Michael Busch homered and drove in three runs, helping Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-3.

The Cincinnati Reds gave up two sloppy runs in the eighth and are on pace to be shut out 25 times this season.

Cincinnati Reds LHP Nick Lodolo lowered his season ERA to 3.10 with six scoreless innings, pitching around traffic all day against the Cubs.

Drew Pomeranz, Ben Brown, Brad Keller and Daniel Palencia combined on a one-hitter, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0.

Reds starting pitcher Nick Martinez, who had a spectacular month of May, was roughed up Sunday afternoon in Chicago against the Cubs.

Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong beats the throw to Reds second baseman Matt McLain to steal second in the seventh inning May 31, 2025, at Wrigley Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Yesterday’s game was just the sixth this season in which the Cubs have neither hit a home run nor stolen a base. They have lost all six. The last of the previo

The Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago Cubs 7-2 on Sunday afternoon. The Cubs took a 4-0 lead in the third inning and never looked back. They are 30-3 this season when they have a two-run lead at any point in the game. Nick Martinez said it came down to a lack of aggressiveness by him.

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