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Reds in 30 Exhibitions

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Associated Press

The Cincinnati Reds announced a 30-game spring training schedule Friday that opens at Tampa, Fla., against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, March 8.

The 30-game schedule is the most spring training games for the Reds since 1971.

The exhibition schedule closes with a game in Tampa against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, April 5. The Reds open the 1986 season on Monday, April 7 at Riverfront Stadium against the Phillies.

Pitchers and catchers will report for their first workouts Friday, Feb. 21, at the club’s Redsland complex in Tampa. The first full-squad workout will be Thursday, Feb. 27.

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It’ll be the Reds’ 53rd spring training in Tampa, where the club has worked out every spring since 1931 except when travel was restricted during World War II.

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