Cincinnati Reds' latest loss is 4th straight 1-run game on road
The Cincinnati Reds lost a fourth-straight game in the opposing team's final at-bat, the last three Cubs walk-off wins at Wrigley Field.
"The misery continues," said Reds TV play-by-play announcer John Sadak on the MLB Network. Field reporter Jim Day followed after the commercial break with the same lament. For a fourth straight game, the Cincinnati Reds left the field on the wrong side of the scoreboard in a one-run game.
The 7-6 win by the Cubs was the third straight final at-bat win in the series, plus the Reds similarly dropped the finale in Pittsburgh in that sweep when the winning run scoring in the Pirates final at-bat. In closing, Sadak mentioned that the last time the Reds had dropped four in a row with the game decided in the opponent's final swing was "at least 1910. " There have been 20 United States Presidents since then, starting with Cincinnati's own William Howard Taft, who is credited with creating the "seventh inning stretch.
" The Wednesday, May 6 bases-loaded walk of Michael Busch was the fourth consecutive game decided in the final frame in the six-game tailspin of a miserable Reds road trip. THE @CUBS WALK IT OFF FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME!!! pic.
twitter. com/9mPa62ZR4R ā MLB (@MLB) May 7, 2026 Cincinnati Reds drop 4 straight in 6-game skid by late run Sunday, May 3 ā Oneil Cruz singles in Konnor Griffin with two outs in the bottom of the eighth for a 1-0 lead at PNC Park. The Reds fail to score in the top of the ninth, as they did for the rest of the game.
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