CHICAGO – The heartbreakers bled into the second leg of a two-city road trip for the Cincinnati Reds, who blew a ninth-inning lead Monday night at Wrigley Field on the way to a season-high fourth straight loss.
Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto slugged a two-out home run to left off Reds closer Emilio Pagán for the game-winner in the ninth for a 5-4 Cubs victory that dropped the Reds three games behind the first-place Cubs in the National League Central.
The Reds led 4-3 on Spencer Steer’s eighth-inning RBI single until Pete Crow-Armstrong led off the ninth with a triple off the centerfield wall, followed by Nico Hoerner’s one-out sacrifice fly to left to tie it, setting the stage for Conforto.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Reds blow lead, lose to Cubs for fourth straight loss