Cubs beat Reds 8-3 for 9th straight win
CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Conforto went 3 for 3 with a homer and two RBIs, Shota Imanaga pitched six innings of one-run ball and the Chicago Cubs extended their winning streak to nine games with an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The Cubs completed a four-game sweep of the Reds and won their 15th straight game at Wrigley Field for their longest home winning streak since 1935. The Cubs (26-12) seized control by scoring seven runs in the fourth inning.
Reds starter Rhett Lowder left the game in the inning with what the team said was right shoulder tightness. The Reds (20-18) lost their seventh straight. Imanaga (4-2), who threw seven scoreless innings in his previous start, extended that run to 12 innings before Sal Stewart hit a solo homer in the sixth.
The 32-year-old left-hander allowed four hits and three walks while striking out 10 for his fifth career double-digit strikeout game. Lowder (3-3) walked the first two batters of the fourth before leaving with a 1-0 count to Michael Busch. Reliever Connor Phillips allowed both inherited runners to score as the Cubs pushed seven runs across for their highest scoring inning of the season.
Conforto, in the lineup to give Seiya Suzuki a day off in right field, hit his second home run of the season off Lowder in the bottom of the second. He also slammed into the wall to make an inning-ending catch in the fifth with two runners on base. Ian Happ walked in the bottom of the fourth to extend his on-base streak to 28 games, the second-longest active streak in MLB.
YANKEES 9, RANGERS 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a six-run sixth inning, and New York beat Texas for its 16th win in 19 games on an afternoon the Rangers misplayed four balls in a difficult sun. Yankees left fielder Jasson Domínguez left in a cart after crashing into the wall while catching Brandon Nimmo’s drive leading off the first. Domínguez went for an MRI of his left shoulder and was put into a concussion protocol.
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