{"id":469744,"date":"2025-05-31T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cincinnati-dominates-cubs-with-power-and-pitching-abbott-unbeatable-and-fraley-punishes-with-the-bat\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:00:33","slug":"cincinnati-dominates-cubs-with-power-and-pitching-abbott-unbeatable-and-fraley-punishes-with-the-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cincinnati-dominates-cubs-with-power-and-pitching-abbott-unbeatable-and-fraley-punishes-with-the-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Dominates Cubs with Power and Pitching: Abbott Unbeatable and Fraley Punishes with the Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>CHICAGO. \u2013<\/strong> The Cincinnati Reds abruptly halted the Chicago Cubs&#8217; good momentum by defeating them 6-2 on the afternoon of Friday, May 30, at Wrigley Field, thanks to a brilliant outing by left-hander Andrew Abbott and an offense that exploded with three home runs.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The left-handed pitcher, who hasn&#8217;t lost all season, worked seven nearly perfect innings in which he only allowed one hit, struck out eight, and gave up a walk. With this performance, Abbott (5-0) lowered his ERA to 1.51 and continues to establish himself as one of the most dominant arms in the old circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friedl, Fraley, and Stephenson punished the opposing pitching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the first turn of the game, TJ Friedl set the tone with a solo home run against Colin Rea, who succumbed again to the Cincinnati bats for the second time in just a week. In the fourth inning, catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a two-run homer and then Jake Fraley repeated the dose in the sixth inning with another two-run hit.<\/p>\n\n\nFraley, who has Puerto Rican roots, has been consistent in the heart of the Reds&#8217; lineup, and in this game he went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cubs react late but it&#8217;s not enough<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nChicago, coming off a four-game winning streak, barely managed to wake up offensively in the eighth inning, when Michael Busch hit a triple and then Matt Shaw drove in two runs with a single. But it was already too late for a lineup that was silenced by Abbott and the solid red bullpen, led by Emilio Pag\u00e1n, who got the final outs to preserve the victory.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Overview in the standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this victory, the Reds evened their record to 29-29, putting themselves in contention for the National League wild card. The Cubs, for their part, dropped to 35-22 and remain as runners-up to the Brewers in the Central Division.<\/p>\n\n\nThe series continues this Saturday in the afternoon, with the Cubs sending Drew Pomeranz to the mound, while the Reds will rely on the young arm of Nick Lodolo.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO. \u2013 The Cincinnati Reds abruptly halted the Chicago Cubs&#8217; good momentum by defeating them 6-2 on the afternoon of Friday, May 30, at Wrigley Field, thanks to a brilliant outing by left-hander Andrew Abbott and an offense that exploded with three home runs. The left-handed pitcher, who hasn&#8217;t lost all season, worked seven nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[23744,16317,40813,13766],"class_list":["post-469744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-cubs","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1Ycw","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-31-a-las-7.58.31\u202fa.-m.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"H\u00e9ctor Romero","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Disen\u0303o-sin-ti\u0301tulo-2-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-31-a-las-7.58.31\u202fa.-m.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}