Cubs 5, Reds 4 (13 innings)
CINCINNATI -- Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run, game-tying home run in the ninth inning and a go-ahead solo shot in the 13th, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.
Playing less than 40 miles from his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, the Cubs catcher launched a 2-2 pitch from right-hander Nate Adcock (1-2) for his third career homer to put Chicago ahead.
With the Cubs trailing 4-2 in the ninth, Schwarber worked the count to 3-2 against Reds right-hander J.J. Hoover, who was subbing for Aroldis Chapman. The Cincinnati closer was unavailable after throwing 57 combined pitches the previous two games. Schwarber crushed a two-run shot an estimated 424 feet over the visitors bullpen in right field to tie the score.
Schwarber finished the night 4-for-7 with a double, two homers and four RBIs. Through 11 major league games, he is hitting .410 with three homers and 10 RBIs.
Jason Motte (7-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Justin Grimm threw a perfect bottom of the 13th to earn his second save for Chicago (50-42).
Cubs left fielder Chris Coghlan tied the score 2-2 in the sixth with a controversial home run.
In the seventh, Reds third baseman Todd Frazier blooped a 2-2 pitch from right-hander Pedro Strop into left field, driving in two runs to give Cincinnati a 4-2 edge.
Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel made his first start since exiting his July 8 outing after one inning with left hamstring tightness. He didn't have his best command Tuesday but managed to pitch five innings and give up two runs, one earned.
Reds starter Raisel Iglesias tied career high with eight strikeouts. He allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked four over 112 pitches.
With one out in the sixth, Coghlan hit a long drive to left that caromed off a fan and initially was ruled a triple.
Reds manager Bryan Price argued that it should be a ground-rule double due to fan interference.
However, following a three-minute, 42-second video review requested by crew chief Fieldin Culbreth, it was ruled that the ball actually cleared the wall before being touched, and Coghlan was awarded his ninth home run of the season.
Hammel wasn't sharp in his first inning back.
Second baseman Brandon Phillips led off with a single and advanced to third when first baseman Joey Votto's liner caromed off Dexter Fowler's glove in center for an error.
Frazier's sacrifice fly scored Phillips to put Cincinnati ahead 1-0.
In the fifth, Schwarber delivered a ground-rule double to center to drive in the Cubs' first run.
NOTES: OF Marlon Byrd played center field for just the second time this season on Tuesday after making 67 of his 71 appearances in left for the Reds. ... Cubs INF Javier Baez, on the disabled list at Triple-A Iowa with a fractured finger, resumed baseball activity and could begin a rehab assignment in Arizona this week. ... The second opinion on Cubs C Miguel Montero's sprained left thumb on Monday confirmed the original diagnosis and he will not resume baseball activity for at least two weeks.