One huge inning was all of the Chicago Cubs wanted on Thursday to safe to a different win, one which clinched a four-game collection sweep of the division rival Cincinnati Reds.
The win was additionally the Cubs’ ninth in a row, making the 2026 season already historic within the month of Could it doesn’t matter what occurs all through the summer season.
Chicago’s nine-game win streak marks their second such streak of the season, changing into the primary crew to supply a number of nine-game win streaks inside their first 38 video games because the Brooklyn Dodgers did it in 1955.
And an evening after Pete Crow-Armstrong’s two-run dwelling run within the ninth saved Wednesday’s sport, sending it into extras and permitting the Cubs to win in a walk-off, Chicago dominates the Reds to the tune of 8-3.
Cubs did not want any late-game heroics to finish the sweep
The Cubs scored seven of their eight runs within the fourth as Crow-Armstrong drove one other run in and Michael Conforto led the crew with three hits and two RBI.
Starter Shota Imanaga threw a gem, permitting just one run off six hits and hanging out 10 batters in six innings of labor.
