Miley goes 7, Castellanos and India homer as Reds stop Cubs

CHICAGO (AP) — Wade Miley pitched seven effective innings, Nick Castellanos homered and the Cincinnati Reds got a sorely needed victory, topping the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Cincinnati had dropped seven of nine to lose ground in the NL playoff race. The Reds began the day one game back of San Diego for the second wild card.

They rebounded behind Miley (12-5), who was coming off one of his worst performances during an impressive season. The veteran left-hander allowed one run and five hits, struck out eight and walked none.

Miley, tagged for five runs and 12 hits over four innings during a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals last week, improved to 6-1 with a 2.67 ERA in his last 11 starts.

Willson Contreras, Rafael Ortega and Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which had won a season-high seven straight. Happ, who finished with three hits, is batting .367 (33 for 90) in his last 24 games.

The Reds were clinging to a 2-1 lead when they pushed across two runs in the eighth. Jonathan India, who homered in the first, doubled and scored on Mike Moustakas' two-out single off Manuel Rodríguez. Kyle Farmer tacked on another RBI single.

Ortega and Happ connected in the bottom half against Michael Lorenzen, but Mychal Givens worked the ninth for his sixth save.

Right before Happ's 20th homer, Farmer robbed Frank Schwindel of a hit when the shortstop made a terrific catch in short center field.

India drove Adrian Sampson's third pitch into the bleachers in center for his fifth leadoff homer and No. 19 overall in his first big league season. After Tyler Naquin bounced to third, Castellanos connected for his 27th homer.

India's homer traveled an estimated 422 feet, and Castellanos' drive went even further at 446 feet — landing on a green roof in center. But then Sampson (0-2) settled...

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