Cincinnati 11, Detroit 6

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Jose Acevedo, vying for a spot in the Cincinnati rotation, pitched four solid innings in the Reds' 11-6 exhibition victory over Detroit on Wednesday night.

Jason LaRue, Jacob Cruz and Adam Dunn homered for the Reds.

Acevedo (2-0), making his fifth appearance and start of the spring, allowed one run on two hits with four walks and five strikeouts, leaving the game with a 6-1 lead.

Meanwhile, Esteban Yan, one of three battling for the No. 5 spot in the Tigers' rotation, did little to help his chances. Yan (2-1) gave up six runs on five hits -- including successive homers in the first -- and five walks in 2 2-3 innings.

Ryan Freel started the Reds' four-run first with a walk, moved up on a passed ball and stolen base -- both off backup catcher Brandon Inge. Austin Kearns followed with an RBI single then scored on LaRue's second homer of the spring. Cruz followed with a solo homer, his second.

Cruz had an RBI grounder and Juan Castro an RBI single, both off Yan, as the Reds made it 6-1 in the third.

Shane Loux relieved Yan and gave up five runs on five hits, including Dunn's two-run homer in the sixth, his third, giving the Reds an 11-1 lead.

Fernando Vina walked in the Detroit first and scored from first on Rondell White's double.

Andres Torres and Eric Munson each had RBI doubles off Brandon Claussen as Detroit pulled to 11-5 with a four-run sixth.

Jason Smith hit Detroit's fifth double, driving in a run in the ninth. ^Notes@: The Tigers sent right-hander Ariel Prieto back to their minor league camp Wednesday. Prieto, who signed as a minor league free agent in November, had given up nine runs on 11 hits and six walks in 8 2-3 innings of exhibition work. ... Inge, who has been used at several infield positions after losing his Detroit catching job to Ivan Rodriguez, started behind the plate in this game. But the rust showed. Inge let several balls get away from him, including two that were charged as passed balls allowing runners to move up. In both cases, the runners eventually scored. ... The Reds threw out Detroit runners at the plate in the first and third innings.