Bleepin' Ugly - Cubs 4 Reds 7

Game Thirty-Nine - Cubs 4 Reds 7 WP - Homer Bailey (3-0) LP - Carlos Zambrano (4-2) Save - Francisco Cordero (8) Every loss is a bad one during the baseball season but Monday's hurt just a little bit more than usual. The Cubs gave another game to the Reds (1-3) and in the process Q's squad began a difficult road trip on a negative note. The Cubs had plenty of scoring chances over the first six innings (1-for-7 with RISP, five left on base in first five innings) but still managed to build a 4-0 lead. Carlos Zambrano was in total control and very incredibly sharp. Z was working on a one-hit shutout and threw only 68 pitches, 40 for strikes in the first five innings ... but that all changed in a blink of an eye with one out in the bottom of the sixth. The Reds scored seven times in the bottom of the sixth after nine straight batters reached with one out. Drew Stubbs reached on a misplayed ball by Aramis Ramirez and it opened the floodgates. Z walked Edgar Renteria then gave...