The Indians (6-10-2) fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 8-6, in Goodyear Ballpark on Thursday.

JASON KIPNIS homered for the second time in as many days, connecting for a 3-run shot in the 4-run 3rd inning off Reds starter ROBERT STEPHENSON. TYLER NAQUIN went 2-for-4 with a run scored, triple and RBI to raise his spring average to .452.  SS ERIK GONZALEZ also connected for 2 hits on the day. On the mound, starter DANNY SALAZAR (4.0IP, 5H, 5R/ER) allowed 3 home runs.  JOE THATCHER, ROSS DETWILER & JEFF MANSHIP tossed scoreless innings during their relief stints.

On Friday, March 18th the Indians will take on the Oakland A’€™s in Goodyear Ballpark at 1:05 PM MT/4:05 PM ET.  RHP JOSH TOMLIN starts for Cleveland against RHP JESSE HAHN for the Athletics .

The March 9th edition of Demolition Talk is now available On-Demand!

In our eleventh episode, Play-by-Play Voice Lee W. Mowen is joined with Assistant Coach/Defender Brett Wall and Head Coach Joe Pace, Senior from the Best Western Plus-Dayton Northwest in Englewood. Along with Entertainment Director Timmy King via Facebook, Jay Kenney and Cory Giroux jump on to talk about the home series vs. Port Huron and the next two weeks!