Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds - Play By Play - August 18, 2012

Scores for Aug 18, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Cincinnati leads 2-0 (as of 8/18)

Game 1: Friday, August 17
Chi Cubs	3	Final
Cincinnati	7	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 18
Chi Cubs	3	Final
Cincinnati	5	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 18
Chi Cubs	9	Final
Cincinnati	7	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 19
Chi Cubs	4	Final
Cincinnati	5	Final
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Cubs 3

(46-72, 16-44 away)

Reds 5

(73-47, 40-21 home)

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1:10 PM ET, August 18, 2012

Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1
CIN	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	-	5	8	0

W: J. Cueto (16-6)

L: J. Samardzija (8-11)

S: A. Chapman (29)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Chicago - Top of 1st	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
D DeJesus hit by pitch.	0	0
J Vitters flied out to left.	0	0
A Rizzo struck out swinging.	0	0
A Soriano homered to left (417 feet), D DeJesus scored.	2	0
S Castro grounded out to shortstop.	2	0
2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
Z Cozart struck out swinging.	2	0
C Heisey hit by pitch.	2	0
B Phillips flied out to center.	2	0
C Heisey safe at second on throwing error by pitcher J Samardzija.	2	0
J Bruce struck out swinging.	2	0
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors
Chicago - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
W Castillo struck out swinging.	2	0
B Jackson grounded out to second.	2	0
D Barney reached on infield single to third.	2	0
J Samardzija grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Barney out at second.	2	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
T Frazier singled to center.	2	0
X Paul homered to right center (395 feet), T Frazier scored.	2	2
M Cairo popped out to shortstop.	2	2
R Hanigan grounded out to first.	2	2
J Cueto grounded out to shortstop.	2	2
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
D DeJesus grounded out to first.	2	2
J Vitters flied out to center.	2	2
A Rizzo grounded out to third.	2	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
Z Cozart doubled to left.	2	2
C Heisey struck out swinging.	2	2
B Phillips flied out to center, Z Cozart to third.	2	2
J Bruce grounded out to second.	2	2
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 4th	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
A Soriano grounded out to second.	2	2
S Castro flied out to left.	2	2
W Castillo struck out looking.	2	2
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
T Frazier homered to left (391 feet).	2	3
X Paul fouled out to first.	2	3
M Cairo homered to left (364 feet).	2	4
R Hanigan struck out swinging.	2	4
J Cueto fouled out to first.	2	4
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 5th	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
B Jackson grounded out to first.	2	4
D Barney grounded out to shortstop.	2	4
J Samardzija grounded out to second.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Jeff Samardzija pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
Z Cozart grounded out to shortstop.	2	4
C Heisey singled to right.	2	4
B Phillips grounded out to shortstop, C Heisey to second.	2	4
C Heisey to third on wild pitch by J Samardzija.	2	4
J Bruce struck out swinging.	2	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 6th	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
D DeJesus struck out swinging.	2	4
J Vitters struck out swinging.	2	4
A Rizzo struck out swinging.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Jeff Beliveau pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
J Beliveau relieved J Samardzija.	2	4
T Frazier fouled out to first.	2	4
X Paul walked.	2	4
M Cairo flied out to right.	2	4
R Hanigan walked, X Paul to second.	2	4
X Paul to third, R Hanigan to second on balk by J Beliveau.	2	4
J Cueto grounded out to second.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 7th	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
A Soriano struck out swinging.	2	4
S Castro grounded out to third.	2	4
W Castillo singled to center.	2	4
B Jackson flied out to center.	2	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Manny Corpas pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
M Corpas relieved J Beliveau.	2	4
Z Cozart struck out swinging.	2	4
C Heisey struck out swinging.	2	4
B Phillips flied out to right.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 8th	SCORE
Johnny Cueto pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
D Stubbs in center field.	2	4
D Barney struck out swinging.	2	4
L Valbuena hit for M Corpas.	2	4
L Valbuena lined out to center.	2	4
D DeJesus popped out to first.	2	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Cincinnati - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Alberto Cabrera pitching for Chicago	CHC	CIN
A Cabrera relieved M Corpas.	2	4
J Bruce tripled to deep left center.	2	4
T Frazier hit sacrifice fly to center, J Bruce scored.	2	5
X Paul grounded out to first.	2	5
M Cairo walked.	2	5
R Hanigan singled to left, M Cairo to second.	2	5
R Ludwick hit for J Cueto.	2	5
R Ludwick grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Hanigan out at second.	2	5
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Chicago - Top of 9th	SCORE
Aroldis Chapman pitching for Cincinnati	CHC	CIN
A Chapman relieved J Cueto.	2	5
J Vitters struck out swinging.	2	5
A Rizzo grounded out to first.	2	5
A Soriano singled to left.	2	5
S Castro walked, A Soriano to second.	2	5
W Castillo singled to left, A Soriano scored, S Castro to third.	3	5
J Mather hit for B Jackson.	3	5
T Wood ran for W Castillo.	3	5
J Mather struck out swinging.	3	5
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

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