The heartbreakers bled into the second leg of a two-city road trip for the Cincinnati Reds, who blew a ninth-inning lead Monday night at Wrigley Field on the way to a season-high fourth straight loss.

Emilio Pagan took the mound in the 9th inning for the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, and he did so in a save situation for the first time in some two weeks. The Reds had scratched and clawed their way back to a 4-3 lead after earlier watching a 3-0 lead evaporate,

The Cincinnati Reds' road woes continue with a heartbreaking loss to the Chicago Cubs.

The National League Central has been baseball's best division, a fact that seems straight out of the upside down. The Chicago Cubs have been the division's bully, a development that seems long overdue.

The Cubs headline four NL Central teams in the top 10 in this week's rankings.

The Cincinnati Reds are calling up their No 7 prospect Chase Petty to face the red-hot Cubs on Monday in the first game of a four-game series in Chicago.

Cubs take control of NL Central amid a field of contenders.