P Mike Leake hits his first career homer, Drew Stubbs hits a pair, and Zack Cozart adds a fourth solo shot off Mike Minor to power the Reds to a 4 – 1 win over the Braves. Juan Francisco 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 field bleachers at 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.

On May 21, 2012 — P Mike Leake hits his first career homer, Drew Stubbs hits a pair, and Zack Cozart adds a fourth solo shot off Mike Minor to power the Reds to a 4 – 1 win over the Braves. Juan Francisco 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 field bleachers at 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.

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Baseball Reference May 21

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