This story was excerpted from Mark Sheldon’s Reds Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to ...

Elly de la Cruz swipes his 36th base of the season ...

Emilio Pagán shuts the door on the Cubs ...

Zack Littell collects his fourth strikeout ...

Matt McLain scores on a fielder's choice ...

Tyler Stephenson crushes a two-run home run to right field, scoring Noelvi Marte to extend the Reds' lead to 6-3 ...

Spencer Steer and Elly De La Cruz hit back-to-back home runs in the 6th to lead the Reds to a 7-4 win ...

TJ Friedl lifts a solo home run to right field, extending the Reds' lead to 4-2 in the 7th inning ...

Ten games, three series. That's what is left of the regular season for the Reds. While they face an uphill climb to earn a ...

Tony Santillan comes in and strands runners at corners in the 8th by getting Moises Ballesteros to ground out to Elly de La Cruz ...

Zack Littell collects four strikeouts while allowing two earned runs on three hits during five innings of work against the Cubs ...

Spencer Steer lifts a solo home run to left field, giving the Reds a 3-2 lead in the 5th inning ...