CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The hope was to see this kind of power from Maikel Franco and Ryan Howard this season.
Franco hit a three-run home run to left field in the fourth inning Friday against the the Pirates in a Grapefruit League game at Bright House Field. It was Franco's seventh homer of the spring, which is the most by any player in baseball. Thirteen players entered the day with four.
Howard then crushed a grand slam over the batter's eye in center field in the fifth.