Chi Cubs at Cincinnati — MLB September 18, 2026

4 – 6

Final

Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
CIN	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		6	8	0

Decisions

Win J. Aguiar CIN

3.0 IP · 4 H · 2 ER · 2 K · 6.00 ERA

Loss C. Holmes CHC

5.1 IP · 3 H · 6 ER · 4 K · 3.25 ERA

Save E. Pagán CIN

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.54 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHC	CIN
Bottom 1st Sal Stewart out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Carlos Jorge scores. Elly De La Cruz to 3rd.	0	1
Bottom 1st Tyler Stephenson singles on a ground ball to second baseman Nico Hoerner. Elly De La Cruz scores.	0	2
Top 2nd Carson Kelly singles on a line drive to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Nico Hoerner scores. Michael Conforto to 2nd.	1	2
Top 3rd Ian Happ homers (24) on a fly ball to right center field.	2	2
Bottom 3rd Sal Stewart grounds into a double play, shortstop Dansby Swanson to second baseman Nico Hoerner to first baseman Michael Busch. Carlos Jorge scores. Elly De La Cruz out at 2nd. Sal Stewart out at 1st.	2	3
Top 4th Seiya Suzuki singles on a line drive to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Carson Kelly scores. Dansby Swanson scores.	4	3
Bottom 6th Eugenio Suárez singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Elly De La Cruz scores. Tyler Stephenson to 3rd. JJ Bleday to 2nd.	4	4
Bottom 6th Jose Trevino singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. JJ Bleday scores. Eugenio Suárez scores. Héctor Rodríguez to 3rd.	4	6

Closing line

Box score

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.280
S. Suzuki RF	5	0	1	2	0	3	.265
M. Busch 1B	3	0	0	0	2	1	.236
A. Bregman 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	.262
I. Happ LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.220
N. Hoerner 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.263
M. Conforto DH	4	0	3	0	0	0	.246
C. Kelly C	2	1	2	1	1	0	.266
D. Swanson SS	3	1	1	0	1	1	.217
Totals		4	9		4	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
C. Holmes L	5.1	3	6	6	5	4	97
J. Assad	1.2	4	0	0	0	1	34
J. Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	12

Cincinnati

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jorge CF	3	2	1	0	1	0	.130
E. De La Cruz SS	2	2	2	0	2	0	.287
S. Stewart 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	.271
T. Stephenson DH	3	0	1	1	1	2	.248
J. Bleday LF-RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.214
E. Suárez 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.211
K. Hayes 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.144
H. Rodríguez RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.220
T. Friedl LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172
J. Trevino C	4	0	1	2	0	1	.216
M. McLain 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.184
Totals		6	8		5	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
C. Burns	3.0	4	2	2	2	4	67
J. Aguiar W	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	54
B. Burke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13
T. Antone	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14
E. Pagán S	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	18