Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 5, Chi. Cubs 0
When: 2:20 PM ET, Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 33642

Reds 5, Cubs 0: Bronson Arroyo dominated through seven innings and Todd Frazier homered as Cincinnati completed a three-game sweep of host Chicago.

Arroyo (11-9) struck out seven and did not walk a batter while yielding two hits – both singles. Frazier, Ryan Hanigan, Zack Cozart and Joey Votto each added an RBI double for the Reds, who remained 3 1/2 games behind the first-place Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central and 5 1/2 clear of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the race for the second wild-card spot.

Chris Rusin (2-2) allowed two runs on three hits in six innings as the Cubs dropped their fourth straight game.

Frazier, who entered the contest with one extra-base hit in the last 15 games and no home runs since July 1, gave Arroyo all the support he needed in the first with a towering solo blast down the line in left. Hanigan doubled the lead in the fifth and Cozart’s double pushed the margin to 3-0 in the seventh.

Frazier and Votto put the game away with back-to-back RBI doubles in the eighth. Alfredo Simon and Jonathan Broxton each turned in a scoreless inning of relief to cap the two-hit shutout.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Reds signed Cuban OF Reydel Medina for a reported bonus of $400,000. Medina, 20, had been playing in the Dominican Republic since defecting from Cuba in 2011. … The Cubs are expected to promote RHP Jake Arrieta from Triple-A Iowa on Thursday to start Friday’s series opener against St. Louis. … Cincinnati will continue its road trip at Milwaukee on Thursday.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   Chi. Cubs
Bronson Arroyo Player Christopher Rusin
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 6.0
7 Strikeouts 3
2 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Cincinnati   Chi. Cubs
Todd Frazier Player David DeJesus
2 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 1
.500 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 8 1 16 .235 8 7 5 2 0 0
Chi. Cubs 2 0 2 .071 4 10 0 0 0 0