1-2-3 inning for Arredondo
Jeez guys. You're acting like this offense will struggle like this all season. Stubbs, Votto, Bruce, Rolen and Phillips...all 5 of them are in a slump. Kinda hard to put together much offense when your 5 bangers are in a slump. They'll get out of it.
I do feel that now is a great time to bring up a rookie bat or two. That youthful exuberance is sometimes just what the doctor ordered to turn a team's attitude around.
Future Cubs player Pena commits another error allowing Stubbs to reach
This is the ol Left Hander rounding third and heading for home.
They definitely will. Then we'll have two or three weeks of offensive production before they shut it down again for a few weeks.
It's been the pattern with this team. Wild ups and downs, and when you're in the middle of one of those swings, you know the other one is right around the corner.
Probably why we're sitting at about .500.
Why is Stubbs not stealing to avoid the double play?
Renteria quickly hits into a double play to snuff out any rally.
Hanigan grounds out to end the inning.
A double play and a groundout to end the inning. Awesome. How many pitches did Garcia throw in the inning? 6?
Garcia: 7 Innings, 3 Hits, 2 Runs (0 earned), 1 BB, 4 K - 89 pitches
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