Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister

Lance McAlister covers everything in Cincinnati sports! Host of sports talk on Cincinnati News Radio 700WLW and ESPN 1530!Full Bio

 

Cubs blitz Lodolo and Reds

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Cubs 13 Reds 4 

Well, so much for that sweep. 
The Reds looked like a team clearly inspired by the trade deadline help yesterday and front office promotions announced today.

The Cubs blitzed Nick Lodolo for a career high tying 8 runs, including 6 in the first three innings. It was 6-0 before the Reds had a hit. 

The Cubs had 17 hits, including eight doubles. The Reds had six hits. The 13 runs is a season high allowed. That +44 run differential certainly took a hit.

Cubs SP Kyle Hendricks (5 IN, 3 R) entered with a 6.95 ERA, and a fastball averaging 87.9 mph. The Reds didn’t record a hit until one out in the 4th. 

Lodolo: 5.2 IN, 11 H, 8 R, 0 BB, 6 K. Career high tying runs. Struggled to land breaking pitches. 11 pitch 1st. 2 run 2nd. 4 run 3rd. 15th HBP. With a bullpen game Tuesday, he was going to be out there for a while. After the Reds cut it to 6-3 in the 5th, he allowed a 2-run HR to Ian Happ to end his night. 

Down 6-0, Elly doubled, but was thrown out stealing 3rd on a walk by Friedl to end the 4th inning. Somewhere, Tom Emanski had to weep. 

Jake Fraley: 3-R HR. 2 of his 3 HR over the last week.  

Santiago Espinal: 2 H, 2B, 11 game hit streak 

Jeimer Candelario: 1 for 4, 3 K. Now 5 for last 47 and 17 for 106.

Jakob Junis: 1.1, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 2 K. Yozver Zulueta: 2.0, 2 R.

After Lodolo labored through a four run 3rd, Fraley led off the inning by swinging/grounding out on the first pitch. That’s a lack of awareness.  

Happ: 31 career HR in 112 games vs Reds, 18 HR in 56 games at GABP.

Hunter Greene (16), Lodolo (15) are No. 1-2 in MLB in HBP. Reds are No. 4 at 63.

The start of the game was delayed 12 minutes by rain. 

1B Ty France entered in the 8th inning. Popped up.

C Eric Yang made his MLB debut, K as pinch hitting in the 9th.

How they scored:
5th Fraley 3-R HR, 6-3 Cubs
8th Benson RBI 2B, 13-4 Cubs


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