to show them that I'm ready to be the closer of this team. That's my goal. I'm going to go and do whatever I did last year, compete and whatever decision they make will be fine with me." Mark Sheldon has covered the Reds for MLB.com since 2006, and previously covered the Twins from 2001-05. Follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon and Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Game report: Giants 14, Reds 2 Zach Buchanan , [email protected] 9:23 p.m. ET March 27, 2017 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – LHP Cody Reed got shelled in his final start, and the Cincinnati Reds fell 14-2 to the San Francisco Giants on Monday at Scottsdale Stadium. Reed was the last of Cincinnati's rotation hopefuls to make his Cactus League finale. All of them – Reed, Rookie Davis, Robert Stephenson, Tim Adleman, Sal Romano and Amir Garrett – had less-than-stellar outings in their final starts. THE ARMS Reed struggled from the get-go, walking the first two batters of the game and giving up two runs in the first inning. In the second inning, he hit the first batter, walked the second and wound up giving up another run. Things really went off the rails in the fourth. Reed gave up four consecutive one-out hits, including two doubles. After taking a comebacker off the his glove and recovering for the second out of the inning, he walked the next batter, allowed a double and then home run by Giants 2B Joe Panik. That ended Reed's day. In total, he was charged for 10 runs and four walks in 3 ⅔ innings. He did not record a strikeout, and finished Cactus League play with a 7.08 ERA. "I get so jittery when I'm up there. I'm so ready to go," Reed said. "It just speeds up on me. I've got to learn how to slow it down." RHP Michael Lorenzen worked around a walk in two scoreless innings. RHP Blake Wood gave up a run on two hits in two-thirds of a frame, and LHP Tony Cingrani walked two and allowed three runs in one-third of an inning. THE BATS Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner mowed through the Reds in the early going, with only RF Sebastian Elizalde reaching base with a single in the second. Elizalde finished 2 for 4, and scored on a sacrifice fly. C Stuart Turner added a monster home run in the fifth. THE REST LF Hernan Iribarren didn't look very natural in the outfield, but did get start an inning-ending 7-5-6 putout to nab SS Brandon Crawford trying to go first-to-third in the first. UP NEXT Reds RHP Scott Feldman will have his final tuneup before pitching Opening Day when the Reds host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday at Goodyear Ballpark. Feldman will be followed by Lorenzen, RHP Barrett Astin and LHPs Lucas Luetge and Wandy Peralta. LHP Alex Wood will start for the Dodgers. The game will be carried on 700 WLW AM at 4:05 p.m. Facing four-man bench, Reds release Ryan Raburn Zach Buchanan , [email protected] Published 12:19 p.m. ET March 27, 2017 | Updated 21 hours ago GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price hates the idea of a four-man bench. Playing the National League game, it ties one hand behind his back when it comes to pinch-hitting early in games. But with the Reds expected to start the season with a shockingly young pitching staff due to injuries to Homer Bailey and Anthony DeSclafani, a five-man bench is a luxury the Reds can’t afford. And that means they can’t afford veteran slugger Ryan Raburn, whom the team released Monday. “I hope he finds a home,” Price said. “I think he’s still a good player. He could have helped us in a lot of ways.” Raburn may have been a luxury, but he wasn’t expensive. The Reds signed the 35-year-old to a minor-league deal at the start of camp that guaranteed him a $900,000 salary if he made the club, just a few hundred thousand dollars more than the major-league minimum.