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Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images And Ben Brown was magnificent. So maybe this idea of having an opener for Ben Brown’s turn in the rotation is... pretty good? Drew Pomeranz threw a 1-2-3 first inning on only nine pitches and then Brown shut the door on the Reds. He threw six one-hit innings, striking out nine and issuing only one walk, by far his best outing of … [Read more...] about Cubs 2, Reds 0: A good old-fashioned pitchers’ duel

Jaylen Palmer | Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend and Mesa win. Knoxville splits a doubleheader Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to the Syracuse Mets, 6-4. It was a bullpen game for the I-Cubs tonight normal reliever Frankie Scalzo Jr. got the mound for the first inning and probably wished he didn’t. Scalzo got torched for six runs on … [Read more...] about Minor League Wrap: Knoxville splits a doubleheader with the Barons

Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images What, YOU again? Why, these teams just saw each other... last weekend! Since then, the Cubs swept the Rockies at Wrigley and the Reds took two of three from the Royals in Kansas City, winning the first two games and dropping the last one. Last weekend the Cubs took two of three in Cincinnati, with huge comebacks in the … [Read more...] about On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Reds series preview

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images The Cubs open a three-game series against the visitors from Cincinnati. Friday notes... THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Cubs are 18-10 as the home team this season, but 18-8 at Wrigley Field, a winning percentage of .692. They have finished only three seasons with a higher percentage at Wrigley: .727 in 1935 (56-21), .709 in 1933 (56-23) … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Friday 5/30, 1:20 CT

If you are looking for Friday’s game threads, you can find them right here. … [Read more...] about Cubs vs. Reds Friday 5/30 game threads