Surging Reds blank Cubs, move into tie for NL wild card spot
[September 22, 2025]
By JEFF WALLNER
CINCINNATI (AP) — The surging Cincinnati Reds beat the
Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Sunday and moved into a tie with the New York Mets
for the final wild card spot in the National League.
The Reds have won a season-high five straight games and six of seven.
The Mets lost to the Nationals earlier in the day. |
Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki (27) makes contact with a pitch in the first
inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, Sept. 21,
2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen) |
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Sunday's game was delayed one hour and 11 minutes by rain.
Matt McLain doubled and scored on Gavin Lux's two-out double to
right, putting the Reds ahead 1-0 in the third.
Lux collected two of the Reds' five hits against Jameson Taillon
(10-7) who pitched seven innings with no walks and four
strikeouts.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott allowed five hits in 4 2/3 innings
before the Reds turned to the bullpen. Nick Martinez (11-13)
pitched 2 1/3 shutout innings. Graham Ashcraft allowed one hit
in the eighth.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the
ninth against Tony Santillan who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong
for his 7th save of the season.
It's the second time in the four-game series that the Reds won
by a 1-0 score. Hunter Greene pitched a complete-game shutout in
Thursday's series opener.
Key moment
The Cubs had runners on first and second with nobody out in the
third, and first and third with one out in the fourth, but
didn’t score against Abbott.
Key stat
Since losing to the Mets on Sept. 5 to fall six games back in
the wild card race, the Reds have gone 10-5 while the Mets have
lost 11 of 15.
Up next
Cubs RHP Cade Horton (11-4, 2.66 ERA) will start Tuesday's
series opener against the Mets.
Reds RHP Brady Singer (14-10, 3.86) will start Tuesday's series
opener against the Pirates.
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