In a matchup of National League playoff contenders, Javier Assad pitched a season-high eight shutout innings and Jeimer Candelario launched his career-best 20th homer to help Chicago take a 1-0 lead into the ninth.
Jake Fraley led off with a double against Mark Leiter Jr. , and pinch-runner Harrison Bader stole third. TJ Friedl walked and Spencer Steer was hit by a pitch before De La Cruz singled to right field.
He hit a grounder to shortstop, and the Cubs tried to turn an inning-ending double play. Renfroe barely beat the relay to first, allowing Friedl to score the winning run.In the second game of Friday's doubleheader, the Reds erased a 2-1 deficit in the ninth against Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay to win 3-2 and earn a split.
The Reds lead the majors with 159 stolen bases. Assad did his part to control the running game by picking off a runner at first base in each of the first two innings. Assad, making his seventh start of the season, ran into trouble in the sixth, but with runners on first and second, second baseman Nico Hoerner caught a pop fly with his back to the infield, then turned and doubled off Friedl at second to end the threat.
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