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Chicago (19-14) at Cincinnati (13-21)

First Pitch: 12:35 pm EDT I always miss these day games

Pitching Matchup
Cubs: Jon Lieber 2-1, 1.86 ERA
Reds: Edinson Volquez 4-1, 1.27 ERA

Bot 2nd: Cincinnati
- J. Votto homered to deep right
- A. Dunn homered to deep right
- P. Bako homered to deep right
- J. Hairston Jr. homered to deep left, E. Volquez scored

Bot 5th: Cincinnati
- B. Phillips homered to deep left
- J. Votto homered to deep center


Bot 6th: Cincinnati
- J. Votto homered to deep left center, B. Phillips scored

Votto went deep 3 times in this game as the Reds won 9-0 over the Cubs taking the series from them 2 games to 1.

Volquez got the win improving to 5-1 on the season, he struck out 10 but walked 6 in 7 scoreless innings of work. He threw 118 total pitches.

Game Notes:
THE HOME RUN'S BY CINCINNATI'S JOEY VOTTO AND ADAM DUNN WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK. THE HOME RUNS BY BRANDON PHILLIPS AND JOEY VOTTO WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK. CINCINNATI SECOND BASEMAN BRANDON PHILLIPS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WITH AN APPARENT LEG INJURY.

Sorry about the caps, but it is the way it was written on the copy and paste job that I did.

Next up we travel to NY to face the Mets in a 3 game weekend series.
Probable Pitching matchups in the series:
Fri, May 9 7:10 pm EDT M. Belisle vs. M. Pelfrey
Sat, May 10 1:10 pm EDT B. Arroyo vs. J. Santana
Sun, May 11 1:10 pm EDT J. Cueto vs. O. P

Encouraging, but we have to see whether we can stay consistent.

kingofthecourt67 wrote:Encouraging, but we have to see whether we can stay consistent.

Hopefully it is a sign of good things to come, but I wouldn't hold my breath.