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NL Central race: September 7, 2008
Published 9/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
NL Central race: September 7, 2008 MLB.com: Wood’s blown save costs Cubs Jolbert Cabrera hit a tie-breaking RBI single with one out in the ninth inning Sunday to lift the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. Trailing 3-1, Edwin Encarnacion singled and advanced to second on Jim Edmonds’ error to open the Reds’ ninth against Kerry Wood—who was pitching for the first time since Sept. 2. Jay Bruce walked, and Encarnacion was out as first baseman Derrek Lee scooped up Ryan Hanigan’s bunt and threw to third. Wood walked pinch-hitter Javier Valentin to load the bases, and ...

Reds 4, Cubs 3; Errors mount, and so do the losses
Published 9/7/2008 by Damen Jackson at Cubbie Nation - Notes from the Front Office
Filed: September 7th, 2008  Meet the real goat. The Cubs in September are proving to be a sleep to not fall asleep on, albeit for all the wrong reasons. I did after the seventh actually, having watched Sean Marshall work a great six innings, and the Cubs jumping out to a 3-1 lead. I awoke in time to see a hot mess of a ninth inning, in which Ronny Cedeno blew an inning-ending double play, allowing two to score. Jolbert Cabrera would then single to left, sending Wilkin Castillo home for the winning run, and the Cubs off with a 4-3 loss to the Reds. I keep hearing people explain to me the logic of keeping guys like Ronny Cedeno and Bob Howry on the roster, ...