GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona says he’s told players not to use the experimental Automated Ball-Strike System in spring training.

Francona told The Athletic he’s OK with younger players challenging calls via the ABS, which has been in use in the minors. But he figures there’s little point for veterans since the system won’t be in effect in the majors during this coming regular season.

“Why work on a strategy we’re not going to use?” Francona said. “It just muddies the waters.”

The computerized system is being tested during major league spring training exhibition games after four years of experiments in the minors. Starting last year, MLB focused testing on a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each original call. Data from the spring training test could cause MLB to make alterations to the system for Triple-A games this year.

Francona sounds more interested in preparing the Reds for the season — his first as their manager — than helping add more data in an ABS test run.

“I don’t want to make a farce of anything, but we’re here getting ready for a season and that’s not helping us get ready,” he said.

 

Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 3

Cleveland						Cincinnati
	ab	r	h	bi			ab	r	h	bi
Rocchio ss	3	1	3	0		McLain 2b	2	0	0	0
Valdes pr-ss	1	0	0	1		Urbaez 2b	2	1	0	0
Santana 1b	3	0	0	0		Balcazar 2b	0	0	0	0
Pries 1b	2	0	1	0		Stephenson c	2	0	0	0
Ramírez 3b	3	0	1	0		Banfield c	2	1	1	3
Frias pr-3b	1	0	0	0		De La Cruz ss	2	2	2	2
Thomas cf	2	1	1	2		Pitelli ss	1	1	0	0
Halpin cf	1	0	1	0		Hays lf	2	0	0	0
Naylor c	2	0	0	0		Allen II lf	2	0	1	1
Huff c	1	0	0	0		Candelario 3b	2	0	0	0
Noel rf	2	0	0	0		Stewart 3b	1	0	0	0
Rodríguez rf	1	0	0	0		Steer dh	2	0	0	0
Arias 2b	2	0	1	0		Wendzel ph-dh	1	0	0	0
Tolentino 2b	2	1	1	0		Encrncn-Strnd 1b	2	0	1	0
Hedges dh	2	0	0	0		Callahan 1b	1	0	0	0
Anchia ph	1	0	0	0		Fairchild cf	2	0	0	0
Martínez lf	2	0	0	0		Dunn cf	1	0	0	0
Watson lf	1	0	0	0		Benson rf	1	0	0	0
						Almonte pr-rf	1	1	0	0
Totals	32	3	9	3		Totals	29	6	5	6

Cleveland	200	000	001	—	3
Cincinnati	100	104	00x	—	6

E_Valdes (1), Watson (1). DP_Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 2. LOB_Cleveland 8, Cincinnati 1. 2B_Rocchio 2 (2). 3B_Tolentino (1). HR_Thomas (1), De La Cruz 2 (2), Banfield (1). SB_Thomas (1), Frias (1). SF_Valdes (1).

	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO

Cleveland
McKenzie	2		1	1	1	0	1
Allen	2		1	1	1	0	1
Hickman	1		1	0	0	0	0
Frías L,0-1		2-3	2	4	2	0	1
Mikolajchak		1-3	0	0	0	0	0
Burns	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kent	1		0	0	0	1	1

Cincinnati
Greene	2		4	2	2	1	3
Phillips	2		0	0	0	2	1
Rogers	1		2	0	0	0	2
Shaw W,1-0	1		0	0	0	1	2
Gibaut	1		1	0	0	0	1
Torres	1		1	0	0	0	0
Benschoter	1		1	1	1	0	2

HBP_Frías (Benson), Benschoter (Watson).

Umpires_Home, Nestor Ceja; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Jeremy Riggs; Third, Edwin Jimenez.

T_2:24. A_6,569 (10,311).

 

Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 7

Cincinnati						Milwaukee
	ab	r	h	bi			ab	r	h	bi
Friedl cf	3	1	1	1		Turang 2b	2	0	0	0
O’Donnell cf	2	0	0	0		Monasterio 2b	3	1	2	0
Lux 2b	3	0	2	3		Chourio lf	2	0	0	0
Callihan 2b	2	0	0	0		Herron lf	3	1	1	0
Trevino c	3	0	1	0		Mitchell cf	2	0	0	0
Trautwein c	2	0	0	0		Lara cf	2	1	0	0
Fraley rf	3	0	1	0		Ortiz ss	2	0	0	0
H.Rodriguez rf	2	0	0	0		Capra ss	3	2	2	6
Espinal ss	3	1	1	1		Frelick rf	2	0	0	0
Arroyo ss	2	0	0	0		Oliva rf	2	0	0	0
Marte 3b	2	1	0	0		Alfaro dh	3	0	1	0
Collier 3b	0	1	0	0		Adams ph-dh	1	0	1	0
Hinds dh	2	0	0	0		Haase c	2	0	1	0
Jordan ph-dh	1	1	1	0		Miller c	0	1	0	0
Hurtubise lf	1	2	0	0		E.Martinez 1b	4	1	1	2
Johnson lf	0	0	0	0		Durbin 3b	1	0	0	0
Bowman 1b	3	0	0	0		Delgado 3b	2	1	1	0
Higgins 1b	1	0	1	2
Totals	35	7	8	7		Totals	36	8	10	8

Cincinnati	031	100	020	—	7
Milwaukee	000	003	203	—	8

E_Frelick (1). LOB_Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 6. 2B_Lux (1), Haase (1), Monasterio (1). HR_Espinal (1), Capra 2 (2), E.Martinez (1). SB_Hurtubise (1).

	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO

Cincinnati
Ashcraft	2		1	0	0	0	1
Petty	2		0	0	0	1	1
Young	1		1	0	0	0	2
Zulueta	1		2	3	3	1	2
Richardson BS,0-1	1		2	2	2	0	1
Mey H,1	1		1	0	0	0	2
Busenitz L,0-1 BS,0-1		2-3	3	3	3	0	1

Milwaukee
C.Rodriguez	1		2	0	0	0	1
Anderson		2-3	2	3	3	2	1
Merkel		1-3	0	0	0	0	0
Pannone	1		1	1	1	0	1
Nittoli	1		1	1	1	0	0
McWilliams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Stallings	1		0	0	0	1	1
Middendorf	1		0	0	0	0	1
Woessner	1		2	2	2	1	2
Cornielle W,1-0	1		0	0	0	0	1

HBP_Nittoli (Hurtubise), Richardson (Miller), Woessner (Johnson), Mey (Miller). WP_Merkel, Woessner.

Umpires_Home, Steven Jaschinski; First, Alfonso Marquez; Second, Nick Mahrley; Third, David Arrieta.

T_2:40. A_4,031 (7,000).