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Greene (1-4) was stellar in his 11th start,
allowing two walks and dominating Chicago hitters. However, the
right-hander was pulled after throwing his second-most pitches
of 2023. Eduardo Salazar, in his second major league appearance,
pitched a perfect seventh before yielding singles to Christopher
Morel and Miles Mastrobuoni in the eighth.
Matt McLain, Spencer Steer, Tyler Stephenson and Stuart
Fairchild each had three hits en route to Cincinnati's fourth
win in 12 games.
Fairchild and Kevin Newman each had two of the Reds' season-high
seven doubles, and Jose Barrero also had two hits as the Reds
roughed up Chicago starter Justin Steele (6-2).
Among the major league leaders entering Friday with an overall
2.20 ERA, Steele endured his worst outing of 2023. Lasting a
season-low 3 2/3 innings, Steele allowed season highs in runs
(six) -- five earned -- and hits (10) for Chicago.
The Cubs were blanked for the first time this season and have
been outscored 19-1 in losing two straight. They fell to 11-22
since opening the season 11-6.
Cincinnati tagged Steele for two runs in the first. Promising
rookie McLain reached on an infield hit and scored courtesy of a
triple by Steer, who extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Steer came home via a single from Stephenson.
The Reds added another in the third, when Stephenson doubled on
a ball right fielder Morel lost in the sun and couldn't track.
Cincinnati made it 6-0 in the fourth on Barrero's RBI single,
Jonathan India's sacrifice fly and a single from Stephenson that
scored Curt Casali, who had reached on a fielder's choice error
by Steele.
That ended a miserable afternoon for Steele, who pitched into
the sixth in each of his first 10 starts in 2023.
Cincinnati scored again in the fifth via back-to-back doubles by
Fairchild and Newman. Casali drove in two runs on a single in
the ninth.
--Field Level Media
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