The bleachers had to be updated to accommodate two new video scoreboards. There are still some finishing touches to be done in right, including painting, but at least there are fans in right field.
"It's nice to have people there," Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said, "but once the game starts, you focus on what you have to do."
Dexter Fowler hit a solo home run into the renovated bleachers in the third inning to give the Cubs a 4-2 lead over the Reds.
• Rafael Soriano, who signed a Minor League contract with the Cubs on June 9, is throwing at the team's Dominican Republic academy, and there is no timetable for the right-handed reliever to join the big league team.