Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
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Rookie Sal Stewart homers for the 3rd straight game, helping the Reds beat the Cubs 7-5
Dane Myers hit a go-ahead homer off Shoto Imanaga (8-10) leading off the fifth inning and Tyler Stephenson followed with a two-run shot after a single by Elly De La Cruz for a 6-3 lead. De La Cruz left after that with left quad tightness.
Stewart homered for the 31st time — off Trent Thornton — for the Reds' final run in the seventh.
Crow-Armstrong homered leading off the first against Chase Burns (15-3) to give the Cubs the lead. It his fourth in seven at-bats after hitting three Saturday in a 17-5 victory over the Reds. The NL's MVP front-runner hit his 38th homer — a solo shot off Reds closer Emilio Pagán in the ninth before the right-hander finished off his 19th save.
Burns allowed three runs — two earned — on six hits in 5 2/3 innings as Cincinnati beat the Cubs in the rubber game of the series after losing six of seven matchups previously.
Michael Conforto had an RBI single in the second to put Chicago up 2-0.
Héctor Rodríguez hit his fourth homer — a three-run shot that put the Reds ahead 3-2 in the fourth — but Ian Happ walked and scored an unearned run on a throwing error by Rodríguez in right field to tie it in the bottom half.
Imanaga surrendered six runs on eight hits in five innings on a day the Cubs inducted pitcher Jon Lester, catcher Jody Davis and late broadcaster Vince Lloyd into their Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer Greg Maddux threw wild on the ceremonial first pitch with more than 20 members of the Cubs' 150th anniversary team in attendance.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Suzuki flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Crow-Armstrong homered to right center (431 feet). |
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9th Inning | Shaw flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Shaw hit for Amaya |
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9th Inning | Taylor popped out to first. |
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9th Inning | Pagán relieved Mey |
Statistics
CIN |
CHC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 11 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 7 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 11 | Hits | 9 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 2 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 7 | Runs | 5 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 38 | At Bats | 36 |
| 4 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 15 | Runners Left On Base | 19 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 1 |
| 16 | Fly Balls | 18 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 143 | Pitches | 141 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 25 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 40 | Plate Appearances | 38 |
| 648.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 8.0 | Runs Created | 4.4 |
| .289 | Batting Average | .250 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .658 | Slugging Percentage | .444 |
| .421 | Secondary Average | .222 |
| .325 | On Base Percentage | .263 |
| .983 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .708 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 8.0 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.3 |
| 55.0 | Batter Rating | 35.0 |
| 9.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 18.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.58 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.71 |
| .368 | Isolated Power | .194 |
| 0.18 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.11 |
| .050 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .026 |
| .132 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.028 |
| 14.0 | Runs Produced | 9.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.8 |
| 0.7 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 100.0 | MLB Rating | 84.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 36,308 | Capacity:
2026 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee |
- | 58 | W3 | 0.6282051 | 98 |
Chicago |
11 | 69 | W2 | 0.5576923 | 87 |
Pittsburgh |
19 | 77 | W4 | 0.50641024 | 79 |
St. Louis |
22 | 80 | W1 | 0.4871795 | 76 |
Cincinnati |
26 | 84 | L2 | 0.46153846 | 72 |


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