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Tucker Barnhart and Joey Votto also homered in
the third, and Nick Castellanos delivered a solo shot in the
first for Cincinnati (26-26). Sitting .500 for the first time
since Aug. 3, the Reds have worked themselves into postseason
position.
Cincinnati's Tyler Mahle (2-2) allowed a run, four hits, struck
out eight and walked one over 5 2/3 innings. The American League
Central-leading White Sox (33-18), who clinched their first
postseason berth since 2008 with Thursday's win over Minnesota,
loaded the bases against Mahle with nobody out in the sixth, but
managed only a run on Eloy Jimenez's RBI groundout.
The Reds did all their meaningful damage against Chicago rookie
Jonathan Stiever (0-1), who yielded six runs and five hits in
just 2 2/3 innings of his second career start.
Cincinnati started early as Castellanos cracked a shot into the
left field seats for his 13th homer of the season. Barnhart made
it 2-0 in the third when he sent one out to right field for his
fifth of 2020, and Votto put the Reds up 3-0 with his solo homer
to center field three batters later. It was Votto's 10th.
Following back-to-back walks to Eugenio Suarez and Mike
Moustakas, Winker launched one well into the empty left-center
field seats to put the game out of reach. He was on an 0-for-21
in his previous eight games.
With their four home runs on Friday, the Reds increased their
season total to 79, putting them in the top five in the National
League.
Votto had three hits, including an RBI double in the seventh.
Nick Madrigal had half of Chicago's four hits.
--Field Level Media
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