Homers lift Bailey to first win, Reds down Tribe

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06/09/2007 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Homer Bailey won his much anticipated major league debut as the Cincinnati Reds began a three-game interleague series against the Cleveland Indians at Great American Ball Park with a 4-3 victory.

Bailey (1-0), who is considered one of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball as the Reds' seventh overall pick in the 2004 draft, gave up two runs on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts over five frames. David Weathers tossed the final 1 1/3 innings for his 12th save of the season.

Jeff Conine, Brandon Phillips and Ken Griffey Jr. all homered for the Reds, who won their second straight.

Ryan Garko homered for the Indians, who have split their last four. Victor Martinez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored a run in the loss. Left-hander Cliff Lee (2-4), who has dropped his last four starts, allowed four runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks over six innings for the Indians.

Cleveland plated a run in the first when Travis Hafner singled and scored on Martinez's double, but Phillips' solo shot to right field on a 1-2 pitch tied the score in the home half.

The Indians took a one-run lead in the fourth, as Martinez sharply grounded a lead-off single, advanced to third on Trot Nixon's double, and came home on David Dellucci's sacrifice fly. Nixon was thrown out trying to advance to third on the play.

The Reds responded with a pair of runs in the fourth. Phillips led off with a double, and Conine smacked a two-run shot to left field on a 1-1 pitch.

Cincinnati got an insurance run in the sixth on Griffey's homer to right field on the first pitch of the frame.

Cleveland made it interesting with a run in the ninth on Garko's pinch-hit homer to left field on a 2-1 count, but Grady Sizemore flied out, Casey Blake grounded out, and Hafner got called out on strikes to end the game.

Blake ended 1-for-5 to extend his hit streak to 17 games.

The Tribe loaded the bases on Bailey in the fifth, but the youngster struck out Dellucci looking to end the frame unharmed.

Game Notes

Cleveland took two of three from the Reds earlier in the year and is 15-10 in the series since the start of the 2003 campaign. The Tribe has also won four of their last seven in the Queen City.

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