Reds @ Brewers 10 APR 2008 (Rubber Game)

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		CINCINNATI			MILWAUKEE
#	Pos.	Name	...	Pos.	Name
1.	CF	COREY PATTERSON	...	2B	RICKIE WEEKS
2.	SS	JEFF KEPPINGER	...	CF	GABE GROSS
3.	RF	KEN GRIFFEY JR	...	1B	PRINCE FIELDER
4.	2B	BRANDON PHILLIPS	...	LF	RYAN BRAUN
5.	LF	ADAM DUNN	...	3B	BILL HALL
6.	3B	EDWIN ENCARNACION	...	RF	COREY HART
7.	1B	SCOTT HATTEBERG	...	SS	JJ HARDY
8.	C	PAUL BAKO	...	P	CARLOS VILLANUEVA
9.	P	AARON HARANG	...	C	JASON KENDALL

Hatteberg gets his second straight start and Bako is back in the lineup...

It's the rubber match! This series has set us up for one heck of a showdown. We may be looking at two teams that will be battling it out for first place all year long. The Reds send their ace out to battle against Carlos Villanueva. Harang hasn't won a game yet, but that isn't to say he hasn't pitched well. He has posted a 2.77 ERA so far this season. Villanueva, on the other hand, has pitched pretty good himself posting a 1-0 record with a 3.38 ERA.

Hopefully our bats can sustain more rapid fire with and make this first road trip start out with a bang. The lineup is back to normal (never thought we would have a normal lineup in Cincinnati), so we'll see just how much of a difference it will be with EdE being back in there.

It all comes down to this!

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the reds realllly need this one after letting the first game slip away

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It would be awesome to take the series against these divisional rivals. I am very happy to see Harang on the mound tonight. Hopefully he is on his game per usual and the sticks just come out and continue how they ended the last 4 innings last night.

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Patterson grounds out to Weeks to start this one. Lets get the bats going early!

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Keppinger grounds out. Lets not go 1-2-3

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Villanueva doesn't throw very hard at all. Tops out at 90 MPH.

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Griffey strikes out swinging at a sinking changeup. Nice pitch.

1-2-3, not the start we were looking for

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Weeks pops out to the entire infield. EdE was the furthest away, so naturally he calls everyone off and makes the catch.

Gabe Gross has Mercy Me intro music. Awesome

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Gross lines a double into left center.

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Fielder grounds out to Keppi for the second out.

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Braun grounds out trying to pull a slider sliding away from him.

3 outs.

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BP flies out to RF.

Gallardo his due to come back up this week.

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Dunn grounds out to Fielder. 2 outs.

Not looking great yet. Here is EdE

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He grounds out to Hall. 1-2-3-4-5-6 for Villanueva.

At least we aren't leaving anyone on base. Hey that says a lot about what we will look like when we do get runners on. It's not looking like we are going to hit much today.

I hope this turns around quick.

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Bill Hall does his best impression of.....well, Bill Hall

He doubles to right-center. Hall continues to kill us.