Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

2ndin NL Central · 86-69
YES!
Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs86-69 5 – 2 Cincinnati Reds72-83
Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati) · 37,031 fans · Marquee Sports Net, MLB.TV, Reds.TV
Great American Ball Park
Great American Ball Park · Cincinnati

Line Score

123456789RHE
CHC 010011011 5 81
CIN 000020000 2 40

Win Probability · Chicago Cubs

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds

2026 National League Central Standings
TeamWLPCTGBStrk
Milwaukee 10359.636-W5
Chicago 8973.54914W1
Pittsburgh 8280.50621W1
St. Louis 7785.47526L4
Cincinnati 7587.46328L1

Scoring

Top 9th HR Swanson homered to left center (382 feet).5–2
Top 8th 1B Hoerner singled to center, Happ scored, Hoerner to second.4–2
Top 6th HR Busch homered to right center (417 feet).3–2
Bot 5th 1B Hayes singled to center, Bleday scored.2–2
Bot 5th 1B Bleday singled to right, Suárez scored on throwing error by shortstop Swanson, Bleday to second.2–1
Top 5th 1B Suzuki singled to left, Swanson scored.2–0
Top 2nd SF Shaw hit sacrifice fly to center, Hoerner scored.1–0

Team Stats

Chicago CubsCincinnati Reds
Batting
8 Hits 4
2 Home Runs 0
3 Walks 3
4 Strikeouts 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
13 Left on Base 10
Pitching & Fielding
135 Pitches Thrown 132
1 Errors 0
0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

Chicago Cubs ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
P. Crow-ArmstrongCF5000001.27722.369.571
A. Bregman3B4000011.26019.350.451
S. SuzukiDH3021011.26717.366.467
T. TaylorLF3000000.2748.322.500
I. HappLF0100010.2207.330.416
N. Hoerner2B4121000.26510.316.356
M. Busch1B3121101.2399.350.397
C. KellyC4000000.26415.344.386
M. ShawRF3001000.24111.330.424
D. SwansonSS4221100.22014.303.412
Team33585234132
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
M. Boyd(W, 9-5)5.022124071-464.06
D. Palencia(H, 2)2.000003020-153.95
A. Civale(H, 1)0.210010015-94.21
R. Zeferjahn(H, 14)1.010002024-173.97
R. Rolison(S, 3)0.10000005-22.97
Team9.0421390135-89
Cincinnati Reds ▾
Batting
PlayerABRHRBIHRBBKAVG#POBPSLG
D. MyersCF4010001.26214.350.376
E. De La CruzSS2000021.28618.367.517
S. Stewart1B4000002.26916.336.473
T. StephensonC4010000.24818.330.415
E. SuarezDH3100011.20917.305.423
J. Brito2B4000001.24218.293.374
J. BledayLF4110001.21413.324.409
M. McLain2B2000002.1837.274.334
C. JorgeRF1000000.1254.192.208
K. Hayes3B3011000.14710.202.234
Team31241039135
Pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERA
N. Lodolo(L, 3-6)7.063321190-625.04
P. Johnson1.011112025-164.82
Z. McCambley1.011101117-134.66
Team9.0855342132-91

Injury Report

Cincinnati Reds
  • Spencer Steer 1B60-Day-IL
  • Dane Myers CFOut
  • Tony Santillan RP15-Day-IL
  • Chase Burns SP15-Day-IL
  • Julian Garcia RP15-Day-IL
Chicago Cubs
  • Justin Steele SP60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton RP60-Day-IL
  • Hunter Harvey RP60-Day-IL
  • Tyler Austin 1B60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller RP60-Day-IL

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds

  1. #17 Dane MyersCF
  2. #44 Elly De La CruzSS
  3. #27 Sal Stewart1B
  4. #37 Tyler StephensonC
  5. #28 Eugenio SuarezDH
  6. #46 Juan Brito2B
  7. #22 JJ BledayLF
  8. #9 Matt McLain2B
  9. #3 Ke'Bryan Hayes3B
Substitutes

Chicago Cubs

  1. #4 Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF
  2. #3 Alex Bregman3B
  3. #27 Seiya SuzukiDH
  4. #55 Tyrone TaylorLF
  5. #2 Nico Hoerner2B
  6. #29 Michael Busch1B
  7. #15 Carson KellyC
  8. #6 Matt ShawRF
  9. #7 Dansby SwansonSS
Substitutes

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