CINCINNATI (AP) — Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.
Michael Busch had three hits and Carson Kelly also went deep for the Cubs, who improved to 3-2 on their six-game trip before the All-Star break.
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Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl, bottom, dives safely back to second base as Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner (2) bobbles the ball during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Cincinnati Reds' Jose De La Cruz singles against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Cincinnati Reds' Jose De La Cruz, left, runs past Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, right, on a missed ball during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch runs to score from first base on a hit by teammate Ian Happ during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Chicago Cubs' Carson Kelly, right, celebrates his home run against Cincinnati Reds' Nick Lodolo during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
All of Cincinnati's runs came via the long ball as Nathaniel Lowe, Eugenio Suárez and JJ Bleday homered. The Reds fell to 6-21 against NL Central teams.
Drew Pomeranz (2-3), the second of six Chicago pitchers used, got the win. Trent Thornton came in with two outs in the ninth and runners at the corners to get Sal Stewart to hit into a game-ending ground out for his third save.
Bregman was in a 2-for-18 slump before he connected on a sweeper from Julian Garcia (0-2) and drove it down the left-field line to put the Cubs back on top. Seiya Suzuki drew a walk to lead off the inning.
The Reds jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when Lowe and Suárez hit back-to-back homers off Javier Assad.
The Cubs got within a run on an RBI base hit by Suzuki in the fifth before Kelly led off the sixth with a solo shot to center off Nick Lodolo. The left-hander exited the game after giving up the homer due to a blister on his left index finger.
Kelly is batting .298 (14 for 47) with three home runs and 13 RBIs in his last 15 games.
Caleb Ferguson came on and gave up a single to Busch, who gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead when he scored on Ian Happ's double to left-center.
Cincinnati promptly tied it at 3 in the bottom of the frame on Bleday's drive to right field.
The Cubs send left-hander Matthew Boyd (4-1, 4.31 ERA) to the mound Sunday. Lefty Andrew Abbott (5-5, 3.92 ERA) goes for the Reds.
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Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl, bottom, dives safely back to second base as Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner (2) bobbles the ball during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Cincinnati Reds' Jose De La Cruz singles against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Cincinnati Reds' Jose De La Cruz, left, runs past Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, right, on a missed ball during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch runs to score from first base on a hit by teammate Ian Happ during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Chicago Cubs' Carson Kelly, right, celebrates his home run against Cincinnati Reds' Nick Lodolo during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s disaster agency said Saturday the country’s death toll from the flash floods had risen to 626, with 2,426 people missing, as search-and-rescue efforts along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day.
The agency’s previous figures were 579 dead and 1,924 missing.
China has separately reported seven deaths and 554 people missing in Tibet.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day.
Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster, which killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing. Some survivors have been pulled from the mud, while crews continue searching several locations for those still missing.
But Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, a Nepali Army spokesperson, said Saturday that helicopter operations were on hold until weather conditions improved.
Search and rescue efforts continued at several locations in Nepal and China’s Tibet, including the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the severely damaged Gyirong border crossing on the Chinese side.
Nepali Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said rescue efforts would continue at the hydropower construction site, where authorities believe more than 100 people are trapped in a tunnel filled with thick mud.
Basnet said rescuers had used baskets and ropes to reach some people, but the operation remained difficult because of 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) of mud and the limited number of places where helicopters could land.
He said rescue teams had also been forced to relocate temporarily when authorities issued warnings about possible further flooding.
Rescuers have been on high alert for more flooding from a new lake that formed high up in the Himalayan mountains after the initial floods Wednesday. Experts warned that the lake, created after a glacier collapse that triggered the floods, was starting to overflow.
Monitoring data from the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources showed late Friday that the lake had dwindled in size. The water level dropped by 10 meters (32 feet) from the high point on Thursday morning, Chinese broadcaster CCTV said.
Aid trucks could be seen traveling from Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, toward the affected areas.
In Nuwakot, one of the Nepali districts devastated by the floods, people waited anxiously Saturday for word about missing loved ones.
At a relief center, military personnel taped sheets of paper listing dozens of missing people to a wall, prompting families to crowd around and search for their relatives.
Some scanned the lists, took photos and wiped away tears as they looked through the names.
The broadcaster was showing Saturday images of rescuers getting to Gyirong Port, the hard-hit border crossing with Nepal. Some reached the area by foot and via rafts. Some were dropped down from drones flown to the area. “Anyone, anyone?” rescuers yelled, according to footage by the broadcaster.
It was not immediately known how many people were at the border checkpoint building when the floods hit.
The floods have killed 579 in Nepal, the country's disaster-management authority said Friday. Nepali police later put the number of deaths at 553. There was little information on survivors on the Chinese side, where the death toll rose to seven Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders’ efforts to direct the relief response.
More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far. Meanwhile, the number of people who were unaccounted for in the country nearly doubled to 1,924 as more local residents were added to the tally. China's state media said 554 people were missing on the Chinese side. Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.
Milko reported from Nuwakot, Nepal. Associated Press journalists Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sibi Arasu in Bengaluru, India; Upendra Mansingh in Nuwakot district, Nepal; Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India; and Didi Tang in Washington contributed to this report.
A woman walks through mud and debris left behind by flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Residents return to their houses to assess the damage following flash flooding in Nuwakot district in Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A flash flood survivor uses his phone at a school converted into a makeshift shelter in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A flash flood survivor is taken to a medical camp in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Kanchi Nepali, a flash flood survivor, waits to receive relief supplies in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Workers clear debris in the aftermath of a flash flood in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Residents salvage their belongings from damaged houses after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
