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Aaron Harang vs.
Carlos Zambrano
Lineups:
N. Hopper CF |
A. Soriano LF |
J. Keppinger SS |
R. Theriot SS |
K. Griffey RF |
D. Lee 1B |
B. Phillips 2B |
A. Ramirez 3B |
A. Dunn LF |
M. Murton RF |
E. Encarnacion 3B |
M. DeRosa 2B |
J. Votto 1B |
J. Jones CF |
J. Valentin C |
J. Kendall C |
A. Harang P |
C. Zambrano P |
These two staff aces hooked up in Wrigley about five weeks ago. The Cubs hit Harang relatively hard, scoring five runs in seven innings. The Reds hit Zambrano harder: 13 hits (11 singles!) and six runs, also in seven innings. The two bullpens were unscored upon and the Reds won the game 6-5. (This was also the game in which Zambrano, remarkably, failed to strike out a single hitter.)
Tonight's game marks the first phase of the Cubs' Great Three-Day Rest Experiment involving Zambrano and Wednesday night's starter, Ted Lilly. As
previously mentioned on this page, Zambrano has never started a Major League game on just three days' rest. That being the case, last night probably wasn't the ideal night for our bullpen to pitch 4 1/3 innings, though our big guns--Marmol, Howry and Dempster--got the evening off. Perhaps Z can give the entire relief crew a bit of a break tonight.
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