Cincinnati fan Caleb Lloyd catches both home run balls hit in consecutive at-bats, just three pitches apart, by starter Mike Leake and shortstop Zack Cozart during the fourth inning of the Reds’ 4-1 victory over Atlanta at Great American Ball Park. The 20 year-old Thomas More College junior keeps neither as he gives the infielder’s ball to Nick Rise, a friend who had helped get the tickets to the game, and, at the request of the Reds, gives the pitcher, who hit his first career round-tripper, the other in exchange for a tour of the Reds’ clubhouse and an autographed bat and ball signed by the grateful hurler.

Cincinnati fan Caleb Lloyd catches both home run balls hit in consecutive at-bats, just three pitches apart, by starter Mike Leake and shortstop Zack Cozart during the fourth inning of the Reds’ 4-1 victory over Atlanta at Great American Ball Park. The 20 year-old Thomas More College junior keeps neither as he gives the infielder’s ball to Nick Rise, a friend who had helped get the tickets to the game, and, at the request of the Reds, gives the pitcher, who hit his first career round-tripper, the other in exchange for a tour of the Reds’ clubhouse and an autographed bat and ball signed by the grateful hurler.

Today, youth beats experience, whenĀ Giancarlo StantonĀ tees off against agelessĀ Jamie MoyerĀ and crushes one of his pitches into the left-fieldĀ scoreboardĀ for aĀ grand slamĀ atĀ Marlins Park, temporarily disabling part of the display. Stanton’s mighty blast leadsĀ MiamiĀ to a 7 – 4 win overĀ Colorado.

Today, youth beats experience, whenĀ Giancarlo StantonĀ tees off against agelessĀ Jamie MoyerĀ and crushes one of his pitches into the left-fieldĀ scoreboardĀ for aĀ grand slamĀ atĀ Marlins Park, temporarily disabling part of the display. Stanton’s mighty blast leadsĀ MiamiĀ to a 7 – 4 win overĀ Colorado.

PĀ Mike LeakeĀ hits his first career homer,Ā Drew StubbsĀ hits a pair, andĀ Zack CozartĀ adds a fourth solo shot offĀ Mike MinorĀ to power theĀ RedsĀ to a 4 – 1 win over theĀ Braves.Ā Juan FranciscoĀ also homers against his former teammates to account for the game’s other run, as Leake picks up his first win after starting the year 0-5. One supremely lucky fan, Caleb Lloyd, sitting in the right fieldĀ bleachersĀ atĀ Great American Ballpark, catches Leake’s home run ball, and then catches Cozart’s as well when he goes yard back-to-back, to become an instant folk hero. Stubbs also follows with a homer, but that ball eludes the great Caleb’s grasp.

PĀ Mike LeakeĀ hits his first career homer,Ā Drew StubbsĀ hits a pair, andĀ Zack CozartĀ adds a fourth solo shot offĀ Mike MinorĀ to power theĀ RedsĀ to a 4 – 1 win over theĀ Braves.Ā Juan FranciscoĀ also homers against his former teammates to account for the game’s other run, as Leake picks up his first win after starting the year 0-5. One supremely lucky fan, Caleb Lloyd, sitting in the right fieldĀ bleachersĀ atĀ Great American Ballpark, catches Leake’s home run ball, and then catches Cozart’s as well when he goes yard back-to-back, to become an instant folk hero. Stubbs also follows with a homer, but that ball eludes the great Caleb’s grasp.