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Suffice it to say that wasn't how the Cincinnati Reds wanted to start a stretch of six games against the Chicago Cubs between now and June 1.

It’s Friday, May 23 and the Cubs (30-20) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (25-26). Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Hunter Greene for Cincinnati. Chicago has won back-to-back games and five of the past six, plus three-straight series. The Reds have lost back-to-back games after winning five straight contests,

Since then, Crow-Armstrong has: That's the first such 34-game combination of those statistics in MLB history, according to OptaStats. PCA's triple-slash hitting line in the span is .331/.348/.750 for a 1.098 OPS.

The Chicago Cubs' 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds was led in large part by home runs from Dansby Swanson and others.

After sitting more than anyone cared to see the first few weeks, Rhys Hoskins has now started 17 straight. He's batting .329 (25 for 76) with four homers and an OPS just shy of 1.000 over his past 23 games and will get to enjoy matchups like Ben Lively, Logan Allen and Simeon Woods Richardson in Week 8.

The Cincinnati Reds' starting rotation has a 1.41 ERA over the last six games. But after Tuesday's 1-0 loss, the lineup has been shut out 8 times.

The Cubs absolutely unloaded on the Reds Friday and center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrated his huge day at the plate.