Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
CIN 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 0 5
CHC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Hoerner 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292
RF Tucker 3 0 0 0 1 1 .274
DH Suzuki 3 0 0 0 1 1 .247
C Kelly, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264
3B Castro, W 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248
1B Turner, J 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215
1B Busch 2 0 0 0 0 1 .268
LF Happ 3 1 1 0 0 1 .228
SS Swanson 3 1 1 2 0 1 .247
3B Shaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220
CF Crow-Armstrong 1 0 0 0 0 1 .266
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Soroka 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 31-18 4.86
Brown, Be 4.0 2 1 1 0 5 56-36 6.04
Brasier 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 13-9 3.27
Thielbar 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 9-6 2.34
Rogers, Ta 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 17-11 2.31
Pomeranz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 15-10 1.99
CIN AB R H RBI BB SO BA
CF Friedl 4 0 1 1 0 2 .271
2B McLain, M 3 1 1 0 1 2 .225
SS De La Cruz, E 4 0 1 1 0 1 .282
LF Hays 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268
DH Lux 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271
DH Andujar 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294
1B Steer 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236
C Stephenson, T 4 1 1 1 0 0 .238
RF Fraley 4 1 1 0 0 1 .245
3B Hayes 3 0 1 0 0 1 .237
CIN IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Lodolo 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 23-15 3.05
Martinez, N 2.1 2 2 2 0 0 33-22 4.66
Barlow, S 2.0 0 0 0 2 4 33-20 3.75
Ashcraft, G 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16-10 4.15
Santillan 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10-7 2.58
Pagán 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 17-12 2.98

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T2 Tyler Stephenson homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. 0-1
B3 Dansby Swanson homers (17) on a fly ball to left center field. Ian Happ scores. 2-1
T6 Elly De La Cruz doubles (24) on a ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Matt McLain scores. Elly De La Cruz to 3rd. 2-2
T7 TJ Friedl singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Jake Fraley scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes to 2nd. 2-3

Highlights

Description Length
Michael Soroka against the Reds 0:08
Nick Lodolo against the Cubs 0:09
Bullpen availability for Cincinnati, August 4 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 4 vs Reds 0:08
Bench availability for Cincinnati, August 4 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 4 vs Reds 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 4 vs Reds 0:08
Starting lineups for Reds at Cubs – August 4, 2025 0:10
Measuring the stats on Tyler Stephenson's home run 0:11
Visualizing Tyler Stephenson's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
The distance behind Dansby Swanson's home run 0:13
A deep dive into Dansby Swanson's home run 0:11
Breaking down Ben Brown's pitches 0:04
Michael Soroka fans Austin Hays 0:06
Tyler Stephenson's solo homer (9) 0:29
Spencer Steer's diving stop 0:27
Dansby Swanson's two-run homer (17) 0:27
Nick Lodolo exits with a finger blister 0:33
Nico Hoerner's excellent play 0:23
Michael Soroka exits the game 0:16
Elly De La Cruz's RBI double 0:28
Scott Barlow strikes out the side in the 5th inning 0:32
Caleb Thielbar In play, run(s) to TJ Friedl 0:26
Graham Ashcraft In play, run(s) to Dansby Swanson 0:17
Dansby Swanson is out at first base after review 0:40
Willi Castro grounds out, shortstop Elly De La Cruz to first baseman Spencer Steer. 0:09

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Barlow, S (5-0, 3.75 ERA) Brasier (0-1, 3.27 ERA) Pagán (24 SV, 2.98 ERA)

Game ended at 9:40 PM.

25 comments

  4. Jed’s prized deadline acquisition has his arm blow up and the offense continues to sputter. Misery.

  5. This team is feeling the pressure and they ain’t exactly rising to the challenge.

  7. “It might not be working right now, but don’t change anything, don’t get into your heads. Just stick to your approach, be consistent, and it’ll come to you.”

    How Cubs batters have been coached for the last decade

  9. Just tough luck! Always hitting them right at guys!

    That’s baseball, go get em tomorrow!

    The Brewers will cool down eventually!

    Still a ~~97~~ ~~95~~ 93 win pace.

    We have an easy schedule in the second half and the Brewers have one of the hardest.

    Did I miss any?

  11. Everything is going according to plan. They’re going to cough their way into a wild card spot and “luck” their way to the World Series.

    Just like Toms favorite team, the 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks who didn’t even win it that year.

  15. You could throw 3 straight pitches down the middle against the top of our lineup right now and they’d still do jack shit. Every game looks the same, boring af.

  16. Also, love how every Soroka chart showing his velocity going down for the last two months steadily was available for Jed and he still traded for him. Jed straight up traded for a fucking injured pitcher

  17. This offense is ice cold. Coming into the game, Busch, Tucker and Suzuki were hitting .167 since the all star break and all went without a hit again. The top 4 hitters in the lineup were 0-14

  19. 2023: fizzle out of playoff contention after sitting at a 92.4% to make the postseason after sweeping the Giants on September 6. 3rd straight season missing playoffs.

    2024: miss the playoffs after poaching rival’s coach. 4th straight season missing playoffs.

    2025: …?

  20. These dudes couldn’t hit off a high school pitcher right now. Very embarrassing, pitching has held up but the offense doesn’t want to help. Time to have some uncomfortable conversations about Kyle Tucker. Dude has been an auto out for the last month and a half and only decides to get a hit when there’s 2 outs and nobody on base. (Single btw) he is especially bad with runners on base. I’ve been waiting for that clutch moment from him and he just doesn’t have anything to give. Whole lineup is terrible right now. Seiya has been awful, happ has been awful all year, dansby will hit a home run once every few weeks and then proceed to contribute nothing else, PCA slumping. Somebody has to fire up that damn clubhouse. And for the love of God what is counsells obsession with putting kelly in the clean up spot

  21. Am I crazy in thinking that if Tucker’s hand is bothering him that much maybe he should take a stint on the injured list? It’s hard to imagine Caissie would do any worse than Tucker in his current state.

  22. This team is 26-24 over the last 50. That’s a large enough sample size. Not a good team.

  24. Not really much to say about this game other than the whole top half of your lineup sucking at once is not conducive to winning

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