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Sal Stewart, Jose Trevino Power Reds' Comeback Over Cubs

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Sal Stewart, Jose Trevino Power Reds' Comeback Over Cubs
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Down early at Wrigley, the Reds answered the Cubs with the long ball, and by the 6th inning a deficit had turned into a laugher.

The Cubs were supposed to be the ones hitting the ball out of Wrigley today. One bettor put money on it before first pitch, backing at least one Cubs homer inside the first five innings. Cincinnati had other plans.

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The Cubs are on early today! My play is 1+ Cubs HR in the first five innings. (-130) on @DKSports #DKPartner

🧠Trust The Data🧠: The Cubs are on early today! My play is 1+ Cubs HR in the first five innings. (-130) on @DKSports #DKPartner

Sal Stewart has spent the whole season doing things Reds rookies have never done. The 22-year-old first baseman broke the franchise's pre-All-Star-break rookie home run record back on July 8, going deep twice against the Phillies to push past the 18-homer mark Frank Robinson set way back in 1956 — and he's still chasing more. He kept that pace going against the Cubs, driving in a run on a 101.9 mph blast that traveled 382 feet, part of a season that's already produced an RBI record for a Reds rookie.

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Sal Stewart just drives in runs

Cincinnati Reds player number 27 rounds the bases in a road grey uniform after hitting a home run, then reaches home plate with arms out; on-screen graphic reads 'SAL STEWART, REDS ROOKIE, RBI RECORD' with exit velocity 101.9 MPH and distance 382 FT, scoreboard shows Reds 2, Cubs 3, top 5th

Stewart's shot didn't erase the deficit on its own, but it set the tone. A few innings later, Jose Trevino stepped up and did what Stewart couldn't quite finish — he tied the game outright. Trevino's homer left the bat at 102.8 mph and carried 395 feet, knotting things up at 3-3 in the 6th and flipping the entire momentum of the afternoon.

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And just like that the Reds tie the game

Cincinnati Reds baserunner Jose Trevino rounding the bases past the outfield wall at Wrigley Field; on-screen graphic reads exit velocity 102.8 MPH, distance 395 FT, scoreboard showing Reds 3 Cubs 3 in the 6th inning.

From there, Cincinnati didn't just take the lead — it buried the Cubs in it. Tyler Stephenson got in on the barrage too, and by the time the dust settled the scoreboard read Reds 7, Cubs 3, still in the same 6th inning. What started as a tight, pitcher-adjacent afternoon turned into a full-blown power display in about 20 minutes of game time.

For Wrigley regulars, watching their own team's pitching staff get stripped for parts is never fun, and the reaction on the North Side matched the mood — exasperated, resigned, out of jokes.

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A young man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap gestures with both hands while a text overlay reads "I AM STRAIGHT UP NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME" across all three frames, indoors in what looks like a house.

Stewart's rookie season was already going to be a storyline in Cincinnati no matter what happened this afternoon — he's on pace to challenge Robinson's full-season rookie home run mark of 38 and Jim Greengrass's rookie RBI record of 100. Add in a Trevino go-ahead-setting blast and a Stephenson follow-up, and this was less an isolated outburst than the latest data point in a Reds offense that keeps finding new ways to turn one bad inning into a laugher at the other team's ballpark.

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