Cincinnati Reds Vs Chicago Cubs Live Streaming with Radio Commentary Online Broadcast Major League Baseball Feed Audio Video Internet tv Sopcast TBS Espn 360 Gamecast May 7, 2011. Picking up where they left off last season, the Cincinnati Reds continued their mastery of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in this series opener.
Handing the ball to Bronson Arroyo could be a great way to keep it going.
Cincinnati (17-15) won 12 of 16 meetings with the Cubs in 2010, outscoring them 48-15 in taking six of seven at Wrigley. The Reds, though, had to sweat out their first trip in 2011 until the end.
1:10 PM ET, May 7, 2011
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati: Arroyo (3-3, 4.17 ERA)
Chicago: Coleman (1-2, 7.36 ERA)
Jay Bruce's three-run homer in the fourth and a pair of run-scoring singles from Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips an inning later provided enough offense in a 5-4 victory.
"We got out of some very tough situations," manager Dusty Baker said. "A win is a win."
The Cubs went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position and are hitting .145 with men on second or third over their last 10 games.
"It ain't good, but it's far from hopeless, man," manager Mike Quade said. "... We're setting the table, we just got to have somebody clean the thing off, that's all."
Chicago (14-17), which has lost four straight and six of seven at home, can't be too happy to see Arroyo (3-3, 4.17 ERA) on the mound.
The right-hander is 4-1 with a 1.34 ERA in his last six starts against the Cubs, and he's been even more dominant of late at Wrigley. Arroyo hasn't allowed a run there since the second inning Aug. 20, 2008, and he won twice in Chicago in 2010.
Arroyo is 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in eight starts at Wrigley since 2006. Over the past three seasons, Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano are a combined 2 for 25 against him.
Arroyo has surrendered only one earned run over 12 1/3 innings in two road starts this season, but he was far from his best Sunday at home against Florida. He gave up five runs -- all on three homers -- over seven innings in a 9-5 loss.
Casey Coleman (1-2, 7.36) has given up three homers in 18 1/3 innings, but his biggest problem has been his control. Opponents are getting on base against Coleman at a .418 clip, tied for the worst mark in the majors among pitchers who have made at least four starts.
Coleman gave up four hits in five innings Sunday at Arizona, but he walked five and gave up four runs in a 4-3 loss. The Diamondbacks scored three times in the fourth despite getting one hit, as Coleman balked home a run and threw a wild pitch.
"The little things along the way when you are in a 4-3 contest, they add up," Quade said.
Coleman is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in two appearances -- one start -- against the Reds. Bruce took Coleman deep in Cincinnati on Aug. 29, when the right-hander gave up four runs without walking anyone over six innings in the Reds' 7-5 victory.
Votto has reached base safely in 35 straight games dating to last season.
RedsArroyo has won four straight starts at Wrigley and hasn't allowed a run there in 18 consecutive innings, a pair of streaks that bode well for the Reds as they look for an eighth road win in nine tries against Chicago on Saturday afternoon.
(17-15, 7-6 away)
Cubs
(14-17, 6-9 home)
Cincinnati (17-15) won 12 of 16 meetings with the Cubs in 2010, outscoring them 48-15 in taking six of seven at Wrigley. The Reds, though, had to sweat out their first trip in 2011 until the end.
1:10 PM ET, May 7, 2011
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati: Arroyo (3-3, 4.17 ERA)
Chicago: Coleman (1-2, 7.36 ERA)
"We got out of some very tough situations," manager Dusty Baker said. "A win is a win."
The Cubs went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position and are hitting .145 with men on second or third over their last 10 games.
"It ain't good, but it's far from hopeless, man," manager Mike Quade said. "... We're setting the table, we just got to have somebody clean the thing off, that's all."
Chicago (14-17), which has lost four straight and six of seven at home, can't be too happy to see Arroyo (3-3, 4.17 ERA) on the mound.
The right-hander is 4-1 with a 1.34 ERA in his last six starts against the Cubs, and he's been even more dominant of late at Wrigley. Arroyo hasn't allowed a run there since the second inning Aug. 20, 2008, and he won twice in Chicago in 2010.
Arroyo is 6-1 with a 2.08 ERA in eight starts at Wrigley since 2006. Over the past three seasons, Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano are a combined 2 for 25 against him.
Arroyo has surrendered only one earned run over 12 1/3 innings in two road starts this season, but he was far from his best Sunday at home against Florida. He gave up five runs -- all on three homers -- over seven innings in a 9-5 loss.
Casey Coleman (1-2, 7.36) has given up three homers in 18 1/3 innings, but his biggest problem has been his control. Opponents are getting on base against Coleman at a .418 clip, tied for the worst mark in the majors among pitchers who have made at least four starts.
Coleman gave up four hits in five innings Sunday at Arizona, but he walked five and gave up four runs in a 4-3 loss. The Diamondbacks scored three times in the fourth despite getting one hit, as Coleman balked home a run and threw a wild pitch.
"The little things along the way when you are in a 4-3 contest, they add up," Quade said.
Coleman is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in two appearances -- one start -- against the Reds. Bruce took Coleman deep in Cincinnati on Aug. 29, when the right-hander gave up four runs without walking anyone over six innings in the Reds' 7-5 victory.
Votto has reached base safely in 35 straight games dating to last season.
