CINCINNATI — With two outs in the ninth inning and the Cubs trailing the Reds by a run Monday, third baseman Patrick Wisdom was thinking, ‘‘Just get on base.’’
He poked a cutter into right field. First baseman Eric Hosmer, who had his first three hits with the Cubs, followed him and knew he wanted to get to Reds pitcher Derek Law early and shoot the ball through the same hole Wisdom found. Hosmer did just that, turning on a first-pitch curveball.
