Notes from morning batting practice
• Joey Votto, Billy Hamilton, Zack Cozart and Devin Mesoraco hit with the first group. After that were the other guys who were starting in the afternoon game.
• Even in batting practice, no one hits like Votto. No pop-ups, no ground balls, nothing soft. Just line drives all over the yard. He hit line drives over the 3B head at will.
• Devin Mesoraco looked stiff swinging. Like he was working hard to get his shoulders up high during his swing.