Cubs 7, Reds 0

I stopped following after it was 7-0. No such luck this time, no 8-run 8th inning this time around.

As previously highlighted in the last post about the Reds, the offense is the thing to watch. It's bad. It was plenty bad today. Rich Hill? He's alright, not bad. Looked great today. 7 hits. That's 2 less hits than the Cubs, who had 9. Cubs scored 7 on their 9 hits. Reds scored 0. They still haven't figured out to play smart baseball when guys are on base. It just doesn't work out.

Who do you feel bad for in all of this? Bronson Arroyo should be your answer. The man has done everything asked of him, you think the Reds could figure out some way not to suck when he is pitching. But they don't give him anything to work with, so even a great game turns into a loss. This wasn't a great game for Arroyo. It had the potential to be, but then he stayed in the game too dang long and the Cubs went wild in the 7th inning.

Tough stuff out there today. The only thing I really like about the Cubs is that Soriano gets picked off almost daily. He'll steal his bases, that's for sure. He just sucks at it right now. It's kinda funny, actually. Other than that, the Cubs don't give me much. First win at Wrigley always sucks.

Wake up the bats, boys. If you don't count the Reds 6-run inning from yesterday, they haven't been doing very well. I already said all of that, so I will try not to say it again, but it would be nice if the team would somehow drop the hitting habits of late last year and put some smart moves together. The hits aren't all that bad, but you have to work with what you have out on the basepaths. Make it count. Try again tomorrow.