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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

2026-08-30 · Night game · Wrigley Field · Att: 36308 · 77°F, Drizzle · Wind 6 mph, Out To CF · 2:51

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago Cubs 7–5. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (37) on a fly ball to right center field. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 4th — Héctor Rodríguez homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Eugenio Suárez scores. Matt McLain scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Héctor Rodríguez homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Eugenio Suárez scores. Matt McLain scores — worth 32% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	7	11	2
CHN	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	9

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dane Myers CF	5	1	1	1	0	2
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	1	2	0	0	2
Ivan Johnson 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sal Stewart 1B	5	1	2	1	0	1
Tyler Stephenson C	5	1	2	2	0	0
Eugenio Suarez DH	3	1	1	0	1	0
JJ Bleday RF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Matt McLain SS	4	1	1	0	0	2
TJ Friedl LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Héctor Rodríguez RF	4	1	1	3	0	2
Edwin Arroyo 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	5	2	2	2	0	1
Seiya Suzuki RF	5	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Busch 1B	4	0	0	0	0	4
Alex Bregman 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ian Happ LF	3	2	2	0	1	0
Nico Hoerner SS	3	0	2	1	0	1
Pedro Ramírez 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Conforto DH	2	0	1	1	0	0
Tyrone Taylor DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Shaw PH	1	0	0	0	0	0