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Win: Cipolla(13-10)
Cipolla 7.0 IP, 5 HA, 4 ER
Clifford 3-5, 4 RBI, 2B
Bloom 4-4, 2 RS, 3B, BB
Flanagan 2-4, RS, 3 RBI
Siniscalchi 2 hits


Loss: Andrews(3-6)
Andrews 3.0 IP, 7 HA, 6 ER
Zimmerman 3-5, RS, RBI
Shearer 1-2, RS, RBI, 2B, 3 BB
Tucker 2 hits



Loss: Wood(2-7)
Wood 3.2 IP, 6 HA, 7 ER
Bloom 3-4, 3 RS, 3 RBI, 2 HR(9)
Zimmerman 3 hits
Flanagan, Padgett, Rader, Shearer 2 hits each



You give up 28 runs in a three-game series and you feel very lucky to come home with one victory. The pitching, all around, was not
good in this series and it continues to be disappointing. We understand that three of these guys are rookies but to continue giving up six
and seven runs in just three or so innings is not going to cut it. We head home to Chicago to host Pittsburgh for a mid-week series with the
Minors one game ahead of us in the standings.

Player of the Series

Ed Bloom

The offense was there the entire series averaging over five runs per game in the three games. Ed Bloom has been on fire since sinking to a
season-low .241 batting average on August 6. Since that day he's hitting .367 with an OPS over 1.000. In this series, he had eight hits in 12
at-bats to go with three walks. He slugged two homers while scoring seven times and knocking in three.