Two Cincinnati Reds fans won free season tickets for the 2017 season after cashing in on the team's "Swing For Your Seats" promotion Saturday.

More than 400 Reds season-ticket holders stood at home plate at Great American Ballpark for their chance to homer off one of four pitches thrown from the mound at 60 miles per hour.

John Benza of Loveland, Ohio, whose family has been 20-game season-ticket holders for four years, hit the third pitch that was thrown to him over the left field wall.

"I knew if I could get it in the air, I would have a chance because the wind was blowing out," said Benza, who said he played a half of a season of college ball at Wright State. "But I was definitely surprised it went out. I wasn't sure if I still had it in me."

Ohio native John Benza poses with the home run ball he hit that earned him free Reds season tickets for the 2017 season. Cincinnati Reds

Nick Wright hit a ball over the wall in right field into the sun deck. Wright, a former Bellarmine University baseball player, was hitting on behalf of a family friend. That friend has Diamond Seats, which are the most expensive in the ballpark. The only stipulation of the promotion was that fans could only get their package for free up until $10,000 worth of value, so Wright's friend will get a $10,000 reduction.