Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Chicago Cubs

2-3, 2-1 Away

Final
4 - 3

Arizona Diamondbacks

1-2, 1-2 Home

Kyle Tucker homers as the Cubs hold off the Diamondbacks for a 4-3 win

Matt Shaw tacks on a Cubs run with a dinger

Shota Imanaga pitched seven effective innings as Chicago bounced back from Friday's 8-1 loss to Arizona. Ryan Pressly worked a rocky ninth inning for his first save with the Cubs.

Tucker had three hits. With one out in the fifth and Jon Berti aboard after a leadoff single, Tucker hit a drive to right off Brandon Pfaadt to give Chicago a 3-1 lead.

Tucker was acquired in a December trade with Houston.

Rookie Matt Shaw added his first major league homer for the Cubs, a pinch-hit drive to left in the seventh off Jalen Beeks.

Imanaga (1-0) allowed one run and three hits in his second start of the season.

Chicago had its lead cut to 4-3 on Eugenio Suárez's two-run drive off Pressly in the ninth. It was Suárez’s major league-high fourth homer this season.

With two out and two runners on, Corbin Carroll hit a soft, one-bouncer to charging shortstop Dansby Swanson. The speedy Carroll reached on an infield single, but pinch-runner Garrett Hampson overran third and was tagged by Swanson for the final out of the game.

Pressly was acquired in a trade with the Astros in January.

Pfaadt (0-1) allowed six hits in six innings in his first start since he agreed to a $45 million, five-year deal with Arizona.

Gage Workman made his MLB debut for the Cubs, batting eighth and playing third base. He struck out twice and made a nice play in the field, backhanding a grounder and throwing out Suárez.

Workman, a Rule 5 pick from Detroit in December, grew up in nearby Chandler and played at Arizona State.

Key moment The Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong threw out Josh Naylor trying to advance to third on a fly to center field to end the Arizona fourth. Naylor was originally ruled safe by umpire Phil Cuzzi but the call was overturned on review.

Key stat The Diamondbacks went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

Next up Chicago’s Matthew Boyd opposes Arizona’s Eduardo Rodriguez in a battle of lefties in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Carroll reached on infield single to shortstop, Marte to second, Hampson out at home on runner's fielder's choice.
	9th Inning	Marte walked, Hampson to second.
	9th Inning	Perdomo popped out to second.
	9th Inning	McCarthy struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hampson ran for Moreno
	9th Inning	Moreno singled to right.

Statistics

CHC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	14
37	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.0	Runs Created	4.6
.222	Batting Average	.257
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.400
.250	Secondary Average	.229
.243	On Base Percentage	.316
.688	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.716
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
34.0	Batter Rating	28.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.222	Isolated Power	.143
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.0	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0