CINCINNATI — TJ Friedl homered and drove in three runs, Andrew Abbott pitched five effective innings and the Cincinnati Reds won seven in a row by beating the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Saturday.
The Cubs put runners on first and third with one out in the ninth, but Justin Wilson led to an Ian Happ foul pop and a Mike Tauchman grounder for his first save.
The Reds have won their first three games of the series against the Cubs after winning two of three against their NL Central rivals at Wrigley Field last weekend.
Jeimer Candelario hit a two-out home run in the first inning for the Reds. Friedl hit his third home run of the season in the third with two runs and drove in another run with a groundout in the fifth.
Abbott (5-5) allowed a lot of traffic on the bases, with five hits and four walks, but the only run he allowed was on Dansby Swanson’s RBI double in the first.
For the Reds, Dominican Elly de la Cruz went 1 for 4 with one run scored and one RBI.
