CIN 10, CHC 8 | Aug 28, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Friday, August 28, 2026•Wrigley Field•77°F, Sunny

CIN

Reds

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Rhett Lowder

LOSS

Trent Thornton

SAVE

Emilio Pagán

The Reds defeated the Cubs 10-8.

★Elly De La Cruz3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Tyler Stephenson3 RBI

★Pedro Ramírez3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: TJ Friedl homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 77°F, SunnyWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:20 PM UTCT: 3:07Att: 39,036Venue: Wrigley Field

Ump Audit

Bill Miller

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91.4%C

17 missed calls

+27.8% CIN

+1.88 runs CIN

Win Probability

CHC WinCIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	10	13	0
CHC	1	0	2	0	0	0	1

Game 824638 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cincinnati Reds

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Dane MyersCF	5	0	0	0	1	0	.254/.349/.358	102.4	.183	.188
Elly De La CruzSS	5	1	3	2	0	1	.268/.345/.476	106	.432	.407
Sal Stewart1B	4	2	2	2	1	1	.263/.336/.478	101.9	.236	.366
Tyler StephensonDH	5	1	2	3	0	2	.248/.328/.415	103	.577	.791
Eugenio Suárez3B	4	0	0	0	1	3	.205/.294/.405	104.5	.130	.117
JJ BledayRF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.219/.332/.433	103.3	.629	.597
Matt McLain2B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.191/.289/.346	103.4	.147	.141
Jose TrevinoC	5	1	2	1	0	1	.237/.242/.390	102.8	.417	.585
TJ FriedlLF	1	1	1	1	0	0	.161/.245/.251	106.4	.943	.1860
Bench
Héctor RodríguezRF	3	2	2	1	1	0	.245/.322/.453	98.5	.444	.418
Rhett LowderP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	41	10	13	10	4	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Stewart (5th off Peterson, 0 on, 1 out); Trevino (6th off Thornton, 0 on, 1 out); Stephenson (6th off Thornton, 2 on, 2 out); Friedl (9th off Palencia, 0 on, 2 out)

TB:25

RBI:Cruz 2; Stewart 2; Friedl; Trevino; Stephenson 3; Rodríguez

Team LOB:9

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.277/.374/.548	108.6	.361

Pitching

Cincinnati Reds

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Rhett LowderW	5.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	96-60	90.4	5.14
Luis Mey	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	29-18	92.3	3.68
Brock Burke	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-3	90.5	2.67
Tejay Antone	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	13-7	87.8	3.92
Sam MollH	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18-11	86	4.64
Emilio PagánS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	94	3.90
Totals	9.0	13	8	8	2	7	2	173-105	-	-

WP:Mey

Inherited runners-scored:Burke 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Lowder 96-60; Mey 29-18; Burke 10-3; Antone 13-7; Moll 18-11; Pagán 7-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Lowder 2-8; Mey 1-4; Burke 0-0; Antone 0-0; Moll 2-1; Pagán 0-2

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
David Peterson	5.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	88-54	87.9	5.11

Game Notes

📺

T8Replay review: Carson Kelly challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: JJ Bleday called out on strikes.

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B9Replay review: Jose Trevino challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Ian Happ called out on strikes.

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T4Wild pitch by David Peterson

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B7Wild pitch by Luis Mey

Bot 1 • CHC

0-1

Alex Bregman doubles (25) on a line drive to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Seiya Suzuki scores.

EV: 99.2 mph258 ftLA: 14°

Bot 3 • CHC

0-3

Michael Busch homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Seiya Suzuki scores.

EV: 102.5 mph💣 374 ftLA: 27°

Top 4 • CIN

1-3

Héctor Rodríguez singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. JJ Bleday scores.

EV: 98.5 mph214 ftLA: 11°

Top 5 • CIN

2-3

Sal Stewart homers (29) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 101.9 mph💣 382 ftLA: 24°

Top 6 • CIN

7-3

Tyler Stephenson homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Elly De La Cruz scores. Sal Stewart scores.

EV: 103.0 mph💣 399 ftLA: 30°

4-3

Sal Stewart singles on a ground ball to shortstop Nico Hoerner. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Elly De La Cruz to 3rd.

EV: 85.3 mph10 ftLA: -20°

3-3

Jose Trevino homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 395 ftLA: 28°

Top 7 • CIN

9-3

Elly De La Cruz singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Matt McLain scores. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Dane Myers to 2nd.

EV: 82.7 mph94 ftLA: 6°

Bot 7 • CHC

9-4

Seiya Suzuki singles on a ground ball to shortstop Elly De La Cruz. Carson Kelly scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd.

EV: 102.2 mph27 ftLA: -4°

Bot 8 • CHC

9-7

Pedro Ramírez homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. Ian Happ scores. Nico Hoerner scores.

EV: 104.2 mph💣 390 ftLA: 30°

9-8

Seiya Suzuki doubles (28) on a line drive to left fielder TJ Friedl. Matt Shaw scores.

EV: 95.0 mph317 ftLA: 21°

Top 9 • CIN

10-8

TJ Friedl homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 106.4 mph💣 397 ftLA: 26°

Bench
Michael ConfortoDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.229/.321/.462	99.7	.151	.262
David PetersonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Trent ThorntonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Aaron CivaleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel PalenciaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-