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Cubs

Akiyama grounded out, first baseman Rizzo unassisted.

Galvis homered to right on the first pitch.

J.Garcia grounded out, shortstop Báez to first baseman Rizzo.

Barnhart popped out to right fielder Heyward.

Grounded out, first baseman Rizzo unassisted.

Reds

Rizzo homered to right on the first pitch.

Schwarber homered to left on a 2-2 count.

Davidson singled to right, Suárez scored.

Suárez singled to center, Castellanos scored, Winker scored.

Singled to center, Castellanos scored, Winker scored.

Contreras homered to center on a 0-2 count, Schwarber scored.

Homered to center on a 0-2 count, Schwarber scored.

Cubs first.  Happ flied out to left fielder Winker.  Rizzo homered to right on the first pitch.  Báez struck out.  Schwarber homered to left on a 2-2 count.  Contreras struck out.

Reds second.  Suárez homered to left on a 0-1 count.  Moustakas struck out.  Davidson lined out to first baseman Rizzo.  Galvis popped out to first baseman Rizzo.

Reds fourth.  Winker homered to right on a 0-1 count.  Suárez doubled to left.  Moustakas lined out to center fielder Happ.  Davidson singled to right, Suárez scored.  Galvis grounded out, third baseman Bote to first baseman Rizzo, Davidson to second.  J.Garcia struck out.

Reds fifth.  Barnhart popped out to third baseman Bote.  Akiyama lined out to center fielder Happ.  Castellanos singled to center.  Winker doubled to right, Castellanos to third.  Suárez singled to center, Castellanos scored, Winker scored.  Moustakas grounded out, shortstop Báez to first baseman Rizzo.

Reds eighth.  Hoerner in as second baseman.  Ryan pitching.  Galvis homered to right on the first pitch.  J.Garcia grounded out, shortstop Báez to first baseman Rizzo.  Barnhart popped out to right fielder Heyward.  Akiyama grounded out, first baseman Rizzo unassisted.

Cubs ninth.  Stephenson pitching.  Báez struck out.  Schwarber singled to center.  Contreras homered to center on a 0-2 count, Schwarber scored.  Heyward homered to right on a 2-1 count.  Iglesias pitching.  Bote flied out to left fielder Winker.  Caratini grounded out, second baseman Galvis to first baseman Moustakas.

 The Cubs lost two of their three games against the Tigers in their most recent series and are 5-9 dating back to August 14. Still, they have a 3.0-game lead in the NL Central and have been in first place an MLB-best 34 days.

 Cincinnati won two in a row after dropping four straight, scoring 12 runs in the two wins and six runs in the four losses. The Reds have a 1.25 ERA in their 13 wins this season but a 5.79 ERA in their 17 losses, the third-largest difference (4.54) in MLB.

 The Cubs took two of three games against the Reds at Great American Ball Park from July 27-29, scoring at least seven runs in all three games. The Cubs have not scored at least seven runs in four straight games against the Reds since August 2017.

 In six starts this season, Yu Darvish has compiled a 1.70 ERA, striking out 44 while walking just six (7.3 K/BB ratio). He is the first Cub with a sub-2.00 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 7.0 or higher in his first six starts of the season since Dennis Eckersley in 1985 (1.98 ERA, 12.0 K/BB).

 Jesse Winker is 5-for-7 with two home runs in his last two games. His 1.130 OPS is the highest by a Red in his first 30 games of the season since David Ross, the Cubs' current manager, in 2006 (1.217).

 Both teams have not had much production out of the leadoff spot -- Chicago's leadoff hitters are batting .202 this season, fourth worst in MLB, while Cincinnati's leadoff men are hitting .167, worst in baseball.

HP - Bellino, 1B - Little, 2B - Lentz, 3B - Hernandez

While racial and social injustice issues are on their collective mind, and the rest of baseball, the Chicago Cubs look to halt a current rough stretch.
The visiting Cubs try to avoid a third straight defeat when they visit the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Cubs try to get back on track against Reds

CINCINNATI (AP)  Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker homered, helping Tyler Mahle and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Friday night.
Suarez went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs, taking another step forward after slumping for much of the season. Winker had two hits and scored twice.

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CHC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
CIN	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	X

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds on August 28, 2020

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