The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Sep 19, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Dansby Swanson went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cubs.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Ke'Bryan Hayes went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Nick Lodolo pitched 7.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Happ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Palencia | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Zeferjahn | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Civale | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rolison | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Cincinnati Reds box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dane Myers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Brito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Jorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lodolo | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierce Johnson | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: CHC 4, CIN 6 · Next Sep 20, 2026: CHC 9, CIN 1
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: CHC 4, CIN 6 · Next Sep 20, 2026: CHC 9, CIN 1