walk and 2 singles = 0 runs for the Reds
walk and 2 singles = 0 runs for the Reds
Nick gets Derrek Lee to fly to Bruce on the second pitch, Ramirez to Patterson on the first pitch, and Edmonds to ground into a force on the first pitch. Excellent.
3-0 Cubs after 6.
Ah, Reds baseball.... its fun to watch isn't it?
Patterson works a walk, then kills the goodwill by getting caught stealing. Bako promptly follows with a sharp single to right. After pinch-hitter Jolbert Cabrera flies out, Chris Dickerson singles with what would have scored the second run. As it stands, it's just two on and two out for Keppinger, who hacks at the second pitch and grounds to third to end the inning.
3-1 Cubs after 6.5.
Slight change of subject.....Gene Upshaw (NFL hall of famer) just passed away at age 63.
On comes Mike Lincoln to pitch the seventh after Nick Masset turned in two scoreless innings. Let's hope Lincoln does a little better than he did last outing, where he ended up letting all four batters he faced reach. All four scored.
Lincoln gets DeRosa to fly to Bruce, strikes out the flailin' Fukudome on a tipped third strike, and flies Blanco out to right as well.
3-1 Cubs, end of 7.
Anybody watching this thing: how does Masset look? Is there a real role for this guy on the future staff?
Top of 8. Zambrano at 105 pitches, so Carlos Marmol comes on. After a bad stretch prior to the All-Star break, Marmol is riding a streak of 16 consecutive scoreless innings. Batters hitting .130 off him, although he has served up seven homers.
He'll face 3-4-5 in Bruce, Phillips, and Votto.
Going into this series I was wondering if we'd score. This series unfortunately is going pretty much like I expected
I like Masset's sinker. We need some sinkerballers at GABP
Bruce goes after pitch #2, a high fastball, and pops up to short.
The Reds have pitched well enough to win all three of these games.
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