PHOENIX -- Tuesday marked a huge day for Reds starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani. He last faced Major League hitters on Sept. 28, 2016, throwing six innings of one-run ball in a 2-1 win over the Cardinals.
Since then, DeSclafani, 27, missed all of 2017 with a strained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He threw three games of Minor League ball for a total of 6 2/3 innings in July and August.
So two innings of scoreless Cactus League ball in a 6-3 loss to the Brewers was a long time coming.