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Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 5
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cubs 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0
Diamondbacks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 5 0
B9 ARI 4- 5 Waldschmidt homered to left (408 feet),
Fernandez scored.
B8 ARI 4- 3 Perdomo singled to center, Nootbaar and Moreno
scored, Perdomo to second.
B8 ARI 4- 1 Moreno doubled to right, Barrosa scored,
Nootbaar to third.
T6 CHC 4- 0 Busch singled to left, Suzuki scored.
T4 CHC 3- 0 Happ homered to right (397 feet), Suzuki and
Busch scored.
Ryan Waldschmidt hits game-winning 2-run HR with 2 outs in 9th to send D-backs past Cubs 5-4
PHOENIX -- Pinch-hitter Ryan Waldschmidt hit a game-winning, two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to stun the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Tuesday night.
The D-backs pulled one game behind the San Diego Padres for the final NL wild-card spot.
Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Tim Tawa coaxed a one-out walk from Jacob Webb to start the decisive rally. Ildemaro Vargas flew out to right field for the second out before pinch-runner Jose Fernandez stole second base. Waldschmidt a rookie then launched a no-doubt homer over the left field fence to set off a raucous celebration.
It was Waldschmidt's second walk-off homer of the season.
Arizona trailed 4-0 in the eighth before mounting a two-out rally against reliever Daniel Palencia . Gabriel Moreno hit a check swing RBI double that hugged the first base line and stayed fair before Geraldo Perdomo 's two-run single cut the deficit to 4-3. Webb relieved Palencia and coaxed a ground out from Max Kepler to end the threat.
Ian Happ hit a three-run homer in the fourth to push the Cubs ahead 3-0. Michael Busch 's RBI single in the sixth made it 4-0. Busch and Seiya Suzuki both had two hits.
The D-backs' rally ruined a great outing for Clay Holmes , who breezed through the D-backs' lineup, giving up two singles and two walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings. The right-hander has given up just one earned run over his past 19 innings, spanning three starts.
Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt (7-2) gave up four runs on six hits and two walks, striking out three. He didn't allow a hit over the first three innings, but gave up a single and a double in the fourth before Happ's three-run homer.
The D-backs send LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4, 2.61 ERA) to the mound to face Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (8-2, 4.15).
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