Cincinnati Reds play-by-play broadcaster John Sadak was exasperated after they collapsed in a house loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
“In a season that is had some very irritating moments, that is the worst thus far and it isn’t shut,” Sadak mentioned through the FanDuel Sports activities Community broadcast (h/t Dave Clark of the Cincinnati Enquirer).
The irritating second may very well be exhausting to high. Getting into the highest of the sixth inning, the Reds led, 8-3. The Cubs proceeded to attain eight unanswered runs.
Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner drove in two runs with a double within the high of the seventh inning. He additionally scored a run off a wild pitch within the sixth and a single from first baseman Michael Busch within the seventh.
Issues continued to snowball for the Reds within the eighth inning. Cubs catcher Reese McGuire — who was referred to as up from Triple-A Iowa on Sunday — homered to proper subject on a 78 mph sweeper from Reds reduction pitcher Taylor Rodgers.