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Kyle Hendricks (6-7) allowed seven hits, but
only two runs, in 5 2/3 innings for the Cubs, who own a two-game
lead over the Diamondbacks for the second wild-card spot in the
NL.
Picked up on waivers by Arizona (75-69) this week, Seby Zavala
went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Tommy Pham also had two hits as the
Diamondbacks stranded eight runners to see a four-game winning
streak end.
After totaling four runs in the first three games of the series,
Chicago wasted no time getting on the board Sunday. Though Morel
was tagged out in a rundown on Nico Hoerner's bouncer left of
the mound after opening the bottom of the first with a triple,
Seiya Suzuki eventually delivered an RBI ground-rule double
against Arizona opener Joe Mantiply (1-2).
Morel atoned from his baserunning gaffe in the third, when he
greeted Brandon Pfaadt by driving a pitch well into the left
field bleachers for his 21st homer. Bellinger and Swanson then
went back-to-back off Pfaadt later in the inning as the Cubs
generated some offense that eluded them most of the series.
Arizona broke through against Hendricks in the fifth. Lourdes
Gurriel Jr. opened the frame with a ground-rule double, went to
third on Emmauel Rivera's hit and came home via Zavala's single
to center for a 4-1 game. However, Chicago got the run back on
Swanson's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the frame.
The Diamondbacks put runners on second and third with nobody out
in the sixth, but they plated only a single run on Alek Thomas'
sacrifice fly.
Pfaadt pitched the final six innings for the Diamondbacks,
allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out four with a
walk.
--Field Level Media
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