University of Cincinnati product and long-time Chicago Cub Ian Happ has made a habit of absolutely obliterating Cincinnati Reds pitching. In his career, for instance, he’s socked 91 career homers, and 173 of those have come in Great American Ball Park.
Sorry, sorry...only 14 of those have come in GABP, with the 14th coming on Monday night. Said dinger also marked the 23rd he’s hit off Cincinnati pitching, an absolutely hilarious fraction when you think about it.
Anyway, Happ’s 3-run tater off the first pitch Luis Cessa threw on Monday proved to be the big hit that put this game out of reach for the Cubs, even though Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game Aristides Aquino tried like hell to will the Reds back with a 2-homer game of his own.