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On the mound, Buck Farmer (3-4), Fernando Cruz,
Alex Young, Lucas Sims, Ian Gibaut and Alexis Diaz (32nd save)
allowed only Christopher Morel's RBI double in the eighth and
struck out eight as Cincinnati won its fourth straight at
Chicago in 2023.
The Reds' bullpen stepped up after standout rookie Andrew Abbott
allowed four runs, five hits and three walks over a season-low 3
1/3 innings. The left-hander, who struck out five, entered with
a 1.90 ERA through 10 major league starts.
Yan Gomes had three hits with an RBI and Dansby Swanson clubbed
his 13th homer for the Cubs, who have lost two straight after
winning eight in a row. Marcus Stroman (10-8) allowed six runs,
six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in three innings. He
fanned two. The All-Star right-hander has yielded 30 earned
runs, 42 hits and 16 walks over 30 innings during his last seven
starts.
Stroman retired the first five batters he faced then allowed
back-to-back singles to Votto and Encarnacion-Strand in the
second. Benson followed with an RBI double, and Maile's two-base
hit plated two for a 3-0 Cincinnati lead.
Swanson snapped Abbott's 17-inning scoreless streak with a
second-inning drive into the left-center-field bleachers.
In the third, Cincinnati's TJ Friedl walked and eventually
scored on a single from Jake Fraley, who then stole second, and
after Spencer Steer's walk, came home on Votto's hit. Steer
scored via Encarnacion-Strand's fielder's choice.
Chicago, though, got to Abbott for three runs in its half of the
third. Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ delivered consecutive sacrifice
flies to make it 6-3. Gomes' RBI single got the Cubs within two.
The Cubs' Javier Assad, Daniel Palencia and Mark Leiter Jr. held
Cincinnati to two hits and fanned eight over six scoreless
innings to keep Chicago close.
--Field Level Media
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