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Christopher Morel homered and drove in three
runs, Ian Happ clubbed two late solo homers and Seiya Suzuki
also went deep for the Cubs, who overcame deficits of 3-0 and
5-2.
Chicago broke things open with five runs in the sixth and four
in the seventh to follow up Tuesday's 20-9 victory for their
12th win in their last 15 games -- and get within three games of
National League Central-leading Cincinnati.
In the sixth, Chicago's Yan Gomes extended his hitting streak to
10 games with a tiebreaking RBI double, Suzuki then drove in
Gomes with a single, and after an infield single by Candelario,
Mike Tauchman's doubled in Suzuki for an 8-5 lead. The Cubs
added two more in the inning on the first of three errors by
Cincinnati third baseman Nick Senzel.
Another Tauchman RBI double and three more Reds' errors
highlighted Chicago's four-run seventh.
The Cubs' 36 runs over the last two games are their most in a
two-game span since 1900.
All five runs allowed by Chicago's starter, left-hander Drew
Smyly, came via three homers. Smyly lasted 4 2/3 innings,
allowing six hits and no walks with seven strikeouts. However,
winning pitcher Michael Fulmer (2-5) and three more Cubs
relievers held Cincinnati to one run from there.
Joey Votto hit a two-run homer and a solo shot, his 20th
multi-homer game, for the Reds. Spencer Steer added a two-run
bomb and TJ Friedl added a solo homer to account for all of
Cincinnati's runs.
The Reds have lost two straight for the first time since ending
a six-game skid on July 19. Cincinnati rookie left-hander
Brandon Williamson allowed five runs, including two homers, and
struck out seven in 4 1/3 innings.
Steer's two-run, first-inning blast and Votto's solo drive in
the second gave Cincinnati a 3-0 lead. However, after a leadoff
double by Candelario in the third, Morel nearly hit the left
field video board with a two-out homer, his 17th of the season.
Votto again took Smyly deep, this time with a man on, in the
fourth. Then Swanson cut the Cubs' deficit to 5-3 via his 16th
homer in the bottom of the inning.
The Cubs tied it in the fifth on Morel's RBI double and Cody
Bellinger's RBI groundout against Cincinnati's Buck Farmer
(3-5).
--Field Level Media
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