Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Reds Monday Game ThreadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2013-06-11T08:00:16-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/41753072013-06-11T08:00:16-05:002013-06-11T08:00:16-05:00Reds 6, Cubs 2: All Fogged Up
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<p>We have all kinds of wild and wacky weather in Chicago. Monday night, a thick fog bank was the story of the game.</p> <p>Surprisingly enough, I could see almost every play in the infield from my seat in the left-field bleachers during the early innings of <a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2013_06_10_cinmlb_chnmlb_1" target="_blank">the Cubs' 6-2 loss to the Reds</a> Monday night.</p>
<p>That statement would ordinarily not have to be made in the post-mortem to a major-league baseball game, but an extremely thick fog blew off Lake Michigan Monday evening and covered most of the ballpark during the early innings. The same fog forced a delay of more than an hour during another game just eight miles south, between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">White Sox</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Blue Jays</a> at the Cell. Truth be told, the umpires probably should have stopped the game for a while around the second or third inning. The fielders were starting to have trouble, and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> got their first hit -- a single by pitcher <span>Scott Feldman</span> in the bottom of the third -- when <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> center fielder <span>Shin-Soo Choo</span> completely misjudged a line drive that on a normal day would have been an easy out.</p>
<p>Speaking of that fog delay at the Cell, the Wrigley scoreboard operators -- who usually put an "R" in the inning where a game is delayed -- came up with a different letter to denote the cause of the Sox/Jays delay:</p>
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<p>Please keep your comments on the photo clean!</p>
<p>In the first four innings, in fact, the fielders had little trouble because only four balls were hit out of the infield -- Feldman's single, one fly ball to left field by each team, and... oh, yes, <span>Brandon Phillips</span>' grand slam off Feldman in the top of the third that essentially ended any chance the Cubs might have thought they had to win this game.</p>
<p>Feldman didn't pitch too badly, and after the slam gave up just one single, to <span>Jack Hannahan</span>; he was erased on a double play. But the Reds' offense was all Phillips; he drove in all six Cincinnati runs. <a href="http://junkstats.com/mlb/most-rbis-driving-in-all-teams-runs/" target="_blank">According to this article</a>, the record for such things is nine, set by Mike Greenwell of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> in 1996.</p>
<p>The fog finally began to lift in the middle innings, helping visibility, but not the Cubs' offense. They managed a run in the sixth thanks to a Phillips throwing error, and another one in the ninth on a <span>Starlin Castro</span> double. Castro, thanks to that hit, is now 3-for-his-last-42. I'm still not understanding why Dale Sveum didn't give him Monday night off, against a tough righthander in <span>Homer Bailey</span>. I hope it isn't because of Castro's consecutive-game playing streak, which stands at 257 games. Those things don't really mean much in modern baseball, and if you really want to keep it going, sit him from the starting lineup and put him in the game defensively in the late innings. (Incidentally, if you are wondering, the longest active consecutive-game streak is 405, held by <span>Prince Fielder</span>.) Castro's not likely to sit Tuesday night, either, since the Reds will start lefthander <span>Tony Cingrani</span>.</p>
<p>Castro's double was one of three for the Cubs Monday night; that gives them 131 for the season, still leading the National League, and still on pace to break the team record of 340 (current pace: 348).</p>
<p>As I wrote in the preview to this game, the Cubs have simply not been able to defeat the Reds with any degree of regularity for the last four seasons. Their record against Cincinnati in that time is 17-43 (9-21 at Wrigley Field). Thus, though the fog is forecast to be gone Tuesday evening, I don't expect that to lift the Cubs' bats. I don't expect them to win more than one game in this series; I'd be pleasantly surprised with more.</p>
<p>The loss and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a>' win over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a> dropped the Cubs into a last-place tie with Milwaukee, the first time they've been in fifth place since May 26. The 15-game deficit from first place is the Cubs' biggest of the season.</p>
<p>I wish I had better news, but coming out of the fog is about it for today.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/6/11/4418270/cubs-reds-recap-wrigley-fog-brandon-phillips-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2013-06-10T21:50:04-05:002013-06-10T21:50:04-05:00Overflow Thread 3: Cubs vs. Reds, Monday 6/10
