In front of the largest spring training crowd ever on Friday, new Cubs pitcher Jon Lester threw as advertised, facing the minimum in his two-inning debut in a Cubs uniform.

Lester got ahead of all but one Reds batter while striking out three in front of 15,331. He gave up one hit, a broken-bat single to Chris Dominguez in the second inning, which was erased by a double-play ball. Lester threw so efficiently he wrapped up his day with a few more tosses in the bullpen.