Reds hit 4 homers, score 9 unanswered runs to beat wild card-leading Cubs 10-8

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Stephenson hit a three-run homer to highlight a five-run sixth inning, Jose Trevino, TJ Friedl and Sal Stewart also went deep and the Cincinnati Reds scored nine unanswered runs in a 10-8 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

Down 3-0 after three innings, the Reds cut their deficit to 3-2 in the fifth before moving ahead in the sixth when Trevino tied it with a solo homer, Stewarr added an RBI single and Stephenson launched a 399-foot homer to center to make it 7-3.

Usually reliable Cubs reliever Trent Thornton (5-5) took the loss, giving up five runs on four hits and a walk while getting just two outs.

Stewart had his 29th homer to go with a single, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored. Five Cincinnatti players had a multi-hit game, including shortstop Elly De La Cruz, who had three hits, two RBIs and scored a run.

The loss extended a tough stretch for the Cubs' bullpen, which blew two saves on the team’s recent West Coast trip.

Thornton had been pitching well for the Cubs, not allowing a run in August while surrendering just four earned runs over his last 26 appearances, dating to mid-June.

The Cubs mounted a comeback in the eighth, closing within 9-8 on Seiya Suzuki's run-scoring double and a three-run homer by rookie Pedro Ramírez.

Reds starter Rhett Lowder (6-8) got the win, giving up three runs on five hits with five strikeouts.

The Reds had struggled at Wrigley Field this season. Cincinnati was swept in a four-game series in Chicago in May. The Reds entered Friday 1-6 against the wild card-leading Cubs.

Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (6-9, 4.15 ERA) is scheduled to face Cubs RHP Kevin Gausman (7-11, 4.37) on Saturday.

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Chicago Cubs' Pedro Ramírez, left, celebrates with teammates Ian Happ, middle, and Nico Hoerner, left after hitting a three-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Cincinnati Reds' Jose Trevino celebrates his home run in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch watches his two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Cincinnati Reds' Sal Stewart celebrates after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place.

Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca on Friday called for Trump's order to be rescinded and for the Lake Ontario name to remain as a reflection of the Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada who lived in territory around and along the lake long before the creation of either nation.

“The President cannot assert ownership over our culture or erase it through irresponsible political action," he said in a statement.

Trump this week signed an order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service, part of his escalating trade war with Canada. The order showed the change is supposed to be made in 30 days.

Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which was signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship. The Seneca are one of the six nations of the confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.” The Canadian province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.

In the traditional Seneca language, the lake's name is “sga:nyodai:yoh," meaning “beautiful lake," Seneca said.

Trump floated the name change in recent days as the U.S. announced it was imposing new tariffs on Canadian goods after talks broke down between the countries. Canada responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on American goods, while the country's leaders slammed the idea of changing the lake's name.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the move, noting the lake’s Indigenous roots and that the name predates both the Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Trump can't force Canada to follow along with the renaming.

Trump has argued that Canada has been ripping off the U.S. on trade and military issues and suggested Canada should be absorbed as the 51st state.

People look out across Lake Ontario and the Toronto Skyline from the Toronto Harbour in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)