Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. Cubs 3, Cincinnati 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 19481

Cubs 3, Reds 0: Anthony Rizzo and Arismendy Alcantara homered while Travis Wood pitched six stellar innings as visiting Chicago won the opener of the three-game series.

Wood (8-11) snapped a 12-start winless streak, striking out five while allowing just a pair of singles, and Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save. Starlin Castro went 2-for-4 in his return from the bereavement list for the Cubs, who have won four straight.

Johnny Cueto (15-8) allowed three runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, losing to the Cubs for the first time since 2011 and snapping a streak of five straight victories against them. Todd Frazier, Zack Cozart and pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker each recorded a single for the Reds, who fell 6 1/2 games behind San Francisco for the second National League wild-card spot.

Rizzo blasted his 30th home run to center field in the first inning just before heavy rain settled in and forced a delay. Matt Szczur singled to lead off the seventh and Alcantara followed with a two-run shot to right.

Cincinnati got the tying run to the plate in the eighth, as Schumaker beat out a bunt with two outs and Pedro Strop walked Billy Hamilton before inducing Frazier to hit an inning-ending grounder. Wood gave up a one-out single to Frazier in the first before retiring 10 straight and 17 of 19.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The game was delayed 50 minutes by rain in the opening frame. … Rizzo exited in the eighth inning with lower back tightness. … Cubs pitchers have allowed four runs during their four-game winning streak and surrendered only four hits in the past two contests.


Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. Cubs   Cincinnati
Travis Wood Player Johnny Cueto
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.1
5 Strikeouts 8
2 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 4.26
Hitting
Chi. Cubs   Cincinnati
Starlin Castro Player Skip Schumaker
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 1
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. Cubs 8 2 14 .229 14 13 3 2 0 0
Cincinnati 3 0 3 .100 6 9 0 2 0 1