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Cubs starter Ben Brown (1-2) pitched five
innings, allowing five runs on six hits and fanning six.
The Reds jumped out to a big lead in the second inning for the
second straight game. Fraley led off with a double, Tyler
Stephenson singled to center, and Jacob Hurtubise was hit by a
pitch to load the bases. Jonathan India drove in Fraley with a
sacrifice fly to put Cincinnati ahead 1-0.
After Will Benson struck out swinging, TJ Friedl cleared the
bases with a three-run shot to right-center field, pushing it to
4-0.
The Reds connected again in the third. Jeimer Candelario singled
and advanced to third on Spencer Steer's base hit that followed.
Candelario, who went 2-for-4, then scored on Fraley's sacrifice
fly to right field to make it 5-0.
Brown entered the game allowing only two hits combined across
his previous three appearances (two starts).
After briefly threatening in the third with a single and a walk,
the Cubs got on the board in the fifth. Nico Hoerner hit a
one-out single to left field and went to third on Seiya Suzuki's
ground-ball single to right. Cody Bellinger then stepped up and
connected on a fastball for a single to center field, scoring
Hoerner to cut the deficit to 5-1.
Bellinger went 3-for-4.
In the sixth, Patrick Wisdom and Ian Happ hit back-to-back
singles to open the inning. Wisdom made it to third on a
fielder's choice and scored to narrow it to 5-2 on another
force-out.
Cincinnati shortstop Elly De La Cruz was 0-for-5 on the day,
striking out four times. He finished the series 0-for-14 with
nine strikeouts.
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