What a strange little game this was, the Cubs’ 3-1 loss to the Reds that ended their season-high seven-game winning streak.
Sure, the Cubs didn’t hit — only two the entire game — but Hayden Wesneski, in his sixth and final 2022 appearance for the Cubs, threw well enough to win. Six innings, four hits and two runs (one earned), with six strikeouts, should be enough to win most starts.
But not when the Cubs couldn’t play defense. The Reds’ two-run rally in the third inning featured one infield grounder thrown away and another baseball barely hit past the infield that Cubs fielders couldn’t touch.