Cubs @ Reds: Butler vs Stephens (Game 81)
CHC (40-40): RHP Eddie Butler (4-2, 3.71)
CIN (34-45): RHP Jackson Stephens (0-0, —)
First pitch: 3:10pmCST
Stephens makes his MLB debut, the fifth starter and eighth pitcher to do so this season for the Reds. He was 4-4 with a 4.97 in 14 starts (15 appearances) for AAA-Louisville, where he spent most of the season. If we don’t light this guy up, I might need to take a break from baseball for a few days--maybe early next week.
Butler, who seems to pitch every other day, went 5 scoreless in DC for the win on Monday. He was 2-1 with a 3.20 in his five June starts. Overall, the Reds are 12-29 (.414) against him, which included a typical 8 ER, 4 inning start in Colorado last year. Votto is 4-8, and Cozart is 2-5 with a HR.
Arrieta (7-6) versus Adleman (5-4) tomorrow at 12:10pmCST to close out the weekend series.
Go Cubs!
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