Cubs pick up historic third straight walk-off win over Reds after wild 9th inning to push win streak to 8
Pete Crow-Armstrong drilled a two-run shot in the ninth to force extra innings on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Cubs pulled off a rare, historic feat on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, all thanks to Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Busch was walked in the 10th inning with the bases loaded, to lift the Cubs to a 7-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. That came after Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot in the ninth inning to tie the game up and eventually force extra innings, too.
THE @CUBS WALK IT OFF FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME!!! pic. twitter.
com/9mPa62ZR4R — MLB (@MLB) May 7, 2026 Remarkably, that was the team’s third straight walk-off win over the Reds. The Cubs are now the first team in Major League Baseball to pull off such a feat since the Los Angeles Dodgers grabbed three consecutive walk-off wins over the Colorado Rockies during the 2019 campaign. The Cubs kicked off the streak with a 5-4 win over the Reds on Monday night, when pinch-hitter Michael Conforto hit a solo homer in the ninth.
Then on Tuesday night, Busch hit a single in the 10th inning to bring in Dansby Swanson and grab a 3-2 win. That led to Wednesday’s win, which marked the eighth in a row for the Cubs and their 14th consecutive win at Wrigley Field. While it wasn’t as exciting as the other two walk-offs, it still absolutely counts.