A pair of NL Central rivals continue an early week series on the diamond in the home of Skyline Chili. The Chicago Cubs are on the road as they play the middle game of a three-game set with the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday evening. Chicago was beaten 9-5 at home in the rubber game of their season-opening three-game set at home by Milwaukee Sunday afternoon. Cincinnati earned a 3-1 home win in the rubber game of their three-game home series with Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon. Last season, the Cubs won the season series by an 11-8 margin. This article was published prior to the conclusion of Monday’s series opener at the Great American Ball Park.
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Chicago won the opening game of their set with the Brewers and held the lead after seven innings Saturday before falling before getting routed on Sunday in the rubber game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs fell to 1-2 entering Monday and look to get back in the win column here. On Sunday, Chicago got two hits each from Nico Hoerner (run) and Patrick Wisdom (two runs, two RBI) but the pitching sputtered. Wisdom (his first and second) homered twice in the losing effort for the North Siders. Jameson Taillon (0-1) took the loss in his Cubs debut, allowing three runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts over four innings. Julian Merryweather was brutal in relief, giving up five runs on five hits with two walks and no strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning, turning a 3-2 game into an 8-2 score.
Hayden Wesneski takes the mound for his first start of the 2023 season for the Cubs in this contest. He made six appearances, four starts, for Chicago after coming over in a deal that sent reliever Scott Effross to the Yankees at the trade deadline last season, posting a 3-2 record with a 2.18 ERA, a 0.939 WHIP, seven walks and 33 strikeouts over 32 innings of work. In spring training, he was 3-1 with a 2.12 ERA, a 1.118 WHIP, six walks and 22 strikeouts over 17 innings of work. This marks Wesneski’s third career appearance and second start against the Reds. He is 1-1 with a 0.82 ERA, a 0.727 WHIP, two walks and 14 strikeouts over 11 innings of action against them. Wesneski took the loss in his lone career start at the Great American Ball Park, which took place on October 3, 2022. He threw six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits with one walk and six strikeouts in a 3-1 Cubs loss.
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