Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

56-74, 25-39 Away

Final

75-53, 41-23 Home


CIN
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	6	12	2
0	3	0	2	1	1	3	0	-	10	12	0

J. Quintana11-9

5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 3 BB

L. Castillo7-11

3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

Reds Hitting

hitters
S. ScheblerRF
J. PerazaSS
S. Gennett2B
E. Suarez3B
P. ErvinCF
T. BarnhartC
C. Casali1B
D. HerreraLF
W. PeraltaP
aP. TuckerPH
D. HernandezP
L. CastilloP
A. GarrettP
S. RomanoP
B. DixonLF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.349	.465
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.291	.332	.405
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.311	.358	.491
5	2	2	0	0	0	0	.296	.376	.558
2	2	1	0	0	2	0	.295	.358	.462
3	0	1	0	0	1	2	.242	.326	.366
3	1	2	4	1	0	0	.333	.410	.552
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.173	.271	.365
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	1	1	1	1	0	0	.245	.307	.437
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.128	.163	.149
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.088
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.193	.220	.330
36	6	12	6	2	3	4

a-homered to right for W Peralta in the 8th

Batting
2BCasali (7, Quintana)
HRCasali (4, 8th inning off Kintzler 2 on, 1 Out); Tucker (6, 8th inning off Kintzler 0 on, 1 Out)
RBICasali 4 (15), Castillo (2), Tucker (27)
2Out RBICastillo
SFCasali
GIDPGennett
Team LOB7
Team RISP3-9 (Barnhart 1-2, Castillo 1-2, Schebler 0-1, Casali 1-1, Herrera 0-2, Suárez 0-1)

Fielding
ESchebler (5, fly ball); Peraza (17, ground ball)
PBBarnhart

Cubs Hitting

hitters
D. Murphy2B
D. Bote3B
J. BaezSS
A. Rizzo1B
B. ZobristRF
B. KintzlerP
J. De La RosaP
J. HeywardCF-RF
W. ContrerasC
K. SchwarberLF
J. QuintanaP
J. ChavezP
aT. La StellaPH
J. WilsonP
bA. AlmoraPH-CF
I. Happ3B-2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	1	3	1	0	1	.303	.341	.460
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.366	.486
4	1	2	3	1	1	1	.297	.329	.576
4	0	2	1	0	1	1	.269	.367	.460
5	0	3	0	0	0	0	.312	.393	.462
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.336	.394
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.267	.359	.418
4	3	1	2	1	1	1	.238	.354	.463
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.048	.048	.048
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.275	.348	.317
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.343	.411
4	2	1	1	0	0	1	.235	.354	.407
38	10	12	10	3	5	7

a-doubled to deep right for J Chavez in the 6th

b-walked for J Wilson in the 7th

Batting
2BContreras (22, Castillo); Rizzo (20, Garrett); La Stella (6, Romano)
HRMurphy (8, 2nd inning off Castillo 1 on, 2 Out); Schwarber (23, 4th inning off Castillo 1 on, 0 Out); Báez (28, 5th inning off Garrett 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIHapp (35), Murphy 3 (34), Schwarber 2 (52), Báez 3 (97), Rizzo (84)
2Out RBIHapp, Murphy 2, Rizzo
Team LOB10
Team RISP6-17 (Schwarber 1-2, Báez 1-1, Zobrist 2-3, Contreras 0-1, Rizzo 1-2, Happ 1-3, Murphy 0-2, Heyward 0-3)

Fielding
DP1 (Rizzo-Báez-Quintana)

Reds Pitching

pitchers
L. Castillo(L, 7-11)
A. Garrett
S. Romano
W. Peralta
D. Hernandez
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.1	5	5	5	1	2	2	64-39	5.07
1.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	25-12	4.21
1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	28-16	5.47
1.1	4	3	0	2	2	0	50-28	4.99
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-8	2.16
8.0	12	10	7	5	7	3	180-103

Pitching
HBPContreras (By Castillo)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedCastillo 8/17; Garrett 2/6; Romano 3/6; Peralta 7/12; Hernandez 1/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesCastillo 8-8-10-13; Garrett 2-2-4-4; Romano 4-2-6-4; Peralta 9-3-8-8; Hernandez 2-1-3-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsCastillo 5-3; Garrett 1-1; Romano 3-0; Peralta 2-0; Hernandez 1-1
Game ScoresL Castillo 31

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Quintana(W, 11-9)
J. Chavez
J. Wilson
B. Kintzler
J. De La Rosa
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	89-49	4.33
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	1.33
1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	3.06
0.1	4	4	4	0	1	2	15-10	4.32
1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	4.10
9.0	12	6	6	3	4	2	141-87

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedQuintana 14/23; Chavez 3/3; Wilson 3/4; Kintzler 4/5; De La Rosa 4/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesQuintana 12-5-15-17; Chavez 2-1-5-2; Wilson 0-1-3-4; Kintzler 2-1-3-4; De La Rosa 3-1-2-4
Ground Balls-Fly BallsQuintana 7-6; Chavez 0-2; Wilson 0-2; Kintzler 0-0; De La Rosa 0-5
Game ScoresJ Quintana 46

Scoring Summary

		CIN	CHC
2nd	Happ singled to right center, Schwarber scored.	0	1
2nd	Murphy homered to right center (405 feet), Happ scored.	0	3
4th	Casali hit sacrifice fly to right, Suárez scored, Ervin to third.	1	3
4th	Castillo singled to shallow center, Ervin scored, Barnhart to second.	2	3
4th	Schwarber homered to right (394 feet), Contreras scored.	2	5
5th	Báez homered to right (396 feet).	2	6
6th	Rizzo singled to left, La Stella scored, Báez to second.	2	7
7th	Murphy grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Schwarber scored, Almora Jr. to third, Happ safe at second on error by shortstop Peraza.	2	8
7th	Báez singled to shallow center, Almora Jr. and Happ scored, Murphy to second.	2	10
8th	Casali homered to center (387 feet), Suárez and Ervin scored.	5	10
8th	Tucker homered to right (442 feet).	6	10

Reds
1
Cubs
7

Game 1

24/8

Reds
2
Cubs
3

Game 2

24/8

Reds
6
Cubs
10

Game 3

25/8

Reds
0
Cubs
9

Game 4

26/8

Wrigley Field

7:20 PM, 25 August 2018

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 41,205

Game Time:3:26

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ben May
First Base Umpire - David Rackley
Second Base Umpire - Chris Guccione
Third Base Umpire - Larry Vanover

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

J. Quintana11-9

L. Castillo7-11

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