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 Wood (1-2) matched a career high with nine strikeouts and gave up
one run on six hits to beat the Diamondbacks for the first time
since 2010. Wood also blasted a three-run shot and added an RBI
double, and Welington Castillo and Ryan Kalish had two hits apiece
for the Cubs.
Paul Goldschmidt had three hits and Mark Trumbo hit his major
league-leading seventh home run for the Diamondbacks, who have lost
nine of their last 10. Bronson Arroyo (1-2) was tagged with the
loss, allowing five runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
The Cubs broke it open with four runs in the second, as Wood
followed Welington Castillo's RBI single with a blast to left for
his seventh career home run. Wood doubled home Kalish in the fourth
to make it 5-0.
Wood kept the Diamondbacks off the board until Trumbo's shot with
one out in the seventh. Miguel Montero followed with a double to
right, but Wood got out of the inning without any further damage and
Hector Rondon and Pedro Strop each worked a scoreless frame to
finish it off.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wood joins Carlos Zambrano as the only Cubs pitchers
since 1920 with at least eight strikeouts and four RBIs in the same
game. … Diamondbacks SS Chris Owings hit in the leadoff spot for the
first time in his brief major-league career and went 1-for-4 with a
pair of strikeouts. … Arizona OF A.J. Pollock sat out after leaving
Sunday's game with a stiff neck.
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