Miguel Montero smacked a three-run homer in the first and Dexter Fowler launched a leadoff shot into the renovated right-field bleachers in the third to power the Cubs to a 6-3 victory Thursday night over the injury-depleted Reds.
Fowler’s seventh home run was the first to land into the right-field seats at Wrigley Field when fans were present. Other players have hit home runs to right but the bleachers were under construction at that time.
“It’s beautiful, man,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said about having the bleachers full of fans. “As a fan, as a player, as a manager, whatever, it’s a cool place. It is ‘The Friendly Confines.’ It’s cool, it’s very cool. To get it all back together is really wonderful.”
Reds starter Michael Lorenzen helped himself, hitting a two-run triple in the second. But the right-hander served up six runs (five earned) on five hits, including an RBI double by Kris Bryant in the fifth, and was pulled after 4 1/3 innings.
“He’s going to need to tighten up the command of the fastball more than anything, and really be able to work ahead more than he’s been able to so far,” Reds manager Bryan Price said of Lorenzen.
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