The Arizona Diamondbacks were on the brink of losing a four game series to the Chicago Cubs until an eight run, eighth inning allowed them to come back and win
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a game-tying, two-run homer, Josh Naylor had the go-ahead RBI double and the Arizona Diamondbacks used an eight-run eighth inning to rally past the Chicago Cubs 10-6 on Sunday.
It wouldn’t be a trip to Chase Field without a frustrating loss for the Chicago Cubs. They were on the verge of taking three of four games against the Arizona Diamondbacks when an eighth-inning meltdown by the bullpen thwarted those efforts in a 10-6 loss Sunday.
A night after his heads-up defensive play sealed a victory for the Chicago Cubs, Dansby Swanson has his team in front of the Diamondbacks thanks to his bat. Swanson blasted a solo homer to left-center field in the top of the second inning, a swing that represents the only run of the game in Sunday’s series finale at Chase Field.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs continued their four-game series at Chase Field with Game 3 on Saturday evening.
Matthew Boyd is making his Cubs debut this afternoon. He didn’t have a good spring, but his last outing, March 16 vs. the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo, was good: four shutout innings with six strikeouts. Current members of the Diamondbacks are batting a small sample size .
Kyle Tucker hit his first home run with the Chicago Cubs, leading his new team to a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Chicago Cubs were leading the game until Eli Morgan stepped in and derailed his teammates’ efforts with his lack of control on the mound, resulting in seven runs for the Diamondbacks. Eli Morgan crushed the Chicago Cubs’ hopes of winning the final game of the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in what was a tightly contested game.