37 year old, Joey Votto continues to defy all logic with his 2021 season. The future first ballot hall-of-famer hit two home runs and made an incredible defensive play. Votto now has 17 home runs on the season in just 72 games. That is a 38 home run pace over 162 games.
Jesse Winker got the offense started with his 21st home run in the first inning.
Vladimir Gutierez gave the Reds a much needed deep start. He only allowed 2 runs through 6.1 innings.
The Cubs brought the tying run to the plate in both the 7th and 8th innings, but the Reds went deep into their bullpen as Sean Doolittle and Jeff Hoffman got out of the jams.