CINCINNATI _ Home runs by Addison Russell, Albert Almora Jr. and Kyle Schwarber weren't enough for the Cubs in a 6-5, 10-inning loss to Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run home run off Carl Edwards Jr. in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Reds rallied for the victory. The Cubs wasted an 11-strikeout performance from starter Yu Darvish.
The Cubs stranded Kris Bryant at third base to end the top of the 10th, and the Reds responded immediately in the bottom of the inning. With one out, Joey Votto drew a walk off Brad Brach and advanced to third base on a single by Suarez that skipped past third baseman David Bote.
With the bases loaded, the Cubs employed a five-man infield, but Yasiel Puig launched a single off the wall in right-center for the game-winning hit.
Suarez's homer occurred after left-hander Kyle Ryan allowed a single to Votto to start the inning.
The Cubs bullpen started to wobble after Darvish was pulled after 5 1/3 innings and 97 pitches. Russell made an accurate relay throw to easily nail Jesse Winker for the final out of the sixth after left-hander Mike Montgomery allowed a double to Derek Dietrich.
Brandon Kintzler allowed a home run to Jose Iglesias to start the seventh, shortly after Daniel Descalso hit a sacrifice fly to expand the Cubs' lead to 4-2.
Russell hit a two-run home run in the second to give Darvish a 2-1 lead. Almora hit a solo homer in the fourth, and Schwarber's homer in the top of the eighth gave the Cubs a 5-3 lead.