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/6/10/4411276/overflow-thread-1-cubs-vs-reds-monday-6-10-7-05-ctAl Yellon2013-06-10T17:00:05-05:002013-06-10T17:00:05-05:00Cubs vs. Reds Preview, Monday 6/10, 7:05 CT
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<p>The Cubs have not had much luck against the Reds the last couple of years. Perhaps that can begin to change starting tonight.</p> <p>If only the Cubs could play everyone in baseball <i>except</i> the teams in their own division, they'd be much closer to marginal contention this year.</p>
<p>The Cubs are 7-18 against N.L. Central teams, and 18-17 against everyone else. That includes winning series against two of last year's playoff teams (<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a>).</p>
<p>Why is this? I really couldn't tell you. What I can tell you is that it's been worse against the Reds than against the other teams in the division; the Cubs are 2-7 against the Reds this year (although three of the seven defeats are by one run), and since 2010 -- the year the Reds came back as a contending team -- the Cubs are just 17-42 against them, and 9-20 at Wrigley Field.</p>
<p>Try to enjoy this series anyway. Oh, and one more razzberry to MLB's schedulers; after Thursday's game, 13 of the Cubs' first 64 games will have been against the Reds (who the Cubs then don't see again until August).</p>
<p>Cubs lineup:</p>
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<pre>DeJesus CF, Valbuena 3B, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, Schierholtz RF, Navarro C, Castro SS, Barney 2B, Feldman P</pre>
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<p>Nope. If you were wondering, nope, <span>Starlin Castro</span> does not get a day off. I don't get it either.</p>
<p>Reds lineup:</p>
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<pre>Choo CF, Cozart SS, Votto 1B, Phillips 2B, Bruce RF, Paul LF, Hannahan 3B, Hanigan C, Bailey P</pre>
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<p>Of Scott Feldman's last eight starts, the only one that wasn't at least decent was his outing against the Reds, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305240.shtml" target="_blank">May 24 in Cincinnati</a>. <span>Joey Votto</span> and <span>Ryan Hanigan</span> homered off him in a five-run inning that accounted for all the runs Feldman gave up that night. He hasn't allowed a homer in two starts since then. That's about the only positive I can think of.</p>
<p>Homer Bailey threw six solid innings against the Cubs <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305250.shtml" target="_blank">May 25 in Cincinnati. Naturally, the Reds won the game. Current Cubs are hitting .253 (40-for-158) against him with five home runs. Still, Bailey hasn't lost to the Cubs since 2010, a streak of seven starts. Somehow, I'm thinking that's not going to end tonight.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305250.shtml" target="_blank"> </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305250.shtml" target="_blank">Today's game is on CSN Chicago.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305250.shtml" target="_blank"> </a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN201305250.shtml" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?ymd=20130401#date=6/10/2013">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_10_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=gameday">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/CHC.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/117633/pregame">SB Nation game preview</a></p>
<p>Please visit our SB Nation <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redreporter.com/">Red Reporter</a>. Be careful over there, though.</p>
<p>Here's the scoop on game threads for 2013. You'll find the game preview -- like this one -- posting as the first link in the StoryStreamâ„¢, which will then contain all the overflow threads and the recap. The recap will also be on the front page as a separate post; once I post a game recap, the stream for each game will be retitled "Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads" so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game.</p>
<p>In general, game previews will post two hours before game time. Exception: for day games after night games, that will usually be 90 minutes.</p>
<p>You will also be able to find the First Pitch Thread and all the overflow threads in the box marked "<a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Chicago Cubs</a> Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page (<a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/game-threads">you can also find them in this section link</a>). They will also appear in this StoryStreamâ„¢. As I've done for each regular-season game for several years now, we'll have the First Pitch thread at five minutes before game time (moved up from actual game time per your requests), then an overflow one hour, two hours and 2:45 after game time.</p>
<p>Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/6/10/4411248/chicago-cubs-cincinnati-reds-lineups-preview-mondayAl Yellon