8/9 Reds vs Cubs: Battle of the Ace's

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Starting Lineups 
No. Cincinnati              Chicago Cubs 
1 Felipe Lopez, SS        Matt Lawton, LF 
2 Jason LaRue, C          Todd Walker, 2B 
3 Ken Griffey Jr., CF      Derrek Lee, 1B 
4 Adam Dunn, LF          Aramis Ramirez, 3B 
5 Sean Casey, 1B         Jeromy Burnitz, RF 
6 Austin Kearns, RF       Nomar Garciaparra, SS 
7 Edwin Encarnacion, 3B Corey Patterson, CF 
8 Ray Olmedo,2B          Henry Blanco, C 
9 Aaron Harang,P         Mark Prior, P

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LaRue batting 2nd???? WOW! Nice to see Olmedo get a start in.

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LaRue has been pretty solid over his career against Prior IIRC.

[redsrbetter]

You are right. laRue is 6 for 16 (.375) against Prior! narron really plays his matchups!

[redsrbetter]

Lets go Harangatang! I want this guy to keep this exciting pitching going.

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There we go Griffey. Nice basehit. 1 on 2 outs for Dunn! Wait for your count big guy.

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Dunn gets under it and it is a deep flyball to CF. Caught. 3 outs.

Lets start off strong Harang.

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That was a nice sharp hit for Griffey. Always great to see when he's avoiding the shift like that and able to drive the ball out into the outfield.

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Lawton leads off with a basehit.

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Walker follows with a basehit. 2 on for Lee. Come on harang, get him!

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Walker likes to hit against his former team. That's his 4th hit in this series.

[redsrbetter]

Lee pops out on a 3-2 pitch. Nice pitch Harang!

[redsrbetter]

Walker likes to hit against his former team. That's his 4th hit in this series.

Yep Walker is playing awesome this series.

[redsrbetter]

Griffey with a gorgeous catch to get the second out! One more Harang!

[missionhockey21]

And Aramis Ramirez fliesout. Always a good thing to get the big boys.