The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-1 on Sep 20, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- David Peterson pitched 6.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Rhett Lowder pitched 3.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Conforto | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seiya Suzuki | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pedro Ramirez | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Miguel Amaya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Peterson | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Rea | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Cabrera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oswaldo Cabrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Bleday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dane Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Banfield | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Jorge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhett Lowder | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Mey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: CHC 5, CIN 2 · Next Sep 22, 2026: MIA at CHC
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: CHC 5, CIN 2 · Next Sep 22, 2026: CIN at ATL