Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
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Pete Crow-Armstrong homers 3 times as the Chicago Cubs pound the Cincinnati Reds 17-5
Alex Bregman, Carson Kelly and Seiya Suzuki also went deep for Chicago, which had lost three in a row and six of eight overall. The bottom of Chicago's lineup — Tyrone Taylor, Pedro Ramírez and Kelly — went 8 for 12 and scored nine runs.
The Cubs improved to 7-2 against Cincinnati this year, bouncing back after a wild 10-8 loss in the series opener on Friday.
Stewart and Eugenio Suárez homered for the Reds, who dropped to 3-5 on a nine-game trip. Andrew Abbott (6-10) was tagged for seven runs and eight hits in three-plus innings.
Stewart's two-run shot in the third was his 30th homer of the year. He leads NL rookies in homers and RBI (104).
Crow-Armstrong hit a 435-foot drive to right-center in the first for his eighth career leadoff homer — all this season. He connected for a two-run drive in the second and a three-run homer in the seventh, a 444-foot shot to center for No. 36 on the year.
Crow-Armstrong, one of the front-runners for the NL MVP award, also singled and scored in the fourth. With Reds catcher Jose Trevino on the mound in the eighth, Crow-Armstrong bounced to second. But the Wrigley Field crowd of 39,597 cheered anyway, saluting his first career three-homer game with a long ovation.
Chicago right-hander Kevin Gausman (8-11) struck out seven in five innings, but he was charged with five runs and six hits.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | I. Johnson struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Rodríguez walked. |
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9th Inning | McLain grounded out to third. |
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9th Inning | Friedl grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Taylor in center field. |
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9th Inning | Conforto in right field. |
Statistics
 CIN |
 CHC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 10 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 11 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 5 | Runs Batted In | 16 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 7 | Hits | 19 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 5 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 5 | Runs | 17 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 43 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 6 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 10 | Runners Left On Base | 17 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 3 |
| 13 | Fly Balls | 29 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 167 | Pitches | 173 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 14 | Total Bases | 40 |
| 38 | Plate Appearances | 49 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 972.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 9 |
| 4.6 | Runs Created | 16.8 |
| .212 | Batting Average | .442 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .424 | Slugging Percentage | .930 |
| .364 | Secondary Average | .605 |
| .289 | On Base Percentage | .510 |
| .714 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.440 |
| 0.8 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.3 |
| 4.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 18.9 |
| 36.0 | Batter Rating | 109.0 |
| 16.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 7.2 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.39 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.53 |
| .212 | Isolated Power | .488 |
| 0.36 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 1.25 |
| .105 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .102 |
| .152 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .163 |
| 10.0 | Runs Produced | 33.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.9 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 82.3 | MLB Rating | 145.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 39,597 | Capacity:
2026 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Milwaukee |
- | 59 | L1 | 0.6242038 | 98 |
| Chicago |
10.5 | 69 | W2 | 0.5576923 | 87 |
 Pittsburgh |
18 | 77 | W5 | 0.50955415 | 80 |
 St. Louis |
22 | 81 | L1 | 0.48407644 | 76 |
| Cincinnati |
25.5 | 84 | L2 | 0.46153846 | 72 |