So much for that talk about benching Starlin Castro. Every manager over the past three years seems to have mentioned it at least once, but only Quade actually did it. Good? Bad? Agnostic? Shrug.
Travis Wood faces his former team – here’s hoping he shows them what they’re missing (even though they’ve got a full rotation, and a good one, at that).
Brett Jackson gets the day off in favor of Bryan LaHair, presumably after feeling some soreness from that collision with Castro yesterday.
Game Info
Cincinnati Reds (67-46) at Chicago Cubs (44-67), 3:05pm CT on CSN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
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The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo (7-7, 4.05 ERA, 4.25 FIP)
versus
Travis Wood (4-8, 4.77 ERA, 5.62 FIP)
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
1. Zack Cosart, SS
2. Drew Stubbs, CF
3. Brandon Phillips, 2B
4. Ryan Ludwick, LF
5. Todd Frazier, 1B
6. Chris Heisey, RF
7. Wilson Valdez, 3B
8. Ryan Hanigan, C
9. Bronson Arroyo, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Darwin Barney, 2B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Starlin Castro, SS
6. Luis Valbuena, 3B
7. Bryan LaHair, RF
8. Steve Clevenger, C
9. Travis Wood, P