The Cincinnati Reds once again struggled at the plate as they were only able to come up with two hit against Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs. The Reds ended up losing to the Cubs by the score of 5-1 and have now lost the first two games of a three game series to the Cubs.
The one hit that matters was a solo home run by Adam Dunn in the second inning. The Reds did get another hit in the ninth inning when Jay Bruce reached on a infield single. The Reds then loaded the bases with two walks before Brandon Phillips popped out to Derrek Lee to end the game.
Johnny Cueto tossed 6 2/3 innings to take the loss. Cueto is now 7-9 on the season. He really struggled in the game because he could not throw his off speed pitches for strikes. The Cubs were sitting back and just hammering the fast ball all night long. David Weathers tossed the final 1 2/3 innigs of the game.
Reds will look to avoid the sweep on Thursday afternoon. I don’t like their chances one bit to be honest.
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