Cody Bellinger homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jordan Wicks threw five innings of one-run ball and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday between the contending divisional rivals.
Bellinger had a solo homer in the fourth and drove in two more with a base hit in the sixth. Seiya Suzuki's solo homer in the eighth and Ian Happ's two-run shot in the ninth extended the Cubs' lead.
Heading into the second game of the twin bill, the Cubs are in second place in the National League Central and hold on to the second NL wild card. The Reds, third in the division, are two games out of the third wild-card slot in a tight race with the Giants, Diamondbacks and Marlins.
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