Tommy Pham homered twice and joined Ketel Marte in accumulating three RBIs apiece because the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks downed the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on Thursday.
Marte belted a two-run homer and added an RBI single for the Diamondbacks (73-68), who recorded their third win in 4 video games.
Arizona moved a half-game forward of the Miami Marlins (72-68) and the idle Cincinnati Reds (73-69) for the third Nationwide League wild-card slot. The Marlins dropped a 10-0 determination to the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier on Thursday.
Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson (7-7) allowed one run on two hits and two walks whereas placing out three batters in 5 2/3 innings. 4 relievers mixed for 3 scoreless innings earlier than Paul Sewald recorded the ultimate out to safe his thirty first save.
Arizona shortstop Jordan Lawlar, the sixth total decide within the 2021 draft, went 1-for-4 in his main league debut. Like Nelson, Lawlar additionally was promoted from Triple-A Reno previous to the sport.
Seiya Suzuki tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jeimer Candelario within the fifth inning for the Cubs (76-65), who noticed their four-game profitable streak finish and fell two video games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers (77-62) within the NL Central.
Pham opened the scoring within the first inning after depositing a first-pitch fastball from rookie Javier Assad (3-3) over the wall in right-center area for a solo shot.
Arizona added to its benefit within the third inning. Geraldo Perdomo singled to steer off the inning earlier than Marte stepped up two batters later and despatched a 3-2 cutter from Assad over the wall in middle area for his twenty second of the season.
Assad took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked one with out recording a strikeout.
Suzuki’s triple off the correct area wall with one out within the fifth inning was Chicago’s first hit of the sport. Suzuki did not keep on third base for lengthy, as he scampered dwelling on Candelario’s sacrifice fly to proper area.
The Diamondbacks prolonged their result in 5-1 within the eighth inning. Marte drew a leadoff stroll in opposition to Keegan Thompson, Pham despatched a first-pitch fastball over the wall in right-center area for his fifteenth homer of the season.
Marte added an RBI single within the ninth inning for Arizona. Dansby Swanson responded with a run-scoring single within the backside of the ninth off Joe Mantiply. Sewald entered with two on and two outs, and he obtained Suzuki to hit a game-ending groundout.
—Area Stage Media
