Lilly gave up another homer to Chris Young, but instead of throwing a tantrum on the mound the left-hander led the Chicago Cubs over Arizona 3-1 Friday in the first meeting between the teams since the Diamondbacks' first-round sweep in last year's playoffs.
Young homered off Lilly in Game 2 last October in Phoenix during Arizona's 8-4 win, prompting the Lilly to slam his glove on the pitcher's mound in frustration, a move seen more often among Little Leaguers than big leaguers.
This time Lilly surrendered a first-inning solo homer to Young, then gave up just two hits over the next six innings. Lilly (3-4) struck out 10 against the team with the best record in the majors (23-13) and also drove in the tying run off Dan Haren with a fifth-inning single.
Carlos Marmol got out of the eighth with the help of a strange double play when Arizona's Eric Byrnes was called for interference when his backswing apparently struck catcher Geovany Soto. Kerry Wood pitched the ninth for his sixth save in nine chances. On a chilly 46-degree day at Wrigley Field, the Cubs won for just the fifth time in 14 games.
Dan Haren (4-2), Arizona's big offseason acquisition in a trade with Oakland, yielded two runs and five hits in seven innings.
Mark DeRosa hit a liner off Haren's glove in the third and when the Diamondbacks' right-hander chased the ball behind the mound, DeRosa beat his throw with a slide for an infield single
- Chicago's only hit in the first four innings.
Chicago didn't get another until the fifth, when DeRosa doubled with two outs.
