Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds
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Surging Reds blank Cubs, move into tie for NL wild card spot
The Reds have won a season-high five straight games and six of seven. The Mets lost to the Nationals earlier in the day.
Sunday's game was delayed one hour and 11 minutes by rain.
Matt McLain doubled and scored on Gavin Lux's two-out double to right, putting the Reds ahead 1-0 in the third.
Lux collected two of the Reds' five hits against Jameson Taillon (10-7) who pitched seven innings with no walks and four strikeouts.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott allowed five hits in 4 2/3 innings before the Reds turned to the bullpen. Nick Martinez (11-13) pitched 2 1/3 shutout innings. Graham Ashcraft allowed one hit in the eighth.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth against Tony Santillan who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his 7th save of the season.
It's the second time in the four-game series that the Reds won by a 1-0 score. Hunter Greene pitched a complete-game shutout in Thursday's series opener.
Reds RHP Brady Singer (14-10, 3.86) will start Tuesday's series opener against the Pirates.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Crow-Armstrong struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Busch walked, Ballesteros to second. |
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9th Inning | Castro struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Castro hit for Turner |
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9th Inning | Swanson flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Ballesteros walked. |
Statistics
 CHC |
 CIN |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 5 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 0 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 5 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 3 | Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 0 | Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 29 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 19 | Runners Left On Base | 7 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 22 | Fly Balls | 13 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 160 | Pitches | 93 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 3 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Total Bases | 7 |
| 36 | Plate Appearances | 29 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created | 0.9 |
| .182 | Batting Average | .172 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .182 | Slugging Percentage | .241 |
| .121 | Secondary Average | .103 |
| .250 | On Base Percentage | .172 |
| .432 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .414 |
| 0.2 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.0 |
| 7.0 | Batter Rating | 14.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.44 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.21 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .069 |
| 0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.00 |
| .083 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .000 |
| -.061 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.069 |
| 0.0 | Runs Produced | 2.0 |
| 0.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.2 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
| 63.8 | MLB Rating | 66.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 29,661 | Capacity: