Chicago Cubs Preview: Opening Week (April 5-11)
April 5, 2010 by Alex Kantecki
Ready for the first pitch?
The Chicago Cubs open up the 2010 campaign facing the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field at 3:10 PM CST today for the first time in the club’s history. Only four other times have the Cubs and Braves met in an opener.
The most recent matchup was at Wrigley Field in 1993, when Greg Maddux pitched his first game as a Brave and shut out the Cubs, 1-0, in 8 1/3 innings of work. Maddux went on to win the Cy Young Award in ‘93, and in ’94...and in ’95.
The clubs also met twice when the Braves called Milwaukee home in 1956 and ’57.
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