Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs Match Player Stats On May 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 16, 2017

CHICAGO -- Kyle Schwarber went 2-for-5, including a 462-foot home run, to lead a 13-hit attack as the Chicago Cubs snapped a two-game losing streak with a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.

The victory was the 1,000th in Joe Maddon's managerial career.

The Cubs (19-19) erased a 1-0 Cincinnati lead with a three-run first inning and never looked back.

Chicago starter John Lackey (4-3) earned his third win in his last four starts after pitching 5 1/3 innings, his second-shortest outing of the season. He allowed three runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking a pair.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (3-3) pitched five innings and allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks. He struck out one while giving up two home runs.

Jose Peraza, Billy Hamilton, Zack Cozart and Joey Votto each had two hits for the Reds (19-19).

Willson Contreras, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Jeimer Candelario also had two hits apiece for Chicago.

The Cubs opened a 6-3 lead in the sixth when Bryant doubled home pinch runner Tommy La Stella. Reds reliever Blake Wood then loaded the bases and walked Ian Happ to bring home Schwarber for a 7-3 advantage.

That was it for Wood. He was replaced by right-hander Robert Stephenson, who got Candelario to ground into an inning-ending double play.

Votto slugged a two-run homer off Cubs reliever Koji Uehara in the seventh. His 11th homer of the season scored Hamilton and narrowed the deficit to 7-5.

However, Addison Russell slammed the Cubs' third homer of the night to lead off the Cubs' seventh for an 8-5 lead. Rizzo made it 9-5 in the eighth with his seventh of the season.

Cozart gave the Reds a 1-0 lead in the first, sending Lackey's first pitch to left for his third home run, a solo shot.

The Cubs replied in the last of the inning, loading the base with one out for Candelario, who lined a single to left to bring home Bryant for a 1-1 tie.

Contreras' two-out double into the center field ivy then drove in Anthony Rizzo and Happ for a 3-1 lead.

Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart got a run back with two out in the second, lofting a fly into a 20 mph southwest wind toward center for a solo home run, his first of the year.

Schwarber made it 4-2 with one out in the second. He sent Arroyo's 1-0 pitch into the right field bleachers for his sixth homer and first since May 5.

The Reds closed the gap to 4-3 in the fourth as Peraza doubled with one out, reached third on Barnhart's hit-and-run to second and came home after Arroyo struck out to apparently end the inning but the ball got away from Contreras.

Happ made it 5-3 with one out in the fifth, launching Arroyo's 0-1 pitch to left for his second career home run.

NOTES: Chicago's Joe Maddon became the eighth active manager to reach 1,000 victories. He previously managed the Angels (interim 1996, 1999) and Rays (2006-14) before coming to the Cubs in 2015. ... Cincinnati has used 19 pitchers this year, tied for third-most in the majors, and is on track to hit last year's club record of 32. ... The Reds sent Scott Feldman (2-3, 3.59 ERA) against Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-2, 3.40) in Wednesday's middle game. Feldman spent part of 2013 with the Cubs. ... On Thursday, the Cubs will mark the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game at Wrigley Field, the only remaining ballpark in which he played. Robinson's granddaughter, Meta, will help raise a new commemorative flag on the right field foul pole. ... The temperature at first pitch was 87 degrees -- 44 degrees warmer than the Cubs last home game May 7 against the Yankees.