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Edwin Encarnacion, Brandon Phillips, Adam Dunn and Joey Votto also homered with the wind blowing out at 12 mph on a muggy day at Wrigley Field. The Reds tied their season high for homers
-- they also had seven against the Cubs at Great American Ball Park on May 7.
Backup catcher Ross had one homer all season before hitting solo shots in the fifth off Jon Lieber and seventh off newly acquired Chad Gaudin.
Griffey hit a three-run drive off reliever Michael Wuertz as Cincinnati scored four times in the fourth to take an 8-3 lead. He also had a run-scoring double and finished with four RBIs.
Griffey's 12th homer of the season got him within four of tying Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list with 609.
The Reds chased Ted Lilly (9-6) after 2 2-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. The left-hander gave up six hits and four runs.
Mike Fontenot homered for Chicago, which dropped to 35-11 at home. All-Star outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who fouled a ball off his leg in the eighth, was replaced in the field in the ninth.
Chicago cut it to 8-5 on Fontenot's two-run drive in the fourth but Ross went deep in the fifth and Dunn's long drive to right in the sixth cleared the stadium and landed on the other side of Sheffield Ave.
Derrek Lee had an RBI double in the first and Ryan Theriot delivered a two-out, two-run single in the second to help the Cubs build a 3-1 lead.
Notes: Cincinnati finished with 18 hits. ... RHP Rich Harden, acquired by the Cubs on Tuesday from Oakland, threw a light bullpen session on Thursday. Harden could be on a pitch limit of about 100 when he makes his Cubs' debut on Saturday against the Giants. ... Reds manager Dusty Baker said the team likely will recall RHP Homer Bailey from Triple-A Louisville to start on Sunday in place of Aaron Harang, who was scheduled for an MRI on Thursday on a sore right forearm. ... INF Jolbert Cabrera (dislocated left index finger), currently on a minor league rehab assignment, is expected to return to the Reds shortly after the All-Star break. ... In the bottom of the second, Lilly's line drive foul ball struck a youngster sitting in the seats about 20 rows behind the Cubs' dugout on the third base side. The youngster was carried out of the stands. A first aid employee said the youngster was taken to the hospital and appeared to be OK.
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