2023-09-01 23:50:00
Cincinnati – Noelvi Marte’s two-out single in the ninth inning scored the run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Friday, splitting the honors in a doubleheader between playoff contenders.
Puerto Rican closer Alexis Díaz (7-4) earned the victory in the second engagement, resolving a scoreless inning.
Nick Martini homered off closer Adbert Alzolay (2-5) with one out in the ninth to tie the game. Puerto Rican descent player Christian Encarnación-Strand followed with a single.
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Pinch runner Stuart Fairchild stole second, advanced to third on a wild throw by Brazilian catcher Yan Gomes and scored easily on Marte’s single hit up the middle of the diamond.
Chicago won the first meeting 6-2. Cody Bellinger homered and drove in three runs and rookie Jordan Wicks pitched five innings, giving up one run.
The Cubs entered Game 2 ranked second in the NL Central behind Milwaukee. They also had the second wild card ticket to the playoffs in the Old Circuit.
Cincinnati was in third place in the division and was battling with the Giants, Diamondbacks and Marlins for the third and final wild-card berth.
In Game 1, Bellinger hit a solo shot in the fourth inning and added two RBIs in the sixth. Seiya Suzuki’s home run in the eighth and Ian Happ’s drive in the ninth extended the Cubs’ lead.
Wicks (2-0) allowed five hits in five innings, striking out three and walking three following a solid major league debut last Saturday, when he allowed just one run and two hits in five innings, striking out nine in a win once morest the Pirates.
In the first meeting, for the Cubs, the Panamanian Miguel Amaya 3-0.
For the Reds, the Dominicans Elly de la Cruz 3-0, Noelvi Marte 3-2 with a run scored and an RBI.
In the second game, for the Cubs, the Dominicans Jeimer Candelario 2-0, Christopher Morel 3-1.
For the Reds, the Dominicans Elly de la Cruz 4-0, Marte.
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