Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs

Aug 28, 2026

2:20 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Cincinnati Reds

Chicago Cubs

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	10	13	0
Chicago Cubs	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	8	13	2

Hits CIN 13 · CHC 13

Errors CIN 0 · CHC 2

Away Batting

Cincinnati Reds

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFDane Myers	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	.254
SSElly De La Cruz	5	1	3	2	0	1	1	.268
1BSal Stewart HR	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	.263
DHTyler Stephenson HR	5	1	2	3	0	2	2	.248
3BEugenio Suárez	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.205
RFJJ Bleday	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	.219
2BMatt McLain	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.191
CJose Trevino HR	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	.237
RFHéctor Rodríguez	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	.245
LFTJ Friedl HR	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.161
Totals	41	10	13	10	4	10	19	—

Away Pitching

Cincinnati Reds

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Rhett Lowder (W, 6-8)	5.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	96-60	5.14
Luis Mey	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	29-18	3.68
Brock Burke	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-3	2.67
Tejay Antone	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	13-7	3.92
Sam Moll (H, 7)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18-11	4.64
Emilio Pagán (S, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	3.90
Totals	9.0	13	8	8	2	7	2	—	—

Home Batting

Chicago Cubs

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFPete Crow-Armstrong	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	.277
RFSeiya Suzuki 2B	5	2	3	2	0	1	1	.274
1BMichael Busch HR	4	1	1	2	1	0	2	.244
3BAlex Bregman 2B	5	0	1	1	0	1	3	.252
LFIan Happ	5	1	1	0	0	3	1	.219
SSNico Hoerner	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.261
2BPedro Ramírez HR	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	.285
DHMichael Conforto	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.229
DHMatt Shaw 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.252
CCarson Kelly	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	.257
Totals	40	8	13	8	2	7	15	—

Home Pitching

Chicago Cubs

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
David Peterson	5.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	88-54	5.11
Trent Thornton (L, 5-5)(BS, 2)	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	2	29-19	3.32
Aaron Civale	2.1	2	2	0	0	2	0	47-33	4.55
Daniel Palencia	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	15-10	4.19
Totals	9.0	13	10	8	4	10	4	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
B1	0–1	Alex Bregman doubles (25) on a line drive to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Seiya Suzuki scores.
B3	0–3	Michael Busch homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Seiya Suzuki scores.
T4	1–3	Héctor Rodríguez singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. JJ Bleday scores.
T5	2–3	Sal Stewart homers (29) on a fly ball to center field.
T6	3–3	Jose Trevino homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.
T6	4–3	Sal Stewart singles on a ground ball to shortstop Nico Hoerner. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Elly De La Cruz to 3rd.
T6	7–3	Tyler Stephenson homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Elly De La Cruz scores. Sal Stewart scores.
T7	9–3	Elly De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Matt McLain scores. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Dane Myers to 2nd.
B7	9–4	Seiya Suzuki singles on a ground ball to shortstop Elly De La Cruz. Carson Kelly scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd.
B8	9–7	Pedro Ramírez homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Ian Happ scores. Nico Hoerner scores.
B8	9–8	Seiya Suzuki doubles (28) on a line drive to left fielder TJ Friedl. Matt Shaw scores.
T9	10–8	TJ Friedl homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

Game Details

Wrigley Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Rhett Lowder

Cincinnati Reds Away

ERA

5.40

WHIP

1.470

K/9

7.20

BB/9

3.42

100.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.15 WHIP —

David Peterson

Chicago Cubs Home

ERA

5.63

WHIP

1.598

K/9

8.03

BB/9

4.07

86.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.29 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Cincinnati Reds	+172	+1.5 (-124)	O 9 (+105)
Chicago Cubs	-189	-1.5 (+112)	U 9 (-118)

Closing line · Aug 28

Weather & Conditions

Temp82°F

Wind 6 mphS · out

Gusts9 mph

Humidity42%

SkyPartially cloudy

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