Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs

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Arizona Diamondbacks

12-8, 6-4 Away

Final
11 - 13

Chicago Cubs

13-9, 5-4 Home

Kelly homers twice, Tucker hits go ahead shot as Cubs outslug Diamondbacks 13-11

Tucker and Suzuki restore Cubs' lead with big-time HRs

Ian Happ hit a grand slam. Seiya Suzuki went deep and the Cubs pulled out a wild win after Arizona scored 10 runs in the eighth.

Chicago was sailing along with a 7-1 lead thanks to Kelly’s two-run drive against Diamondbacks starter Corbin Burnes in the second and Happ’s grand slam off Ryne Nelson in a five-run seventh. But just when it looked as if the Cubs were on their way to a lopsided win, things took a wild turn.

Eugenio Suárez cut it to 7-5 in the eighth with a grand slam against Porter Hodge. Randal Grichuk gave Arizona an 8-7 lead when his chopper scooted under third baseman Gage Workman’s glove for a two-run double. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added a three-run drive, making it 11-7, but the Cubs answered in a big way in the bottom half.

Bryce Jarvis hit Nico Hoerner leading off and walked Pete Crow-Armstrong before Kelly drove a three-run homer to center. After Happ singled with one out, Tucker and Suzuki hit back-to-back drives against Joe Mantiply to give the Cubs a 13-11 lead.

Ryan Pressly (2-1) recorded the final three outs, and the Cubs opened the weekend series on a winning note. Arizona had won five straight.

Chicago’s Colin Rea went a season-high 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits. The 34-year-year-old right-hander struck out five and walked none in his second start and fifth appearance. The Cubs moved him to the rotation following ace Justin Steele’s season-ending elbow injury.

Burnes allowed two runs and six hits over six innings. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner struck out three and did not walk a batter.

Key moment The drives by Kelly, Tucker and Suzuki were just enough to lift the Cubs.

Key stat The two teams combined for seven homers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Carroll flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Thomas doubled to right.
	9th Inning	McCarthy grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Moreno fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Pressly relieved Roberts
	9th Inning	Berti at third base.

Statistics

ARI		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	8
11	Runs Batted In	13
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	18
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	13
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
43	At Bats	41
2	Home Runs	5
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
14	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	3
19	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	176
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
25	Total Bases	38
46	Plate Appearances	44
324.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
6	Extra Base Hits	9
9.3	Runs Created	14.5
.349	Batting Average	.439
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.581	Slugging Percentage	.927
.302	Secondary Average	.537
.391	On Base Percentage	.477
.973	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.404
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
9.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	16.3
73.0	Batter Rating	93.5
21.5	At Bats Per Home Run	8.2
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.43	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.233	Isolated Power	.488
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.065	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.045
-.047	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.098
22.0	Runs Produced	26.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	1.0
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.5
112.5	MLB Rating	134.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0