Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Wednesday 5/6, 6:40 CT

Wednesday notes… STREAKING, PART 1: In each of the Cubs’ seven consecutive wins, their opponent has had a winning record going into the game. This is the Cubs’ 109th winning streak of at least seven games since 1901. It is only the fifth in any of those streaks during which they won seven in a row a

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STREAKING, PART 1: In each of the Cubs’ seven consecutive wins, their opponent has had a winning record going into the game. This is the Cubs’ 109th winning streak of at least seven games since 1901. It is only the fifth in any of those streaks during which they won seven in a row against teams that were above .500. Wins tonight and tomorrow would tie their all-time record of nine in a row, Sept. 16-27, 1935. Those were the final nine of 21 straight wins, still the National League record. They have won seven in a row vs. teams with winning records four previous times: May 7-16, 1920; June 28-July 3, 1967; May 2-8, 2016; and April 27-May 5, 2019. During their recent 10-game winning streak, the Cubs won only one game vs. an opponent that was above .500: the last game, at Los Angeles vs. the Dodgers. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

STREAKING, PART 2: The Cubs have won 13 straight games at home. It is their 19th double-digit home winning streak of the Modern Era, which began in 1901, and their 15th at Wrigley Field, their home since 1916. This is their first such streak since they won 14 in a row, May 18-June 22, 2008. A 13-game streak in 2001 and a 10-game streak in 1998 are their only others of the kind since 1970. Their record is 18 straight, Sept. 4-22, 1935, during a surge that lifted them to the pennant. The 2008 streak was one of five of 14 games. The 2001 streak was the only one of 13. The 2001 streak was ended when the Brewers scored a ninth-inning run off Kerry Wood and held on to win, 2-1. The 14th win in 2008 was by 7-1, completing a three-game sweep of the White Sox at home. The Cubs’ seven runs came on eight hits and seven walks. Eric Patterson and Aramis Ramirez smacked solo homers. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
STREAKING, PART 3: The Cubs are 17-3 in their last 20 games, their best 20-game record since they also were 17-3 from July 28-Aug. 18, 2016. They also were 17-3 from July 27-Aug. 17. They were 17-3 from May 19-June 12, 2001 and from June 16-July 3, 1967. Those are their only 17-3 spans after 1945. They had 77, many overlapping, in 1903-45. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
CUBS vs. REDS: This is the Cubs’ 83rd series vs. the Reds at Wrigley Field since 1994, first season of the Central Division. It is only the 17th of the 83 that was scheduled to be more than three games. The Cubs’ wins Monday and yesterday made this series just the second of the 17 in which the Cubs won the first two games. They went on to sweep four games in 2018. They went 3-1 in four series, including the most recent before the current one, in 2023. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

Cubs lineup:

Reds lineup:

Colin Rea, RHP vs. Brady Singer, RHP

Apart from one rough start vs. the Dodgers, Colin Rea has been rock-solid in the Cubs rotation after sliding in following the season-ending injury to Cade Horton.

Last year Rea had a rough time vs. the Reds: Three starts, 6.62 ERA, four home runs allowed in 17.2 innings. All of that damage came in his

first two starts against them, though. The last one, Sept. 18, 2025 in Cincinnati, was excellent: seven innings, four hits, one run, 11 strikeouts.

Do that again, Colin.

Despite the Cubs playing four series and 13 games against the Reds last year, Brady Singer did not face the Cubs at all in 2025. His last start vs. the Cubs was July 26, 2024 in Kansas City, where he threw seven shutout innings.

Singer is not having a good year in 2026, though. He’s already allowed seven home runs in just 29.2 innings. Perhaps one (or more) Cubs can take him deep tonight.

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