3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs’ 4-game split in Cincinnati, including hitters stepping up and Jameson Taillon’s slow starts
CINCINNATI — In moments late during Sunday’s back-and-forth series finale at Great American Ball Park, it felt more like a Chicago Cubs home game than a road atmosphere against a division rival with postseason implications.
The Cubs delivered the decisive blow in their 15-7 victory with a seven-run eighth inning after they exchanged leads with the Cincinnati Reds four times through the first two innings. A boisterous “Let’s go, Cubbies!” chant started among the 37,029 fans after Dansby Swanson’s RBI double capped the big inning by extending the lead to
