Murphy, Schwarber, Baez help Cubs outslug Reds
CHICAGO — Daniel Murphy and Kyle Schwarber each hit a two-run homer, Javier Baez added a solo shot, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-6 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
Murphy homered for a second straight day and is batting .407 (48 for 118) with nine homers in 31 career regular-season games at Wrigley Field — all but three of them before he joined the Cubs in a trade this week.
Baez was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. The homer was his 28th and he leads the NL with 97 RBIs.
NL-Central leading Chicago has gone deep in 10 consecutive games, amassing a total of 17 homers during that stretch.
Curt Casali homered and had four RBIs, and Preston Tucker added a pinch-hit homer for Cincinnati, which has dropped four straight.
Jose Quintana (11-9) allowed two runs on six hits in five-plus innings — walking three and striking out two — to get his first win since Aug. 3. Reds starter Luis Castillo (7-11) allowed five runs on five hits in 3⅓ innings.
Ian Happ drove in the Cubs’ first run with a twoout single in the second, and Murphy followed with a two-run shot for a 3-0 lead. After Cincinnati got a pair of runs in the top of the fourth, Schwarber’s two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth restored the three-run advantage. Baez hit a solo blast in