GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- It only took Yonder Alonso one pitch to show why the Indians added him over the offseason.
In the second inning of Friday's 6-4 loss to the Reds, during his first official at-bat as a member of the Tribe, Alonso crushed the first pitch he saw from Cincinnati starter Sal Romano to deep right field. The ball carried over the fence, sailed above the right-field seats and then clanked off a tin rooftop at Goodyear Ballpark.
"He didn't mess around," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He didn't wait around. First pitch.