Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268
LF Happ 3 0 1 0 1 0 .229
DH Tucker 4 0 0 0 0 3 .271
CF Crow-Armstrong 4 0 1 0 0 2 .266
RF Castro, W 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245
2B Hoerner 3 0 0 0 1 0 .290
SS Swanson 3 0 0 0 0 2 .245
C McGuire 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238
3B Shaw 3 1 1 1 0 1 .222
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Imanaga 6.1 3 1 1 0 7 92-65 3.12
Kittredge 0.1 4 4 4 1 0 22-14 4.28
Rogers, Ta 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 5-5 2.29
Pearson 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 29-21 10.66
CIN AB R H RBI BB SO BA
CF Friedl 4 0 2 0 0 1 .273
2B McLain, M 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223
SS De La Cruz, E 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279
LF Hays 3 1 0 0 1 1 .265
DH Andujar 4 2 2 0 0 1 .298
1B Steer 4 1 2 4 0 1 .239
RF Marte, N 4 1 1 0 0 1 .277
C Trevino 4 0 2 0 0 0 .259
3B Espinal 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250
3B Hayes 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236
CIN IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Littell 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 92-63 3.46
Ashcraft, G 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 9-6 4.10
Moll 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15-9 7.36
Santillan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 2.56

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T5 Spencer Steer singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Ian Happ. Miguel Andujar scores. 0-1
B5 Matt Shaw homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. 1-1
T7 Spencer Steer homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. Austin Hays scores. Miguel Andujar scores. 1-4
T7 Santiago Espinal out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Ian Happ. Noelvi Marte scores. 1-5

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Reds at Cubs – August 5, 2025 0:06
Japanese Highlights: Reds-Cubs 9:08
Bullpen availability for Cincinnati, August 5 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 5 vs Reds 0:08
Bench availability for Cincinnati, August 5 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Cincinnati, August 5 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 5 vs Reds 0:08
Starting lineups for Reds at Cubs – August 5, 2025 0:10
Breaking down Matt Shaw's home run 0:12
An animated look at Matt Shaw's home run 0:11
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Reds 0:22
The distance behind Spencer Steer's home run 0:13
Breaking down Shota Imanaga's pitches 0:04
Spencer Steer's home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Breaking down Zack Littell's pitches 0:04
Zack Littell's outing against the Cubs 0:25
Zack Littell K's Willi Castro 0:06
Shota Imanaga picks off TJ Friedl 0:19
Spencer Steer's RBI single 0:21
Matt Shaw's solo homer (7) 0:27
Spencer Steer's three-run homer (13) 0:33
Santiago Espinal's sacrifice fly 0:16
Shota Imanaga's seven strikeouts 0:46
Pete Crow-Armstrong's sliding catch 0:18
Nico Hoerner grounds out, first baseman Spencer Steer to pitcher Tony Santillan. 0:10

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Littell (9-8, 3.46 ERA) Kittredge (2-3, 4.28 ERA)

Game ended at 9:46 PM.

47 comments

  10. Have as many hits the last two nights as brewers had runs tonight. Easiest schedule in the second half though!

  17. I looked for the Cubs offense at Binny’s Beverage Depot but couldn’t find it. Probably not worth drinking.

  18. I think the organist is playing Comfortably Numb. Just hilariously perfect

  20. They had Big Mo come up, be super clutch with 2 outs and clear the bases, then said no we don’t like that and now we do this, team needs change, team needs Big Mo

  21. For the “put Tucker on the IL” people … Tucker hurt his finger June 1st. He hit .311/.404/.578 that month with 5 HRs.

  23. I don’t think they’ll stay this bad so I think the wild card is still on the table, but yeesh, what an ugly three or so weeks of ball.

    Seven hits across two games isn’t gonna yield many wins. In this case, it got us zero.

    I’m fully on board with putting Tucker in the IL and promoting Cassie or Mo.

  25. I for one am glad we didn’t trade any serious prospects to go for it this year. These guys just aren’t good enough.

    And Tucker is going to try to argue he is worth $400M in the off-season?

  28. We can’t get outhit by the Reds 15-7 in 2 games at home. So what now? 3 hours in the cage for everyone? 2 hours of pitching film? Mandatory weights? Bench every regular starter tomorrow so they have 48 straight hours of tee work? We better fucking sweep the fucking Cards. Gotta be our get right series.

  29. The rest of this season depends on if Tucker gets hot again, it’s really that simple at this point.

  31. We all really thought counsell was the missing piece. Little did we know that Milwaukee is just a much better run franchise. Craig’s probably more pissed than anyone he left.

  32. The team isn’t even fighting and Craig just seems like he has a blank stare on his face all of the time. Where is the fire?

  35. Are people still saying there’s no need to worry? Team is collapsing, this is beyond a slump at this point. What a joke. 11 game swing in the standings since we had a 6.5 game lead. Unreal.

  39. I will be taking a break from the team until they actually start acting like they want to be here

  42. Said it in the game thread but his team went from thrilling to damn near lifeless. The talent’s still there but the fire’s out.

  43. Counsell needs to be looked at tbh. Taking shota out when he’s dealing under 100 pitches, and the plate approach of swinging first pitch which worked 1-16 times today has got to stop. We used to work counts but now we’re sadly predictable

  45. I think I’m actually done watching the Cubs for a bit. Gonna watch some games I don’t have a stake in. Maybe pay attention to the NL East race. I can’t keep staying up to make sure I don’t go to bed angry.

  46. The Cubs are truly on the trajectory the 2021 White Sox were on. First in the league in the first half, everyone firing on all cylinders. Then .500 ball the rest of the way and gaps exposed in the first round that weren’t addressed at the deadline

  47. Hey Craig, put me in! I can go 0-4 with at least three strikeouts for a lot cheaper than your current guys

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