WASHINGTON — Homer Bailey wouldn’t go as far to say that he is excited to make his first major league start of the year on Saturday.
“Anxious may be a better word. I’m glad to be back,” the Cincinnati right-hander said Friday, sitting in the Reds’ clubhouse at Nationals Park.
Bailey is slated take the mound to face the first-place Washington Nationals, who entered Friday leading the National League in hitting (.274), slugging (.472), OPS (.811), homers (110), extra-base hits (268), runs (398) and RBIs (390).
Washington will counter with right-hander Joe Ross (3-3, 5.98), who has struggled mightily this year in his third big league campaign.