Hunter Greene struck out 12 and allowed three hits in seven dominant innings, Elly De La Cruz and JJ Bleday homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Friday night.
Game Highlights
Greene (1-1) missed the first three months of the season after undergoing surgery on March 11 to remove bone chips from his right elbow. The 26-year-old Greene bounced back with one of the best outings of his five-year career, throwing 68 strikes on 93 pitches.
De La Cruz led off the fifth by lining a fastball off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (5-8) into the stands in left-center. De La Cruz had a triple into the right-field corner and scored on Sal Stewart’s sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
Spencer Steer, who had three hits, followed with an infield single before Bleday drove Jake Woodford’s cutter over the wall in center.
Original reporting: WLWT Cincinnati — read the source article.
