SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jake Peavy had a first spring-training start that makes pitchers say, "Good thing it was my first spring-training start."
The projected fourth or fifth starter faced 14 Brewers and allowed nine hits and six runs before he ended on a positive note. He threw a 3-2 slider past Chris Carter, who an inning before hit an opposite-field three-run homer that did not need the thin desert air to soar out of Scottsdale Stadium like a Saturn V rocket
"Good workout. The results obviously werent much fun," Peavy said. "I just didn't hit my locations.