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SAN FRANCISCO -- Jay Bruce and Joey Votto will take their hot bats up against one of baseballs worst pitchers against left-handed hitters Tuesday night when the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants meet for a second time in their three-game series.Bruce bombed his 22nd and 23rd home runs of the season and Votto extended his hitting streak to 10 games since the All-Star break in the Reds 7-5 win over the Giants in the series opener Monday night.On Tuesday, the Reds will get an opportunity to tee off against Giants right-hander Matt Cain, who has struggled big-time against lefty swingers this season.Cain has allowed a .352 batting average, fifth worst in the majors, against left-handed hitters in 2016. It is not the only area in which the 31-year-old has had more than his share of issues.Cain has pitched into the seventh inning in just two of his 12 starts. One reason: Opponents are hitting a major-league-high .468 against him after his 75th pitch of a game.In the last-place Reds, Cain will be facing a team with a 39-60 record. Such matchups have not worked in his favor this season, either.Among qualifying starting pitchers, he has the majors worst record (0-3) and eighth-worst ERA (6.66) against teams under .500.Cain is coming off one of his worst efforts, when he was bombed for three home runs in just 2 1/3 innings in an 11-7 loss at Boston last Wednesday. He gave up six hits and five runs to the Red Sox, dropping his record to 1-6 while raising his ERA to 5.88.With Jake Peavy adding three to the total in Mondays loss, the Giants have allowed a major-league-high 19 homers in their nine games since the All-Star break.The long ball is hurting us right now, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. We just need to find a way to get a quality start.Cains opponent on Tuesday will be Reds rookie Cody Reed, who has had troubles of his own this season. The left-hander is still searching for his first big-league win, as he is 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA in six starts.Reed is one of just six pitchers who remain winless this season despite making six or more starts this year.Unlike Cain, the 23-year-old could take some positive momentum into the game. Reed pitched his best game in his most recent outing, allowing just five hits and two unearned runs in six innings against the Atlanta Braves on July 19.The Reds lost the game 5-4 in 11 innings.Another positive for Reed is that he will be backed by a hot bullpen. Right-handers Jumbo Diaz and Raisel Iglesias and lefty closer Tony Cingrani retired 12 of the 13 batters they faced to save right-hander Anthony DeSclafanis win in Mondays series opener.The Cincinnati bullpen has compiled a fine 2.42 ERA in the month of July.We talk about it a lot ... the pitching staff we envision, Reds manager Bryan Price said after Mondays win. Were getting closer.Reed has never faced the Giants. 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New South Wales cricketers will be the first Australian female domestic athletes to go fully professional, via a landmark deal that will push the wages of some players beyond six figures.Cricket NSW unveiled a two-season deal with the sponsor LendLease that will ensure all members of the Breakers squad earn at least a minimum wage of A$35,000 a year. Combined with WBBL and Southern Stars payments, this will mean the likes of Ellyse Perry will now draw in a cricket salary in excess of $100,000.The announcement arrived ahead of negotiations for a new MOU between Australias cricketers and Cricket Australia, with womens pay and conditions set to be a key battleground. NSW officials hope the LendLease underwrite will be a trendsetter for players around the nation.This truly is a landmark moment, NSW chief executive Andrew Jones said. Cricket NSW has always been a leader in womens sport and today we are proud to announce another first. Every member of the Lendlease Breakers squad now has the opportunity to pursue a professional sporting career.I am confident that every state in Australia will now follow the lead of Cricket NSW by giving their female cricketeers the opportunity to earn a living wage.ddddddddddddCricket NSW is committed to growing and professionalising womens cricket by attracting and retaining the best athletes, providing world-class facilities, coaching and support staff, and offering all of our athletes a professional pathway.While the deal has been in the works for quite some time, it has grown in pertinence through recent advances in playing and payment opportunities for women in other sports such as AFL and netball. The new deal will again place cricket in the vanguard of womens sport.As the young Breakers batsman Ashleigh Gardner put it: Cricket has always been my passion. However, I never really thought that I would be able to play professionally. In the back of my mind I was always having to consider how I needed to juggle school work, studies, one day having a job and a family, with my training and matches.To know now that I dont need to worry about juggling all of this at once, and can really commit to my training and play professionally is incredible. ' ' '