Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs Live Streaming

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2:20 pm EDT Fri Jul 2, 2010

The Cincinnati Reds opened their series at Wrigley Field with another win in their final at-bat. The Chicago Cubs would settle for runs at any point they can get them. Cincinnati tries for a ninth win in 11 games Friday afternoon on Chicago’s North Side, where the Cubs’ lack of offense could leave them buried in the NL Central race by the time the first-place Reds leave town. Cincinnati closed a six-game homestand with a victory in its last at-bat, getting Jay Bruce’s eighth-inning, two-run shot to defeat Philadelphia 4-3 on Wednesday. The Reds did it again Thursday, though this time they needed 10 innings. After blowing a 2-0 lead in the eighth, Drew Stubbs’ RBI groundout in the 10th lifted Cincinnati to a 3-2 victory, giving it a ninth consecutive extra-inning road win dating to June 2009. No NL team has done that since Atlanta in 1999-2000. Dusty Baker’s club is a season-high 10 games above .500.

The Cubs could find themselves 13 1/2 games behind Cincinnati by Sunday afternoon if they don’t start to play better quickly. Chicago has dropped seven of 10 despite a 3.26 ERA. The club is hitting .215 in that stretch and .179 with runners in scoring position. They’ll try to get going against Bronson Arroyo, but that won’t be easy. Arroyo has gone 4-1 with a 2.77 ERA in his last six outings at Wrigley, and 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA in his past three starts overall versus Chicago. Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee are hitting a combined .218 against Arroyo. If there’s a way to get to the right-hander, it might be via the home run. Arroyo has given up four homers in his last four starts, two by Cleveland’s Shin-Soo Choo over five innings of the Reds’ 5-3 loss Sunday.