Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs

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Arizona Diamondbacks

12-9, 6-5 Away

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Chicago Cubs

14-9, 6-4 Home

Suzuki and Busch hit consecutive home runs, lead Cubs over Diamondbacks 6-2

Bears coach Ben Johnson throws out first pitch at Wrigley

A day after a wild 13-11 win, Kyle Tucker tripled and drove in two runs along with Suzuki and Busch, Dansby Swanson added two hits for the NL Central leader, including a double.

Corbin Carroll had three hits, including his seventh homer, and has reached base in 27 straight games dating to Sept. 23. Tim Tawa added a solo drive as Arizona lost its second straight following a five-game winning streak.

Carroll homered in the first but Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half and added four runs in the second as Suzuki and Busch both homered on fastballs from Zac Gallen (1-3). Suzuki's two-run drive put the Cubs ahead 5-1.

Caleb Thielbar (1-0), the first of three Cubs relievers, threw two perfect innings. Chicago's bullpen retired 14 straight hitters before Tawa connected and Carroll drew a walk off Daniel Palencia with two outs in the ninth. Arizona had just four hits.

Chicago starter Ben Brown allowed one run, three his and four walks in four innings.

Gallen allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings, retiring 12 of his final 13 hitters. His ERA rose to 5.60.

Key moment Suzuki and Busch went deep back-to-back off Gallen with two outs in the second for a 6-1 lead. Tucker and Suzuki hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Friday.

Key stat Chicago leads the major leagues with 143 runs through 23 games.

Up next Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (3-1, 5.57 ERA) faces Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (1-1, 5.40) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Perdomo grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Carroll to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Carroll walked.
	9th Inning	Tawa homered to left center (438 feet).
	9th Inning	McCarthy grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Moreno grounded out to second.

Statistics

ARI		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	5
10	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	18
38	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.9	Runs Created	5.8
.125	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.563
.344	Secondary Average	.406
.263	On Base Percentage	.314
.576	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.877
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.5
18.0	Batter Rating	44.5
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.17
.188	Isolated Power	.313
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.156
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.0	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0