CINCINNATI – Anthony Rizzo homered for the third time, and the Chicago Cubs let most of a seven-run lead slip away Monday night before Jeremy Jeffress closed out an 8-7 victory over a Cincinnati Reds team coping with coronavirus uncertainty.Down 8-1 in the seventh inning, the Reds cut it to 8-5 on Joey Votto’s two-run single.
Craig Kimbrel walked the bases loaded with one out in the ninth, and then hit Freddy Galvis and walked Tyler Stephenson to cut it to 8-7.Jeffress fanned Phillip Ervin and retired Votto on a liner to center for his first save with the Cubs.Rizzo scored three times as the Cubs won for the third time in four games.