DeSclafani’s historic grand slam leads Reds over Cubs

Anthony DeSclafani hit the first grand slam by a Cincinnati pitcher in 59 years, helping the last-place Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 11-2 on Saturday for their sixth consecutive victory.

It was Cincinnati’s third slam in five days and major leagueleading seventh of the season, two short of the record set in 2002. The last Reds pitcher to hit a grand slam was Bob Purkey against the Cubs on Aug. 1, 1959.

Tucker Barnhart and Joey Votto also went deep in front of a crowd of 36,818, Cincinnati’s largest since Opening Day. Votto hit a three-run shot off backup catcher Chris Gimenez in the eighth.

The Reds matched their longest win streak of the season and won a third straight game against the Cubs for the first time since winning five in a row in 2014.

Willson Contreras and Ben Zobrist homered for Chicago, which has lost three straight games for the first time since a five-game slide from May 1 through May 6. Zobrist and Ian Happ each had two of the Cubs’ six hits.

BAUER LEADS INDIANS >> Trevor Bauer struck out 11 over 6 1/3 innings to beat Detroit for the fourth time this season, leading the Cleveland Indians past the Tigers 4-1 for their sixth straight win overall. Bauer (7-5) recorded his seventh double-figure strikeout game of the season, including five of his last six starts. Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer in the fifth, and Jose Ramirez — who reached base in his 30th consecutive game — and Edwin Encarnacion had RBI singles in a threerun first.

TORONTO PITCHERS TO DL >> The Blue Jays have put pitchers Aaron Sanchez and Jaime Garcia on the 10-day disabled list. Toronto activated righthander Marcus Stroman off the 10-day disabled list. He’d been out since May 8 with shoulder trouble. Toronto also recalled left-handed reliever Tim Mayza from Triple-A Buffalo.