Red-hot Cubs keep rolling with a 4-game sweep of Reds

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What are the highlights of the Cubs' recent four-game sweep of the Reds?

Mark Grote 0:00

This is Rahimi Harris and Grody on a Friday. On 104.3 The Score, Mark Grody is in today, and you're already in Friday mode. I am, and I'm already being challenged. Now, this is twice this week. When I worked earlier this week with Russell Dorsey filling in for Spiegel and Holmes, we had texture saying, Grody, don't be such a... bleep. Just make the prediction. Go ahead. Say it. The Cubs are going to win the division. I'm not doing it. I'm just saying I've got people, I've got a lot of pressure on me right now. You don't actually. You didn't even have to bring it up at all. You're bringing it up because it's in your brain and you can't. No, because of texters. There's a texter. You're the worst liar ever. That said, go ahead and make the prediction.

Mark Grote 0:46

And I said, I text back to the person. I said, don't tempt me. I don't want to hurt Cubs Nation yet. so we also got a text 615 with grody rolling as he's wanted to do this is going to be a great show for everyone who's not leila and then i was like why i love grody and then i thought about it for a half a second and i replied going i mean i maybe we may be an hour late to our breaks but shruggy it's that kind of day friday friday and you know what the cubs stayed hot they stayed sexy and they know it super that may have been the sexiest win as sexy as the dramatics were i'll tell you what never goes out of style a seven run fourth inning lmfao they kind of went out of style that's true you know what that was a happier time i went to the lmfao and kesha concert back when we had hope as a nation and glitter it was fun kesha it's not fun anymore

Mark Grote 1:41

On my list for one of the great... I think we did that on one of our topics. Great pump-up songs, great workout songs. We did indeed. And Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO. Some of the greatest philosophers of our time who also brought us the hit Party Rock is in the House Tonight. Oh, yes. Sing it. I just did. Every day I'm shuffling. If only. If only every day I were shuffling. But the Cubs were to victory tonight. Make a 15 straight at Wrigley. They won 8-3 over the Reds. And we had some fun with this with our listeners on social media. We had some fun with it among ourselves as a show. How are they going to walk it off today? And then they're like, well, Layla, we're not. We're going to score seven runs in the fourth inning.

Mark Grote 2:25

Showed you. Happy day. Happy, hey, you can't spell happy without Ian Happ, who scored a big run yesterday. Part of that seven-run fourth inning, one of the most interesting runs that scored was when the Reds looked like they had a double play. Third base is loaded. Grounder, third base, I guess that would be Key Brian Hayes, steps on third. Fires the ball home to the catcher, Tyler Stevenson, who touched the base. Double play, right? No, you've got to tag the guy in that scenario.

How did the Cubs manage a seven-run fourth inning against the Reds?

Mark Grote 2:59

It's 3-0 at that point. It could have been two outs and no runs scoring. Instead, the floodgates opened after that. So thanks to the Reds playing some stupid baseball to compliment the Cubs' excellent baseball. The Reds were not sexy. They were not. They might have known it. Isn't that nice, though? Not just winning all these games for the Cubs, but you're also stomping on one of your division rivals. They've lost seven in a row now, have the Reds.

Leila Rahimi 3:24

The division rival that entered the month in first place.

Mark Grote 3:28

And had a sparkling road record. Wasn't it 10-3 or something wild? Yes. So, number one, I think that you talk it through and you realize that even though the Reds may be on their heels a bit, The NL Central is still, the entire division, I'm going to say it, is a wagon. It is. Cubs are 26-12. You can't argue with them. They're definitely a wagon. St. Louis Cardinals are 22-15. Pirates 21-17. Milwaukee Brewers at 19-16. And then the Reds at 20-18. Everybody still remains over .500. The American League is wheels off. But when it comes to the National League and what the Cubs are doing, that's why this is so fun. And I heard the morning show talk about it. We have talked about it, Mark, the comparisons that get drawn to 2016.