CHICAGO – The Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday and they beat themselves.
Somehow, the Reds turned a sunny, 57-degree day without a cloud in sight into an ugly afternoon. They dropped a season-worst six games under .500 with their 10-2 loss at Wrigley Field.
It was a game that was tied in the middle of the sixth inning before things spiraled out of control for Reds, and it was their own undoing.
After the Reds scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning, Luis Castillo and Amir Garrett combined to walk four batters to allow the go-ahead run to score without a swing.