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Castillo (3-4) yielded five hits and three walks while throwing
a career-high 123 pitches. The right-hander pitched out of
trouble in the first and third innings, and on his final pitch
of the night, he got Yan Gomes to fly out and strand the bases
loaded in the sixth.
India's second homer of the season, off Chicago reliever Rowan
Wick, extended Cincinnati's lead to 5-0. Brandon Drury and
Donovan Solano each had two hits and an RBI for the Reds, who
have won three of four following a seven-game slide.
Nico Hoerner had three hits and Willson Contreras recorded two
hits and an RBI for the Cubs, who stranded 10 baserunners and
could not build on taking two of three games at St. Louis over
the weekend.
Chicago's Keegan Thompson (7-3) cruised through five innings
until Drury doubled into the right-center-field gap to score
India for a 1-0 Cincinnati lead in the sixth. After moving to
third on a wild pitch, Drury scored on Solano's double.
Thompson completed 6 1/3 innings and yielded eight hits while
being charged with four runs and striking out eight without a
walk.
Down 5-0, Chicago made things interesting against Cincinnati's
Joel Kuhnel during its half of the seventh through an RBI double
from Christopher Morel, a run-scoring groundout from Rafael
Ortega and Contreras' infield single that also plated a run.
Reds catcher Aramis Garcia added a season-high three hits.
Hunter Strickland pitched around a double by Ortega in the ninth
to record his fourth save of the season.
Cincinnati outfielder Tommy Pham was a late scratch from the
lineup due to back stiffness.
The teams struck out a combined 27 times, with Cubs leadoff
hitter Morel fanning four times.
--Field Level Media
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