Cubs Win 11-4 but Bailey and Francisco Shine

Homer Bailey allowed one run in three innings, while Juan Francisco belted two home runs.

One home run was off lefthanded, Sean Marshall. The other was an opposite field home run off righthander, Casey Coleman.

"Homer threw the ball great. He had great velocity, good location. Homer threw the ball well," Dusty Baker said.

"It took me a while to get loose and then the last two innings, I felt a lot better," Bailey said.

Bailey threw two shutout innings in a "B" game on Monday

"You can throw a lot of bullpens but you're never ready for game situations until it happens. There is definitely a little bit of diffrerence between this and a "B" game. The different hitters and things like that; different atmospheres. That's what's good about spring training. You can get ready for those kind of things,"

Bailey is free of the Number-One-Draft-Pick stigma and spotlight. A double edged sword that puts a lot pressure on young pitchers with bulging pockets.

"This spring everything is going good nothing different, I'm just under the radar,""

Aroldis Chapman has been the hype magnet this spring.

Does having Chapman arouind help you stay under the radar?

"He's going threw a lot. He's throwing pretty well. That's good to see. I don't know what the plans are for that fifth spot and it's none of my business. He's definitely going to help this team out, if not this year, very soon I would think." On the attention being on another player beside him. "I'm glad I'm done with that period. Now we can just focus on the game itself and results."

The rest of the Reds pitchers had rough outings.

Some of the other guys got roughed up a little." "Ondrusek threw the ball well.

Micah Owings occasional lapse of command hurt him today. He walked Darwin Barney with two outs. Bryan LaHair followed with a three-run home run.

Micah (Owings) threw the ball good except when he walked the little guy to get to the big guy (LaHair) and the big guy hit that three-run home run to tie it. That got them back in the ballgame and changed the whole momentum. We have to continue to talk about that."

Baker talked to Francisco, Chris Heisey, Todd Frazier and Yonder Alonso about being hitters first , not sluggers. Heisey hit a home run yesterday and Francisco hit two today.

"If you hit home runs will come but you have to be a hitter first.. They've done it well. He got on that fastball. They're much more relaxed and they're playing like we've seen and heard."