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CINCINNATI – With two outs in the ninth trailing the Reds by one run, Cubs third baseman Patrick Wisdom was thinking, just get on base.
He poked a cutter into right field. Eric Hosmer, who recorded his first hits as a Cubs Monday, followed him, knowing he wanted to get to Reds pitcher Derek Law early and shoot the same hole Wisdom found. Hosmer did just that, turning on a first-pitch curveball.
The likelihood of a comeback grew likelier with each hit.