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Extra work in batting cage fueled TJ Friedl's go-ahead homer in Reds win over Nationals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When the Cincinnati Reds prepared for left-handed pitchers throughout the past week, TJ Friedl jumped at the opportunity to spend more time in the batting cage.

Friedl wasn’t in the lineup for those games because the Reds have right-handed options against lefty starters, and he hadn’t hit well against them in a small sample size, but he doesn’t often have a chance to work on it.

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