Darvish pitches 5 innings as Reds beat Rangers 8-2

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish, of Japan, throws during the first inning of a spring exhibition baseball game Monday, March 10, 2014, in Suprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (The Associated Press)

Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey throws during the first inning of a spring exhibition baseball game, Monday, March 10, 2014, in Suprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (The Associated Press)

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Yu Darvish pitched five positive innings and Jurickson Profar homered as the Texas Rangers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 Monday.

Darvish allowed two runs and five hits, striking out one without a walk. He yielded RBI doubles to Jay Bruce in the fourth and Ramon Santiago in the fifth.

Profar homered off Reds starter Homer Bailey in the third and ranks second in the Cactus League with 11 RBIs.

Bailey gave up two runs on three hits, while striking out five and walking none.

The Rangers seized the lead in the fifth on Elvis Andrus' two-out, two-run single.

Adam Rosales contributed a two-run single in the Rangers' four-run fourth off Curtis Patch.