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Mark Gonzales

BRIEF: Cubs hope Anthony Rizzo is ripe for Reds, Alfredo Simon

April 13--Anthony Rizzo leads the major leagues with three game-winning RBIs, but the Chicago Cubs' first baseman is in an 0-for-7 slump.

Rizzo might have found the right cure to snap out of his minor rut Wednesday night as the Cubs face Cincinnati Reds pitcher Alfredo Simon at Wrigley Field.

Rizzo is 5-for-15 lifetime against Simon with two home runs. Ben Zobrist, a lifetime .250 hitter against Simon, will bat ahead of Rizzo in the third spot.

Here are the lineups:

REDS

Hamilton cf

Suarez 3b

Votto 1b

Phillips 2b

Bruce rf

Schebler lf

De Jesus Jr. ss

Barnhart c

Simon p

CUBS

Fowler cf

Heyward rf

Zobrist 2b

Rizzo 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero c

Soler lf

Russell ss

Lackey p

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