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Marte had two hits and two runs for the
Diamondbacks (79-72), who took sole possession of the National
League's second wild card, one-half game ahead of the Cubs and
Miami Marlins, who are each 78-72.
Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson allowed two runs and four hits
in 3 1/3 innings. The rookie right-hander struck out three and
walked three on 75 pitches.
Luis Frias (1-0), Miguel Castro, Ryan Thompson and Bryce Jarvis
followed with 5 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.
Cubs starter Jordan Wicks (3-1) was tagged for three runs and
four hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked four
in his fifth major league start.
Ian Happ had three hits and a run for the Cubs (78-72), who have
lost five in a row.
The Diamondbacks scored three runs in the first inning. Wicks
walked the leadoff batter and then gave up a single to Corbin
Carroll. Back-to-back fielder's choice groundouts brought home
the first run, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. delivered an RBI double, and
Emmanuel Rivera hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.
Dansby Swanson led off Chicago's second inning with a double and
scored two batters later on Mike Tauchman's single to cut the
deficit to 3-1.
The Cubs put their leadoff runner on for the third straight
inning in the third on Happ's single and loaded the bases on
consecutive walks with no outs. Cody Bellinger's double play
grounder scored one run, but Gurriel ran down a long fly toward
the gap by Swanson to end the inning.
Chicago reliever Jose Cuas gave up an infield single to Jordan
Lawlar with one out in the sixth, and Marte lined the next pitch
over the fence in left for a two-run homer that extended the
lead to 5-2.
Jace Peterson RBI double in the seventh made it 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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