If the Cubs played the Cincinnati Reds every game, they really might hit that 115-win prediction that was going around this spring.
Seven different Chicago hitters drove in runs, led by Anthony Rizzo’s three-run inside-the-park homer in the first, as visiting Cubs beat the Reds, 9-2 on Wednesday afternoon to finish the three-game sweep and improve to 9-1 in the season series.
Describe this game in three words: Poor Billy Hamilton.
No chill in Cincinnati: The aggregate score of the Cubs’ 10 games against the Reds this season is 87-32. Chicago’s only blemish being a 13-5 loss in an April four-game series where the Cubs won the other three games by a combined score of 33-1.