Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Cincinnati Reds

77-85, 38-43 Away

Final
3 - 0

Chicago Cubs

83-79, 44-37 Home

Elly De La Cruz hits 2-run triple in 10th to lead Reds to 3-0 win over Cubs

De La Cruz tagged Ethan Roberts (1-1) for the go-ahead hit down the right field line on an 0-2 count after Luke Maile singled and Jonathan India walked. Tyler Stephenson came up next and drove in De La Cruz with a single to center to help the Reds end a five-game skid.

“Elly, before today, said he was going to get us that win and sure enough he came up big today,” said Reds interim manager Freddie Benavides, whose team was shut out in the first two games of the series.

Tony Santillan (3-3) got the win and Buck Farmer worked the bottom of the 10th for his first save.

The Cubs, seeking a sweep of the Reds, managed just three hits as Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson got the day off.

Caleb Kilian made his first start of the season for the Cubs and allowed three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings. Hunter Greene worked the first four for Cincinnati and gave up a hit with three walks and three strikeouts.

De La Cruz had a pair of stolen bases and finished the season with an MLB-best 67. He’s the first Cincinnati player to lead the majors in steals since Bobby Tolan swiped 57 in 1970.

“I feel good about this year, really good,” De La Cruz said after appearing in his 160th game. “I feel proud to keep my body safe and be able to play every day.”

Luis Vazquez logged his first career hit for Chicago, which matched last season’s 83-79 mark.

Cincinnati finished the year 77-85, a five-win decline from last year. The Reds haven’t posted consecutive winning seasons in more than a decade. The club also will be looking for a new manager during the offseason to replace David Bell, who was dismissed last week after six seasons.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: Reliever Keegan Thompson left in the middle of an eighth-inning at-bat with an undisclosed injury.

TURNSTILE COUNT

The Cubs sold 2,990,794 tickets this season, a little more than 15,000 more than last summer. Fans were hoping for a postseason berth during the offseason, when Chicago made Craig Counsell the highest-paid manager in the game’s history. The Cubs never could make up any ground on NL Central winner Milwaukee in the season’s final month.

“It wasn’t a lack of talent, it wasn’t a lack of effort. It was just this thing we couldn’t get over,” Bellinger said. “I believe in (Counsell). He’s a very smart man and he’s going to take this organization places.”

Cincinnati begins its spring season Feb. 22 with a split-squad visit from Cleveland and a trip to Milwaukee’s training complex.

Chicago gets its exhibition slate started with a Feb. 20 game at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ complex.

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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 31.1%

Reds: 68.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Busch flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Suzuki to second on fielder's indifference.
	10th Inning	Suzuki walked.
	10th Inning	Hoerner popped out to second.
	10th Inning	Happ grounded out to second, Vázquez to third.
	10th Inning	Dunn in left field.

Statistics

CIN		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
9	Hits	3
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	23
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
169	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	3
41	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
3.8	Runs Created	1.0
.243	Batting Average	.094
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.297	Slugging Percentage	.094
.216	Secondary Average	.250
.317	On Base Percentage	.256
.614	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.350
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
25.5	Batter Rating	4.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.054	Isolated Power	.000
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.156
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
77.8	MLB Rating	58.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0