Rea and Cal Quantrill matched up evenly for the first four innings. Rea allowed four hits in that time, Quantrill just one (a third-inning double by Miguel Amaya, who had three hits on the evening).<\/p>\n
Rea got help from his defense. Here\u2019s a nice catch in foul territory by Jon Berti [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n Berti, incidentally, had a cheering section in the bleachers (Bluesky link<\/a>):<\/p>\n The Cubs were hitting baseballs hard in the first four innings, though right at Marlins fielders. Here\u2019s one of those, stopped by Ronny Simon in the first inning off Kyle Tucker [VIDEO]<\/a>.<\/p>\n If Simon\u2019s name sounds familiar, it should. He\u2019s the minor leaguer the Cubs sent to the Diamondbacks as the PTBNL for Andrew Chafin in late 2020. The D-backs eventually traded him to the Rays and he signed with the Marlins this past offseason as a free agent. The Cubs, of course, eventually traded Chafin for Daniel Palencia \u2014 so that seems a pretty good return.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s another Marlins snag of a hard-hit Cubs ball, by Graham Pauley off Swanson in the third [VIDEO]<\/a>.<\/p>\n You had to figure those hard-hit balls would eventually fall in, and in the fifth, they did. Nico Hoerner led off the inning with a single. Swanson followed that with his ninth homer of the year [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n About that home run:<\/p>\n Most HR as a Shortstop this season \u2014 Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Pretty good company there, I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n Amaya followed Swanson\u2019s homer with his second double of the game. He took third on a wild pitch. Another hard-hit line drive, by Pete Crow-Armstrong, was snagged by old friend Matt Mervis at first base.<\/p>\n Tucker followed with this triple [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n That made it 3-0, and Suzuki made it 5-0 with his 10th home run of the season [VIDEO]<\/a>.<\/p>\n That ball was crushed! [VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n The five-run inning produced a single, double, triple and home run. More on the \u201cinning cycle\u201d from BCB\u2019s JohnW53:<\/p>\n This was the seventh game of the season in which the Cubs hit for a cycle as a team. It was the first in which they made all four kinds of hits in one inning.<\/p>\n From 2021-24, in order, the Cubs had 15, 17, 14 and 13 team cycles.<\/p>\n And more on Amaya\u2019s second double:<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s game was Miguel Amaya\u2019s fourth in his last 46, since Aug. 26 of last year, in which he hit two doubles. Christian Bethancourt had had a pair on Aug. 7. <\/p>\n Bethancourt was the first Cubs catcher with multiple doubles since Willson Contreras did it for the last of 11 times as a Cub on June 29, 2022.<\/p>\n That was all the Cubs needed. Rea threw well until the seventh, when he issued a leadoff walk. That was erased on a double play, but then Simon singled.<\/p>\n Rea was allowed to stay in the game, which is when he made his only real mistake, a two-run homer by Derek Hill. Overall, though, yet another excellent outing from Rea, his longest of the season both by innings (6\u2154) and pitches (98).<\/p>\n Here are Rea\u2019s four strikeouts on the evening [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n And here\u2019s more on Rea\u2019s start [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n Palencia replaced Rea and finished off the seventh with a ground out, then threw a scoreless eighth.<\/p>\n Drew Pomeranz was summoned to throw the ninth. The Marlins sent up a couple of right-handed pinch hitters to counter that move, but Pomeranz got through the inning scoreless, despite a two-out single. Here\u2019s the final out [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n A rarity for Pomeranz, just the ninth save of his career. And:<\/p>\n Drew Pomeranz: first save since Aug 11, 2020. <\/p>\n 2 months after Pete Crow-Armstrong was drafted.<\/p>\n \u2014 Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n And so, the Cubs begin this homestand (and stretch of 21 games vs. teams that have records under .500) with a satisfying, well-played wins. Thus:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Swanson on his home run and other game thoughts [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n Here are Craig Counsell\u2019s postgame comments [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n There is one more bit of news that came out shortly after the game ended:<\/p>\n Breaking News – The Cubs will call up C\/ DH Moises Ballesterous from Triple A Iowa. He will likely be in the starting lineup tomorrow. Ian Happ to go on IL with oblique issue.<\/p>\n \u2014 Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Presuming this happens, I would imagine Moises Ballesteros is joining the team to DH \u2014 he\u2019s not ready to catch at the MLB level, though he\u2019ll certainly continue to work on his catching with Amaya, Carson Kelly and the MLB coaching staff. He\u2019ll likely DH while Happ is out, with Suzuki continuing to play left field.<\/p>\n And I would imagine this could mean the end of Justin Turner\u2019s time with the Cubs, as there won\u2019t really be a slot for him anymore, and the Cubs will need the 40-man roster spot for Ballesteros. Or, as Josh mentioned in the comments in BCB After Dark<\/a>, it could be Tyson Miller to the 60-day IL, as Miller has recently suffered a setback in his rehab.<\/p>\n As always, we await developments.<\/p>\n Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field, the Cubs go for the series win over the Marlins. Ben Brown will start for the Cubs and Valente Bellozo will go for Miami. Game time is again 6:40 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via Marquee Sports Network.<\/p>\n
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