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sports Diabierna 27 Mei 2022

Reds rout Cubs 20-5 for their most runs in 23 years

By MITCH STACY
AP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) —
Kyle Farmer homered and
had five RBIs to power the
Cincinnati Reds to their
high-scoring game in 23
years, a 20-5 rout of the Chi-
cago Cubs on Thursday.
Farmer and Nick Senzel had
four hits each, and Brandon
Drury, Tommy Pham and
Albert Almora Jr. had three
apiece. The Reds entered
with a .217 batting average,
28th among the 30 teams,
and finished with 20 hits in
all as they gained a four-game
split.
Cincinnati trailed 3-0 before
scoring twice in the second
and bursting ahead with eight
runs in the third.
The Reds scored their most
runs since a 22-3 win at Phil-
adelphia on Sept. 4, 1999,
while Chicago gave up its
most since a 21-8 defeat at
the Phillies on July 3, 1999. surgery) is going to stay at UP NEXT to a minor league earlier this at home with the San Fran-
Cubs shortstop Andrelton Triple-A Louisville for the Cubs: Opens a two-game month, is slated to make his cisco Giants on Friday night.
Simmons made his big league time being. "He could come series at the Chicago White third start for the White Sox. LHP Carlos Rodon (4-3) is
pitching debut, allowing five back at any point but we're Sox following an off day Fri- The Cubs haven't said who'll the scheduled starter for the
runs in the eighth. not going to rush that," man- day. Right-hander Johnny start yet. Giants against a Reds pitcher
Hunter Greene (2-6) won for ager David Bell said. Cueto (0-0), who was signed Reds: Open a three-game set who's still to be determined.
the first time since his ma-
jor league debut on April 10
despite giving up five runs,
seven hits and two walks in
five innings. He had been 0-6
with a 5.50 ERA in his previ-
ous seven starts.
Willson Contreras and Ian
Happ hit back-to-back hom-
ers in the fifth. Nico Hoerner
also homered for the Cubs.
Cubs starter Justin Steele (1-
5) gave up seven runs, seven
hits and two walks in two-
plus innings,
Farmer missed the prior four
games with general soreness,
then hit a two-run homer in
the second inning and a solo
shot in fifth for his first ca-
reer multihomer game. He
entered with one homer this
season.
Farmer added a two-run sin-
gle in the sixth.
Matt Reynolds hit a two-run
triple, and Tyler Stephenson
and Almora had two-run sin-
gles in the third,
TRAINERS ROOM
Cubs: RF Seiya Suzuki left
the game after injuring his
left ring finger during an
awkward slide in the third in-
ning. ... INF Nick Madrigal
will start a rehab assignment
on Saturday at Iowa. He has
been out with back tightness.
... LHP Alec Mills is sched-
uled to pitch three innings on
a rehab assignment on Friday,
about 55 pitches. Mills is on
the 60-day IL and not eligible
to come off until June 8
Reds: SS Jose Barrero (wrist