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 Simon (12-3) struck out eight while limiting the Cubs to one run
and four hits, recording his eighth straight quality start and
doubling his career high for victories in a season. Billy Hamilton,
Jay Bruce and Ramon Santiago also drove in runs for the Reds, who
have won five straight.
Anthony Rizzo homered among two hits for the Cubs, who have lost six
straight following a four-game winning streak. Dallas Beeler (0-2)
lasted five innings and gave up four runs on six hits and four walks
in his second major-league start.
Santiago put the Reds on the board with an RBI double in the second,
but Rizzo answered with a solo blast in the third to tie it.
Cincinnati broke it open in the fifth, as Hamilton tripled in a run
and scored on Phillips' RBI single before Bruce's run-scoring single
made it 4-1.
Simon retired 13 straight hitters following Rizzo's homer before
issuing a walk to Welington Castillo to end his evening.
Cincinnati's bullpen put together 2 1/3 scoreless innings — running
its total to 11 1/3 over the past two days — with Aroldis Chapman
striking out the side in order in the ninth for his 19th save.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Cubs manager Rick Renteria was ejected in the fifth
inning after arguing a non-reviewable fair/foul call with third-base
umpire Andy Fletcher. It's the fifth ejection of the season for
Renteria. … Hamilton left the game with a tight left hamstring,
while Phillips left with sprained left thumb; X-rays were negative
on Phillips. … Rizzo is the first Cubs player with 20 homers before
the All-Star break since Derrek Lee in 2005 and the first
left-handed Chicago hitter to reach the mark before the break since
Rick Monday in 1973.
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