Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs

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Cincinnati Reds

60-97, 29-50 Away

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Chicago Cubs

71-86, 35-44 Home

Sampson strong again as Cubs beat Reds for 5th straight win

Sampson (4-5) gave up one run on three hits, struck out six and walked two in his 97-pitch outing. He matched his longest start of the season and extended his streak of allowing one run or fewer to five consecutive starts.

“It’s all just working out for me,” said Sampson, who improved to 3-1 in six September starts. “We’re on a good roll.”

He finished his day by getting Mike Siani to ground into a double play, stranding a runner at third.

“Sampson’s definitely put himself in a position to be able to help us next year. I think he knows that and he pitches like that,” Cubs manager David Ross said. “Really nice job of controlling the game today in and out.”

Hoerner doubled in two runs in the Cubs’ three-run second and brought home another run an inning later on a fielder’s choice. The Cubs, fresh off a sweep of playoff hopeful Philadelphia, have won nine of 10.

Jake Fraley had three of the Reds’ four hits, including his 12th homer in the second. Cincinnati has lost four straight and seven of eight.

Relievers Erich Uelmen and Rowan Wick completed the four-hitter for Chicago. Yan Gomes had two hits and an RBI.

Reds starter Graham Ashcraft (5-5) gave up six runs, five earned, in 2 2/3 innings.

“Just wasn’t a good day all around for me,” Ashcraft said.

Connor Overton spared the bullpen by pitching the remainder of the game, allowing two hits.

Cincinnati needs three wins in its final five games to avoid the club’s first 100-loss season since 1982.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Reds: Siani was back in center field for his first action since leaving Tuesday’s loss to Pittsburgh after attempting a diving catch.

Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo (4-7, 3.75 ERA) faces fellow left-hander Drew Smyly (7-8, 3.48) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Solano struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fraley to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Fraley singled to right.
	9th Inning	K. Farmer flied out to center.
	9th Inning	India popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Wick relieved Uelmen

Statistics

CIN		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	4
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
14	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	12
32	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
0.5	Runs Created	4.0
.133	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.375
.167	Secondary Average	.219
.188	On Base Percentage	.314
.421	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.689
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
11.0	Batter Rating	38.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.100	Isolated Power	.125
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
2.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.3	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0