Major League Baseball is holding the second Field of Dreams Game on Thursday evening as the Cubs and Reds face off in Dyersville, Iowa. Here’s how to watch the 2022 Field of Dreams Game.
The 2022 game is not a playoff-caliber matchup like last year. The Cubs came in 45-65 and 16 games out in the NL Central. That makes them the better team here, as the Reds are 44-66. The teams are relatively evenly matched. The Cubs lead the season series, 4-3, and have outscored the Reds 52-47 in those games.
Chicago jumped to an early lead to begin Thursday’s action. After a pair of groundouts to start the game, Cubs third baseman Patrick Wisdom drew a walk. Then Seiya Suzuki doubled to get the scoring started.
Nico Hoerner followed with an RBI single, advancing to second on the throw home, and then Ian Happ doubled home Hoerner. It was a three-run top of the first for the Cubs. Quite a start.
The Cubs would string some hits together to add another run in the fourth. Rookie outfielder — serving as the DH Thursday — Nelson Velázquez started things off with a single. First baseman PJ Higgins followed with a single of his own. After a pop out, leadoff man Nick Madrigal sent a looping liner to center to plate Velázquez.
Reds starter Nick Lodolo entered the season as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. This was his 10th MLB start of the season. He lasted 4 2/3 innings on 98 pitches, giving up four runs on seven hits while walking four and striking out six.
Fellow lefty Drew Smyly was Lodolo’s counterpart in this one. The veteran Cubs lefty is through five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts, having only allowed four hits, all of which have been singles.
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