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Jesse Winker and Freddy Galvis joined Suarez
with homers, and had two hits apiece for the Reds, who overcame
an early 2-0 hole to take the opener of this four-game set.
Suarez, who has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, was a
triple shy of the cycle.
Mahle (1-1), making a spot start, allowed first-inning solo
homers to Anthony Rizzo and Ohio-native Kyle Schwarber, but that
was it. However, the Chicago bats woke up in the ninth off
Robert Stephenson. Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer and
Jason Heyward followed with a solo shot to make it a one-run
game.
Closer Raisel Iglesias, though, came on to get the final two
outs for his fourth save and send the Cubs to a third straight
defeat.
Cincinnati cut Chicago's edge in half when Suarez homered off
Kyle Hendricks (3-4) in the second. It was Suarez's fourth home
run in his last six contests.
Winker tied it at 2-2 in the fourth with a mammoth shot to right
field for his third homer in three games. Suarez then doubled
and scored on Matt Davidson's RBI single to put Cincinnati up
3-2.
Suarez again came through in the fifth inning. This time with a
two-out bloop single that scored Nick Castellanos and Winker to
give the Reds a 5-2 lead. Galvis' sixth home run of the season
came in the eighth.
In dropping his third straight decision, Hendricks' five runs
allowed were all earned, to go with 10 hits given up. Teammate
Javier Baez struck out four times.
Both teams honored Jackie Robinson Day by sporting the No. 42 on
each player's jersey.
--Field Level Media
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