Major League Baseball
Chi. Cubs 13, Cincinnati 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Charlie Ramos, 1B - John Libka, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 20733

Ian Happ went 3-for-4 with a tape-measure home run and Seiya Suzuki added a pair of doubles and three RBIs as the visiting Chicago Cubs salvaged the series finale with a 13-4 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.

Happ, who attended the University of Cincinnati, has 18 homers and 49 RBIs in 56 career games at Great American Ball Park, his best totals in any visiting park.

Cody Bellinger added three hits, two runs and two RBIs for the Cubs, who had nine doubles and a season-high 17 hits, three more than their previous best.

Kyle Hendricks (3-9) won for just the second time in seven starts, allowing three runs on four hits over five innings. He walked two and struck out four. Chicago defeated Cincinnati for only the third time in 10 tries this season.

Reds infielder Santiago Espinal had two hits and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

After going down in order in the first, the Cubs rocked Cincinnati starter Nick Lodolo (8-4) for eight hits and six runs over the next two innings.

In the second, Bellinger singled, took second on a groundout and scored on Nico Hoerner's double. With two outs, Christian Bethancourt singled home Hoerner to double the lead.

The first five Chicago batters reached in the third, with four of them scoring for a 6-0 lead.

Lodolo was ahead of the first four batters 0-2 but surrendered a single, hit a batter, then gave up a two-run double to Suzuki and a single to Bellinger. Patrick Wisdom doubled home two more runs for a six-run lead.

Lodolo was charged with 11 hits and eight runs in 5 2/3 innings. He fanned six without issuing a walk. Since starting the season 8-2, Lodolo has gone 0-2 with a 6.54 ERA in his past six starts.

Hendricks retired the first 10 batters before Elly De La Cruz lined a 1-0 pitch to the left-center gap, just beyond the reach of the left fielder Happ, in the fourth inning.

After Jake Fraley cut Chicago's lead in half with a three-run homer off Hendricks in the fifth, the Cubs scored three with two outs in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Two of those came on Happ's 17th home run of the season. The blast was estimated at 424 feet as it carried to the center field berm to put the Cubs ahead 8-3.

Right-hander Jakob Junis entered in his Cincinnati debut and allowed back-to-back doubles to Isaac Paredes and Suzuki for a 9-3 lead.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   Cincinnati
Kyle Hendricks Player Nick Lodolo
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.2
4 Strikeouts 6
4 Hits 11
5.40 ERA 12.71
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   Cincinnati
Ian Happ Player Santiago Espinal
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 3
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 17 1 29 .405 12 9 13 2 2 0
Cincinnati 6 1 12 .194 10 8 4 4 0 1