The Cubs bullpen crumbled again, but this time the team couldn't recover.
The Cubs lost to 12-7 to the Reds Wednesday, recording their first road loss of the season and ending a three-game winning streak. Here are takeaways from the game, as the Cubs slide to 2-1 in the four-game series at Cincinnati.
Everything’s Sonny in Cincinnati
Reds starting pitcher Sonny Gray threw 6 2/3 shutout innings against the Cubs. He only allowed one hit.
In the fifth inning, Ian Happ broke up the no-hitter, sending a low fastball into left for a double.
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The Cubs didn’t get another hit off Gray, but they did get runners into scoring position. Steven Souza Jr. walked to lead off the seventh inning. Then, Kyle Schwarber moved him to third with a ground out. Pinch hitter Josh Phegley reached on a throwing error, moving Souza to third. Gray’s night was over.
Gray struck out 11 and walked only one.
Hendricks is only human
Kyle Hendricks’ streak of scoreless innings had to end somewhere. It ended at 12, combining his complete-game shutout last week and three more innings on Wednesday.
With no outs in the fourth, Reds second baseman Mike Moustakas sent a fly ball over the right field wall for a two-run homer. He had missed the first two games of the series due to health and safety protocols. Moustakas reportedly exhibited symptoms but never tested positive for COVID-19.
Hendricks retired the next three batters in order to get out of the inning. But Hendricks gave up another two runs the next inning, on a single by Eugenio Suarez. He allowed six runs on seven hits and walked two in 4 1/3 innings.
The one that got away
On Tuesday, former Cub Nicholas Castellanos hit his first homer in a Reds uniform against his former team. On Wednesday, he one-upped himself.
Castellanos hit a grand slam off Cubs reliever Rex Brothers in the fifth inning to give Cincinnati an 8-0 lead.
Castellanos, a cult hero for the Cubs fan base last season, signed with the Reds as a free agent in January.
Oh, Brothers
Brothers entered Wednesday’s game with a perfect 0.00 ERA. That did not hold, contributing to the Cubs’ bullpen woes this season.
Brothers entered the game in the fifth with two runners on and one out. He walked Moustakas, the fist batter he faced, and gave up a grand slam to Castellanos.
Due to the three-batter minimum, Brothers had to stay in. He gave up another homer before recording the last out of the inning.
By the end of his outing, Brothers had allowed three runs (plus two he inherited from Hendricks) in 1 1/3 innings.
Triple play?
When the Cubs needed relief the most, Bryant pulled off the improbable: a triple play.
It had already been a rollercoaster of an inning. The Cubs rallied in the seventh inning, scoring five runs. Victor Caratini recorded the first RBI after getting pegged on the first pitch of the at-bat. Nico Hoerner and Kris Bryant hit in the next four runs.
The Cubs had cut the Reds’ lead to four. But the Cubs bullpen struck again. Dillon Maples allowed three runs without recording an out. Duane Underwood Jr. replaced him and got Shogo Akiyama to hit a short line drive to third base.
Bryant snagged the ball, stepped on third and threw to first. On the replay, the ball appeared to hit the ground before Bryant caught it, but the play was not reviewable. It went down as the Cubs’ first triple play since 1997.
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