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Bailey shows pre-surgery form with 11-K win
- Updated: August 13, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Little about Homer Bailey’s rehabilitation from May 2015 Tommy John surgery was likely easy. Certainly none of it was fun, especially since he didn’t pitch in the big leagues for 15 months. But three starts into his comeback, Bailey found a nice reward for his efforts.
In a 7-4 Reds victory over the Brewers on Friday night at Miller Park, Bailey made it look easy with three hits allowed over six scoreless innings. He walked one and was one shy of a career high with 11 strikeouts. Through four innings, he faced one over the minimum. In the sixth, he struck out the side.
“Just really locked in,” Reds manager Bryan Price said of the performance. “That was fun for me to watch. It looked like the Homer Bailey that we knew before the injury.”
What made the sixth inning more climatic — especially when it was still a 3-0 game — was Bailey returned from a 31-pitch bottom of the fifth during his lone danger of the game. It opened with a leadoff walk and broken-bat single, but Bailey hunkered down from there. Kirk Nieuwenhuis fouled off three changeups before striking out on a 95-mph fastball. Following a popout by …
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