Cubs vs. Reds 5/6-5/8

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This is our first division matchup since a road series in Houston almost a month ago, and the first matchup against one of the teams expected to be at the top of the Central Division standings.

Today we'll see:

Cincinnati: E. Volquez (2-1, 5.67 ERA)

Chicago: M. Garza (1-3, 3.96 ERA)

Surprisingly, the Cubs have a losing record at home (6-8), so hopefully the hot bats that we saw in the last two games in LA continue.

Gametime today is 1:20 on WGN.

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No lineups posted yet, but I'll try and get them up whenever they are available.

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Lineup:

Cubs:

Fukudome RF
Barney 2B
Castro SS
Ramirez 3B
Soriano LF
Byrd CF
Pena 1B
Soto C
Garza P

Reds:

Stubbs CF
Renteria SS
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Bruce RF
Gomes LF
Hernandez C
Janish 3B
Volquez P

[mattbulls]

Nice 1-2-3 first by Garza.

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Nice job Soto!

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Bases loaded with 0 outs, down 1

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And of course they don't score.

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They had ample opportunity yesterday, but didn't capitalize.

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Casey Coleman (1-2, 7.36)

vs.

Bronson Arroyo (3-3, 4.17)

On FOX today.

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Cubs lineup for Saturday:

RF Fuke, SS Barney, CF Byrd, 3B Ramy, 1B Pena, C Soto, 2B DeWitt, LF Colvin, P Coleman

[GYBE]

Bruce always kills us.

[mattbulls]

Pena!

[SportsWorld]

Pena!!

[mattbulls]

I thought they could overrule that if they felt DeWitt could score.

[mattbulls]

Fuku!!!!!!!

[Posey H8er]

Kosuke ftw

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lol Tom Brennaman is so pissed.

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lol Tom Brennaman is so pissed.

He can suck it.

I feel like I just watched a Reds broadcast.

Great win for the Cubs!

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Wow, Pena is actually hitting some homers lately.

Marcos Mateo FTW! That doesn't happen often.