It was the birthday of Scooter Gennett’s dog on Tuesday. Gennett promised the pup named Leo because “he looks like a lion and he was born under the zodiac sign.”
“I promised him I’d hit a home run for him,” Gennett said before the game.
Leo’s master came through drilling a John Lackey pitch into the rightfield stands for his 22nd home run. Chicago Cubs manager’s dog Winston was happier as his master’s team scored often late in a 13-6 win.
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Billy Hamilton led off the Reds’ first with a single. He stole his 52nd base. He advanced to third on a fly to deep right and scored on a wild pitch.
The Reds added a run the next inning. Eugenio Suarez singled and scored on a double by Tucker Barnhart. Leo’s present increased the lead.
Homer Bailey started for the Reds. He had an easy first inning, survived a leadoff double in the second. Bailey walked pitcher Lackey in the third. He teammates botched a double play ball.
Bailey was checked by Reds’ trainer Steve Bauman later in the frame but finished it without a run crossing the plate. He left the game for precautionary reasons. Bailey felt irritation in his right shoulder.
He had some irritation behind his shoulder blade," Bryan Price said. "There is no intention of putting him on the DL. It's a day-to-day thing. He felt something and just wanted to throw some pitches. When he came in he felt there was enough of a concern. When he had a concern for me there was no debate."
Bailley slipped when he was walking Lackey.
"My foot gave way. I felt a little tweak if you will," Bailey said. "When the came out there I told them I wanted to throw a few pitches without a hitter in there. I threw a couple pitches and it felt fine. I finished up the inning. We are taking precautions. I'll know more tomorrow. I feel extremely confident about making my next start."
Kevin Schackelford pitched a scoreless fourth but gave up the lead in the fifth.
Lackey walked for the second time. Jon Jay singled Lackey to second. Kyle Schwarber’s single loaded the bases with no outs. Kris Bryant hit a sacrifice fly to center Jay went to third. Anthony Rizzo hit into an RBI fielder’s choice. Ian Happ and Alex Avila walked to fill the bases again. Jason Heyward singled sharply to left. Rizzo scored but Duvall threw Happ out at the plate to end the inning. Duvall leads National League outfielders with 12 assists.
The Reds got the runs back against Lackey.
Zack Cozart and Duvall singled. Suarez belted his 22nd home run into the upper deck in left.
The Cubs added a run in the sixth. Javier Baez singled and moved to second on a wild pitch. Pinch hitter Tommy La Stella flew out to center. Hamilton’s throw to third skipped past Suarez and bounced out of play, allowing Baez to score.
The Cubs came back for more in the seventh.
Rizzo walked with one out off Michael Lorenzen. Wandy Peraltas replaced Lorenzen and struck out Happ. Avila and Heyward singled to load the bases. Heyward’s hit off Peralta’s thigh was kept in the infield by Gennett. Peratlta got ahead of Baez 0-2 but ran the count full before a ground single to right tied the game.
Note: Scott Feldman had season-ending surgery on his right knee on Tuesday.
Ben Zobrist was in the original starting lineup but he went home to Nashville, Tennessee on his day off. He reserved a car but the rental car company was out of cars. He couldn’t get to Cincinnati by game time. Happ, the formere UC player got the start.
Zobrist arrived at 6:00. Manager Joe Maddon compared it to a Seinfeld episode in which Jerry reserved a car but the company was out when he got there.
"It was a frustrating morning and afternoon," Zobrist said. "I've had nightmares about missing a game before. When you're nightmare comes true. I felt I had to do something. It took about an hour and a half to get any thing that was available. There was a lot of traffic and a lot of accidents. I've already been told that I'm making enough money, I should have taken a PJ (private jet). It was relief. I was in the dugout and you show up late to the game like I did. You better do something."
The Reds wished he hadn’t made the trip. Zobrist two-run double as a pinch hitter off Peralta gave the Cubs an 8-6 lead.
Jessee Winker hit his first career pinch hit home run and fourth of the season in the ninth off Felix Pena. Suarez added a twoi-run home run his 23rd. It was his fourth two-home run game and third this season.
Blake Wood couldn’t get anyone out. Three walks, three straight singles and a wild pitch made the score 12-6 before an out was made. The Cubs ended up with five in the inning, giving them nine over two innings.
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