Hobbs' solo HR ties it 1-1 for Bulls

If you're going to be a baseball player named Hobbs, you really can't pull it off as a light-hitting middle infielder. So it's probably better that USF outfielder Brian Hobbs -- 6-foot-2, 230 pounds -- is the home-run-crushing type, as seen in the solo home run he hit to left field -- over the Frenchy's tiki hut in left field -- to make it a 1-1 game in the second inning against Cincinnati here at Bright House Field.

It's Hobbs' ninth home run of the season and his second in four games. It's a sweltering 91 degrees here in Clearwater, such that the umpires have skipped the standard blue in favor of beige shirts.