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CHICAGO -- Devin Mesoraco was hit by a pitch twice, in addition to the usual nicks that go along with being a catcher.
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knee when he sat down for a well-deserved postgame meal. One sweet swing and
another big win, and it was easy to forget about one painful night. Mesoraco
homered for the fourth straight game, connecting for a two-out grand slam in
Cincinnatis five-run ninth, and the Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Monday for
their third straight win. "Youre going to get beat up back there," said
Mesoraco, shrugging off all the bumps and bruises. "Thats why I get more days
off than everybody else." Mesoraco drove a 1-0 pitch from Hector Rondon (1-2)
into the basket in left-centre for his 13th homer. It was his second grand slam
of the season and No. 3 of his career. Billy Hamilton had a tiebreaking RBI
single earlier in the inning as Cincinnati won for the sixth time in seven games
to move above .500 for the first time this season at 38-37. The winning sequence
started when Chris Heisey reached on a pinch-hit single with two outs and no one
on base, snapping an 0-for-16 rut. "It was all set up by Chris Heisey fighting
his way into that soft single and stealing second base," Reds manager
Bryan Price said. It was the first homer allowed by Rondon since Aug. 1. "Not
the way you kind of draw it out. We tried to let him work his way through it,"
Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "Obviously it didnt work out." Jonathan Broxton
(3-0) pitched a perfect eighth and Logan Ondrusek got three outs, helping the
Reds improve to 30-11 against the Cubs over the last three seasons.
Anthony Rizzo hit his 16th homer for the Cubs, who have lost three in a row.
Jeff Samardzija struck out seven while pitching six innings of one-run ball.
"All in all, I felt good, just needed a little improvement there early,"
Samardzija said. The Reds got off to a fast start behind Hamilton, who led off
the game with a grounder just past second baseman Darwin Barney. The bouncer
died in the grass in short right field and the speedy rookie hustled into second
with a double, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. Todd Frazier followed
with a drive into the gap in right-centre for an RBI triple. But Samardzija
buckled down and kept Frazier at third, retiring Jay Bruce and Ryan Ludwick
after he hit Mesoraco for the first time with one down. Chicago wasted a prime
scoring chance in the fourth. Rizzo reached on a leadoff single before
Starlin Castro doubled into the left field corner, putting runners on second and
third. Alfredo Simon then retired three straight to preserve Cincinnatis 1-0
lead. Luis Valbuena flied out to medium right field, Welington Castillo hit a
comebacker to the mound and Ryan Sweeney lined out to left. "I just tried to
make my pitches the best I can, and everything was good," Simon said. The Cubs
also wasted a leadoff double by Barney in the third. Samardzija broke his bat
over his left knee after he popped up a sacrifice attempt. Simon allowed one run
and five hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked one. Frazier
finished with three hits and Mesoraco reached five times. He also walked twice
before he connected in the ninth. "I felt good the first time that I was here. I
felt good coming into this series," Mesoraco said. "You just try to ride them
out as long as you can." NOTES: Reds 2B Brandon Phillips (bruised right heel)
got the night off. Price said Phillips is day to day. ... Renteria said they are
working on finalizing the starting pitchers for Saturdays doubleheader against
Washington. ... Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta (3-1, 1.98 ERA) will face RHP Homer Bailey
(7-3, 4.68 ERA) in the second game of the three-game series Tuesday night.
Arrieta is 2-0 with a sparkling 0.73 ERA in four starts this month. ... Sting
led the crowd in the singing of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the
seventh-inning stretch.
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series, says hes close to returning.Brazil wary of Chile threat (TSN 1050, TSN
690, TSN 1200, TEAM 1410) South American rivals Brazil and Chile open up the
second round of the World Cup at the Estadio Mineirao on Saturday in an
intriguing contest. It is also a matchup that Brazil head coach Luiz Felipe
Scolari believes will be a serious test for his side. "If I could choose another
opponent, I would," Scolari said a few days ago when asked about playing Chile.
"I think theyre the trickiest side we could have been drawn against. They have
everything." Chile advanced to the knockout round from a difficult Group B that
included the Netherlands, Spain and Australia. La Roja started its tournament
with wins over Australia and Spain to book a place in the next round before
sitting a few key players in the group finale against the Netherlands, which
topped Chile, 2-0, to win the group. One of the players that Chile head coach
Jorge Sampaoli decided to rest against the Dutch was midfielder Arturo Vidal,
who underwent knee surgery prior to the start of the tournament and who is
expected to come straight back into the lineup against the hosts on Saturday.
