CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Greene struck out 12 and allowed three hits in seven dominant innings, Elly De La Cruz and JJ Bleday homered and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Friday night.
Greene (1-1) missed the first three months of the season after undergoing surgery on March 11 to remove bone chips from his right elbow. The right-hander struggled in his debut on July 4 against Baltimore, going 3 1/3 innings and tying a career high with eight earned runs allowed.
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Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga reacts after a strike out in the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Cincinnati Reds' Spencer Steer reacts after hitting a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner reacts after striking out in the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Friday, July 10, 2026 in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
The 26-year-old Greene bounced back with one of the best outings of his five-year career, throwing 68 strikes on 93 pitches. The 12 strikeouts tied for the second-most of his career and he threw 19 first-pitch strikes to the 25 batters he faced.
Greene allowed just four baserunners, with only two reaching second base. Chicago had runners on first and second with one out in the seventh, but Nico Hoerner lined out to center and Michael Conforto struck out.
Emilio Pagán finished for his eighth save in 11 opportunities.
De La Cruz led off the fifth by lining a fastball off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (5-8) into the stands in left-center. De La Cruz had a triple into the right-field corner and scored on Sal Stewart's sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
Spencer Steer, who had three hits, followed with an infield single before Bleday drove Jake Woodford's cutter over the wall in center.
Cubs hitters set a season high by striking out 16 times against three Cincinnati pitchers. It was Chicago's ninth shutout loss of the season, tied with the Giants for second-most in the majors. The Padres have 10.
Cincinnati had its sixth shutout victory.
Chicago sends right-hander Javier Assad (6-1, 4.15 ERA) to the mound while Cincinnati will go with lefty Nick Lodolo (3-2, 4.68 ERA).
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Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga reacts after a strike out in the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Cincinnati Reds' Spencer Steer reacts after hitting a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner reacts after striking out in the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Friday, July 10, 2026 in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Swensen)
Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday as relations sharply deteriorate, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
Trump threatened new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel after Carney walked away from trade negotiations late Friday. Carney said the demands are an attempt to “destroy our major industries.” On Tuesday, Trump claimed that he’s considering renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” He also insulted Canada's leader by calling him “Governor Carney.”
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections. Mail balloting has long been a favorite target for Trump, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of the voting method.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the U.S. The announcement follows Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Iran, in an effort to sever it from the rest of the global economy.
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“There is a huge gap between the American perspective and the Canadian perspective. That’s the first point,” Carney added. “In the final hours of the negotiations, it was a question of — you mentioned Netflix — discoverability on platforms, the streamers. You can see whether, if you want to watch some television, it is easy or not to find French-language and Quebec programs. Because of legislation here in Quebec, it is easier now. But for the Americans, that is an irritant. No, it is a law.”
Labeling is another example, he said: “That is also on the list of irritants the Americans mention. And the government says each time: No, no, no. The joke is over. It’s not amusing. It’s not a ‘funny fact.’ It’s a right.”
Carney said Monday that U.S. negotiators had raised the discoverability of French-language content on streaming platforms, along with French-language labeling rules, as trade irritants.
And he rejected the idea that such protections were negotiable, saying in French: “For the Americans, questions about the French language, Quebec culture, francophone culture and Canadian culture are irritants. Here in Quebec, here in Canada, they are rights — fundamental rights.”
“I love French Canadians,” the president said in a follow-up social media post.
Trump appeared to be responding to assertions by Carney that the United States had proposed measures he deemed unacceptable that would hurt French language protections.
Trump accused Carney of telling a “lie” and disparaged the prime minister as “weak” and “ineffective.”
“I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing,” he said, asserting the claim was made up by Carney in a bid to boost his political standing at home.
The Democratic leader said affordability is not a hoax as Trump has said, but very real — “People are drowning in this failed economy.”
The meeting between Jeffries and Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, was seen as an overture from the administration before the midterms elections.
Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, had bristled that Kushner better not be hedging his bets against Republicans.
“He asked for a meeting and I took it,” says Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in a defiant video posted to social media.
Wearing a New York Yankees cap and looking straight into the camera, Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats seize majority control of the House, leveled a follow-up warning: “I shouldn’t have to say it but I am: No one is going to get a pass.”
“We are going to hold every single member of the Trump cartel accountable — from day one,” Jeffries said, foreshadowing a robust oversight agenda.
Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
The United States and Canada are locked in a trade dispute, with Canada expected to announce retaliatory measures Tuesday. That’s in response to the Trump administration enacting 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods over the weekend after talks between the countries broke down.
“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer,” Trump said Tuesday on social media.
The U.S.-Canadian border runs through the middle of the lake on the shore of New York state. Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s auto industry.
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Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
Trump also threatened new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel, while Carney said U.S. trade demands showed Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and three other Cabinet ministers are also expected Tuesday morning to share details of supports for workers affected by tariffs. Carney said earlier Monday that Canada may need to move away from matching U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar and instead use more targeted retaliation aimed at protecting Canadian workers and businesses.
Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words "Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz," in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at a housing development in Hamilton, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets workers at the Davie shipyard in Levis, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)
President Donald Trump speaks during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
