Chicago Cubs

2ndin NL Central · 85-69

Ugh, no.

Chicago Cubs lost to the Cincinnati Reds

85-69 4 – 6

72-82

Final · Fri, Sep 18

Game Details

Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati) · 31,678 fans · Marquee Sports Net, MLB.TV, Reds.TV

Recap

Jose Trevino's 2-run single in 6th inning propels Reds to 6-4 win over Cubs

Jose Trevino lined a two-run single to right field with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

Recap via ESPN

Great American Ball Park · Cincinnati

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
CIN	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		6	8	0

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Chicago Cubs

Ian Happ · 1-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Clay Holmes · 5.1 IP, 6 ER, 4 K (L, 6-8)Pitching

Cincinnati Reds

Elly De La Cruz · 2-2, 2 RBatting
Julian Aguiar · 3.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Scoring

Bot 6th

1B Trevino singled to right, Bleday scored and Suárez scored, Rodríguez to third.4–6

Bot 6th

1B Suárez singled to left, De La Cruz scored, Bleday to second, Stephenson to third.4–4

Top 4th

1B Suzuki singled to right, Kelly scored and Swanson scored.4–3

Bot 3rd

GRO Stewart grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Jorge scored, De La Cruz out at second.2–3

Top 3rd

HR Happ homered to right center (366 feet).2–2

Top 2nd

1B Kelly singled to right, Hoerner scored, Conforto to second.1–2

Bot 1st

1B Stephenson reached on infield single to second, De La Cruz scored.0–2

Bot 1st

SF Stewart hit sacrifice fly to right, Jorge scored, De La Cruz to third.0–1

Team Stats

Chicago CubsCincinnati Reds

Batting

9 Hits 8

1 Home Runs 0

4 Walks 5

9 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 1

21 Left on Base 12

Pitching & Fielding

143 Pitches Thrown 166

1 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.280	23	.372	.576
S. SuzukiRF	5	0	1	2	0	0	3	.265	24	.364	.466
M. Busch1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.236	22	.348	.391
A. Bregman3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	21	.351	.454
I. HappLF	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.220	17	.329	.416
N. Hoerner2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.263	8	.315	.353
M. ConfortoDH	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	.246	16	.341	.476
C. KellyC	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	.266	14	.347	.390
D. SwansonSS	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.217	21	.302	.404
Team	35	4	9	4	1	4	9		166

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Holmes(L, 6-8)	5.1	3	6	6	5	4	97-57	3.25
J. Assad(B, 1)	1.2	4	0	0	0	1	34-23	3.63
J. Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	12-9	3.48
Team	8.0	8	6	6	5	7	143-89

Cincinnati Reds ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. JorgeCF	3	2	1	0	1	0	.130	18	.200	.217
E. De La CruzSS	2	2	2	0	2	0	.287	24	.366	.519
S. Stewart1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	.271	10	.338	.476
T. StephensonDH	3	0	1	1	1	2	.248	20	.331	.417
J. BledayRF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.214	18	.324	.410
E. Suarez3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.211	13	.306	.426
K. Hayes3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.144	0	.200	.233
H. RodriguezRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.220	19	.267	.382
T. FriedlLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	0	.255	.255
J. TrevinoC	4	0	1	2	0	1	.216	13	.220	.338
M. McLain2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.184	8	.275	.336
Team	29	6	8	5	5	7		143

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C. Burns	3.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	67-40	2.86
J. Aguiar(W, 1-0)	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	54-32	6.00
B. Burke(H, 21)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	2.36
T. Antone(H, 10)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	3.29
E. Pagan(S, 24)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-9	3.54
Team	9.0	9	4	4	4	9	1	166-97