Vidal, along with Alexis Sanchez and Charles Aranguiz, will provide the biggest
offensive threats for Chile, which will hope to exploit a Brazil back line that
tends to get forward a lot and could be susceptible to counter attacks. As
expected, Brazil finished atop Group A after wins over Croatia and Cameroon and
a 0-0 draw with Mexico. The Selecao netted seven goals in three group-stage
matches, including four from star forward Neymar, despite not appearing to hit
top gear. Now, Scolari knows his team must take its play to the next level to
get past a tough Chile side. "I hope that Chile dont qualify for the last 16,"
the coach said back in December after the draw for the World Cup. "I would
prefer to face any other side. They are intelligent and their style of play
doesnt suit us. It would be better to play against a European team." Scolari
didnt get his wish, but his team may be able to exploit a height advantage
against Chile to get to the quarterfinals. Against Australia in the group stage,
Chiles shorter defenders struggled to cope with the aerial threat of Tim Cahill,
while the Dutch scored on a header from Leroy Fer in the second half of the
group finale to take the lead. Brazil should be a real threat from any set-piece
opportunity in the attacking third with players like Fred, David Luiz and Thiago
Silva able to get on the other end of crosses. Neymar has been as good as
advertised so far, while Brazils threat in the air will also pose a stiff
challenge for the Chileans. A win for Chile would give the club its first berth
in the quarterfinals at a World Cup since 1962, and Sanchez is confident that
his side will make history. "We have respect for them [Brazil] but I think we
are going to beat them," he said. "We came to this World Cup to make history. We
beat the world champions and, although we had a slip-up against Holland, we are
going out to try and win the Cup." Colombia squares off with Suarez-less Uruguay
(TSN 1050, TSN 1200, TEAM 1410) Uruguay has attracted plenty of attention at the
2014 World Cup, and not always for the right reasons, but the team will attempt
to put its distractions aside against an impressive Colombia outfit at the
Maracana on Saturday in the round of 16.
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rod for attention in Brazil, first sitting out his teams 3-1 defeat to Costa
Rica after knee surgery, and then making a triumphant return against England
that saw him score twice in a 2-1 Uruguay win. But the Liverpool striker stunned
the soccer world by biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in the second half
of Uruguays 1-0 win in the group-stage finale to book a place in the second
round. Suarez was not punished on the field, but FIFAs Disciplinary Committee
came down hard on him after reviewing the incident, banning Suarez for nine
international matches and from all football-related activity for four months.
The loss of Suarez will put added pressure on forward Edinson Cavani, whose only
goal so far in the tournament was a penalty kick in the opening match. Veteran
Diego Forlan is expected to come in for Suarez, but this team has so far looked
like a much different side with Suarez in the lineup than without him. Uruguay
needed a win over Italy in its final Group D match to advance, and it wasnt
Suarez who provided the difference, rather it was defender Diego Godin. The
Atletico Madrid man scored the goal that clinched La Liga for his side in the
final game of the season in May, while he also put Atletico ahead with a goal in
the Champions League final. And he popped up once again to head home the winning
goal against Italy in the final 10 minutes. "We didnt make it easy for
ourselves, starting the way we did, and it was a miracle that we pulled it off
in the end," Godin said of his team finally securing a place in the knockout
round. "Now we can start thinking about the last 16, but no further. We respect
everyone but fear no one." Godin will need to be on top of his game defensively
if Uruguay is to reach the quarterfinals because his team is coming up against a
Colombia side that has been one of the most impressive at the tournament so far.
The Colombians won all three of their group-stage matches by a combined score of
9-2, with midfielder James Rodriguez turning in an especially impressive
performance. The 22-year-old Monaco man has netted three goals with three
assists so far, and along with Juan Cuadrado, Teofilo Gutierrez and Jackson
Martinez, Godin and Uruguay will have their hands full. Colombia has also
enjoyed some incredibly vocal support from its fans, making its three group
matches feel like home games according to 21-year-old midfielder Juan Quintero.
"Its like were playing in Barranquilla," Quintero said of the support Colombia
has received. "The fans are 100 percent behind us and that makes us feel great.
Were playing for our people and we want to make them as happy as we can." A win
over Uruguay on Saturday would no doubt please Colombian supporters, especially
since it would mark the first time that Colombia has ever advanced to the
quarterfinals at a World Cup.
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