Reds ride emotional high into Cubs' visit
The Cincinnati Reds hope an intensely emotional night might give them a 誘発する as they 近づく the end of a season-high, 11-game homestand.
The Chicago Cubs are just looking to 回復する some composure as the teams 会合，会う Friday night in the opener of a three-game 週末 series.
The Reds （機の）カム from behind and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the major league save leader Thursday night, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the San Diego Padres 5-4 to even their homestand at 4-4.
示す Melancon had 変えるd 25 of 28 save chances before blowing a 4-3 lead in the ninth. Kyle 農業者 攻撃する，衝突する a 単独の ホームラン with one out, and five 乱打するs later, Tyler Stephenson 配達するd a walk-off 選び出す／独身. The Reds ended San Diego's 88-game 勝利，勝つ streak when 主要な after eight innings.
Earlier in the game, the ビデオ boards in 広大な／多数の／重要な American Ball Park 明らかにする／漏らすd that Nick Castellanos and 足緒 Winker 辛勝する／優位d Mookie Betts to become the first pair of Reds outfielders to start in the All-星／主役にする Game since Frank Robinson and Gus Bell in 1956.
Castellanos and Winker tipped their cap to the （人が）群がる's standing ovation as both （機の）カム off the field. Winker broke into 涙／ほころびs three times in his postgame 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 while 述べるing what the 栄誉（を受ける） meant to him.
"Getting to 代表する the city of Cincinnati is something I 持つ／拘留する with a lot of pride," Winker said. "It's a 抱擁する 栄誉（を受ける） for me. It's a dream come true. This is something I didn't 推定する／予想する by any means. Who doesn't say they don't want to play in the All-星／主役にする Game? It's a big 栄誉（を受ける）."
Winker, a 27-year-old Buffalo native who went to high school in Orlando, thanked the Buffalo 法案s and Orlando 魔法 for helping in his All-星／主役にする Game 押し進める.
The Cubs used Thursday to try to forget their Wednesday 炉心溶融 in Milwaukee. They 得点する／非難する／２０d seven runs in the first inning, only to see Milwaukee bounce 支援する and pull away for a 15-7 勝利，勝つ.
"It should've been a pretty 平易な 仕事 to 完全にする," said Cubs starter Jake Arrieta, who couldn't 保護する the seven-run cushion. "It was all f rustrating."
"I know the 貿易（する） 最終期限 is on the (mind) of the outside world," Cubs 経営者／支配人 David Ross said, "but I really think we're 焦点（を合わせる）d on the day-to-day 過程. And we'll continue to get guys 支援する and play good baseball. I think we've got, still, things to work on, as I say a lot. I think we're a good team."
Even with Thursday's thrilling 勝利，勝つ, the Reds are 40-40 as they 準備する to end the first half of the season.
"Not good enough," Reds first baseman Joey Votto said. "It's really important over this next bit to show that we're going to be a 競争の激しい team all the way to the very end. We have to get hot soon. We have to play good ball, for sure."
Cubs 権利-hander Alec Mills (3-1, 5.11 ERA) will make his 17th 外見 (fifth start) of the season Friday in the series opener. In his 最新の 遠出, Saturday against the ペテン師, he received a no-決定／判定勝ち（する） after 許すing two runs on career-high-tying eight 攻撃する，衝突するs in four innings.
Mills gave up three runs in an inning of 救済 in his last 外見 vs. the Reds on May 2. He is 3-0 with a 3.74 ERA in eight career 遠出s (five starts) against Cincinnati.
The Reds will see the return of 権利-hander Sonny Gray (1-4, 3.42 ERA) from the 10-day 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） on Friday. He had been sidelined since 緊張するing his 権利 groin in a start against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 8.
Gray made his 孤独な rehabilitation start Saturday for ３倍になる-A Louisville, throwing three scoreless innings. He 許すd one 攻撃する，衝突する and three walks while striking out four.
Gray owns a 4-3 記録，記録的な／記録する with a 3.20 ERA in eight career starts against the Cubs.
--Field Level マスコミ
