Cubs give up 3 homers, lose 5-4 to Reds

Byrd immediately followed with his 16th home run on a 2-0 pitch from Richard, making the score 3-1.The Cubs scored three times off Lorenzen in the fifth, which could have been an even bigger inning had center fielder Dexter Fowler not been thrown out at second trying for a double.

With that drought over, Frazier will try to lead the Reds to another victory over their NL Central rivals Tuesday night and keep highly touted Cubs prospect Kyle Schwarber winless in his return to Cincinnati.

Frazier won the derby at Great American last Monday night, hitting the clinching homer with his final swing.

Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who threw a career-high 44 pitches Sunday in an 11-inning loss to Cleveland, pitched a ideal ninth Monday and notched his 19th save.

The Cubs are 7-3 against Cincinnati this season, including 2-1 at Great American.

Jay Bruce had the go-ahead two-run shot in the sixth, and the Reds (41-49) got a sparkling defensive play from second baseman Brandon Phillips in just their third win in 10 games this season against the Cubs (49-42). Rizzo had a sacrifice fly, and Bryant doubled home a run.

Schwarber started Friday’s game in Atlanta and went 3 for 4 with a double, but did commit two errors. Rafael Soriano looked shaky in his inning of work, giving up a double and a walk in his inning, but working his way out of it. He was hitting 91-92 regularly with his fastball. Jorge Soler redeemed himself from two straight strike outs looking with a two run double to hand Chicago the 4-3 edge. The Reds will start Mike Leake and Tony Cingrani. He grew up about 40 miles away from Cincinnati in Middletown, Ohio, and was MVP of the Futures Game during the All-Star festivities there. Mattheus twisted his left knee while fielding Starlin Castro’s grounder in the 6th but stayed in the game after a few practice throws.

Raisel Iglesias (1-2, 5.90) will make his first start versus Chicago and second overall since returning from the disabled list (strained left oblique) on July 11.

Reds fourth. Votto walked. He made four starts and one relief appearance for Cincinnati, going 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA.

Grimm walked Frazier to bring up Bruce, who hit only the second homer allowed by the reliever this season.

Clayton Richard had a mixed outing tonight, but did enough to give the Cubs a decent enough shot at winning tonight’s game. Hammel lost to the Reds 5-4 with four runs allowed (two earned) on seven hits and a trio of BB in five frames.