Michael Busch singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after tying the game with a solo homer in the eighth, and the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Tuesday for their seventh straight victory.
Busch drove in automatic runner Dansby Swanson from second base with a single to center field against Sam Moll (1-2) to give the Cubs their second straight walk-off victory.
Ryan Rolison (3-0) pitched a scoreless 10th inning for Chicago, which has won 13 straight games at Wrigley Field, the team’s longest home winning streak since it won 14 in a row in 2008.
JJ Bleday and Nathaniel Lowe each hit solo homers for Cincinnati, which lost its fifth straight game. The Reds lost the opener of the four-game series 5-4 on Michael Conforto’s solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday.
Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead with one out in the first inning on Bleday’s fourth homer of the season. The 384-foot shot against Jameson Taillon was Bleday’s second in as many nights and third in his last four games.
Chicago put runners on the corners with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, but Reds starter Andrew Abbott escaped unscathed when Swanson grounded into a forceout.
Abbott allowed four hits with four walks and four strikeouts over 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Reds added to their lead with two outs in the sixth on Lowe’s solo homer to right field. Lowe’s 404-foot blast was his sixth homer of the season.
Taillon gave up two runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Chicago pushed a run across with one out in the seventh against Connor Phillips when Pete Crow-Armstrong scored from second on Alex Bregman’s single.
The Cubs pulled even with one out in the eighth when Busch deposited Tony Santillan’s first offering into the right-center field seats for his third homer of the season.
Reds reliever Emilio Pagan exited after throwing one pitch in the ninth inning with an apparent left hamstring injury.
–Field Level Media
