Major League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
1
Cincinnati Reds
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Alfredo Simon became the NL's first 12-game winner and Billy Hamilton added to his sensational series with a tiebreaking triple Wednesday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 victory over the trade-depleted Chicago Cubs.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Bruce singled to right, S Schumaker scored, B Phillips to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
B Phillips singled to left, B Hamilton scored, S Schumaker to second.
B Hamilton tripled to deep center, Z Cozart scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Rizzo homered to right (368 feet).
R Santiago doubled to deep right, B Pena scored, R Santiago out stretching at third.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Olt struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
M Olt batting
M Olt hit for R Sweeney.
J Ruggiano struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Ruggiano batting
J Lake struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
J Lake batting
J Lake hit for L Valbuena.
A Chapman relieved J Broxton.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
B Pena grounded out to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
Showing the last 40 of 575 events.
Billy HamiltonCF0
Brandon Phillips2B0
Jay BruceRF30
Devin MesoracoC29
Brayan Pena1B25
Ramon Santiago2B9
Zack CozartSS7
Alfredo SimonP31
Jonathan BroxtonP30
Aroldis ChapmanP44
Todd Frazier3B99
Manny ParraP39
Ryan LudwickPH41
Chris HeiseyCF24
Chris CoghlanLF7
Arismendy Alcantara2B29
Anthony Rizzo1B48
Starlin CastroSS13
Luis Valbuena3B18
Justin RuggianoCF39
Ryan SweeneyRF26
Welington CastilloC20
Dallas BeelerP32
Junior LakePH48
Mike OltPH25
Justin GrimmP46
Nate SchierholtzPH62
Wesley WrightP57
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