The Bottom of the 1st inning in Wrigley Field this Labor Day turned the game sour for the Cincinnati Reds in a hurry. A leadoff error by “1B” Asdrubal Cabrera was followed by a single into LF, setting the stage for a 3-run Ian Happ homer off Sonny Gray because, well, all Ian Happ does is homer off the Cincinnati Reds.
Fortunately, though, the Reds found a way to dig their way back out of that hole. Not all of the holes they dug on the day, but at least that one.
Gray settled down and began to breeze through the Chicago Cubs order, and the only reason his day ended somewhat early is because the offense finally rallied back to tie the game at 3-3 in the Top of the 6th, a rally that was aided by a pair of HBPs, a wild pitch, and a clutch pinch-hit by Max Schrock.