Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs Prediction: Cubs will not disappoint here

Saturday's Major League Baseball action from Great American Ball Park features a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds. This will be the third and final game of a four-game series that will take place over the course of the weekend. Both teams won the first game of the doubleheader that was played on Friday.

The San Francisco Giants were the opponents of the Cincinnati Reds in their most recent series. The Cincinnati Reds were able to avoid being swept by their opponent thanks to a 4-1 victory in the series' last game. In the first of Friday's games, the Cincinnati Reds were defeated by a score of 10-7 and had fewer hits than their opponents (only seven), but in the evening game, they prevailed with eight hits. Nick Martini contributed to the victory with a home run. On Saturday, the Cincinnati Reds will send Andrew Abbott to the mound as their opening pitcher. Abbott has made 16 starts so far this season and has a record of 8-4 with a 3.35 earned run average and 99 strikeouts in 88.2 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Abbott has a record of 3-2 with a 5.45 ERA and 42 strikeouts.

This week, the Brewers played against the Chicago Cubs, and the Cubs were victorious in two of the three games of the series. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 6-2 in the first game of their doubleheader on Friday, but they were defeated by a score of 3-2 in the second game after throwing away a late lead. In the second game, Cody Bellinger hit a home run by himself. The Chicago Cubs will use Javier Assad as their starting pitcher for the third game of the series on Saturday. Assad has pitched 79.0 innings, appeared in 24 games (starting six of them), and has a record of 3-2 with a 2.96 ERA and 60 strikeouts. In his last seven games, five of which were starts, Assad has a record of 2-0 and a 2.18 earned run average.

It's likely that I'll stick with the Chicago Cubs as my pick to win this matchup. At this point in the game, Assad is throwing the ball quite well. In his last three starts, he has allowed just five earned runs while going 1 for 1 with 12 hits, six walks, and 18.1 innings pitched. As for Abbott, he has racked up six earned runs over the course of his most recent 7.1 innings. The Chicago Cubs will be in a good position to win game three if they can get their offense going early. Until the Cincinnati Reds staged a comeback in the ninth inning of the game two matchup on Friday, the Chicago Cubs were riding a good run thanks to the strong performances of their bullpen. The offense for the Chicago Cubs is going to have to get back to its old ways here, but I still think the Cubs will be okay.