PHOENIX -- Trying to get Paul Goldschmidt to talk about himself is a futile exercise.
So let his starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson do it.
"Best player in the game," Hellickson said.
Goldschmidt hit his second home run in three days and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday to win the three-game series.
Goldschmidt's 12th home run of the season, a two-run shot off Jason Hammel to the porch in deep right-center, put Arizona up 4-1 in the third.
"I was just looking for something to hit hard," he said. "Fortunately he made a mistake and I was able to tee it out of there."
Goldschmidt also singled in a run in the first.
In the three-game series, the Arizona first baseman was 5 for 10 with two home runs, five RBIs, four runs scored, four walks and two stolen base. Goldschmidt is hitting .333 with 38 RBIs.
"That ball he hit out," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "I've never seen a guy, just basically the flick of his wrist, hit it that far."
Miguel Montero homered against his former Arizona teammates, a solo shot to the opposite field. Chris Coghlan hit a two-run homer that cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 4-3 in the fifth.
Hellickson (2-2), who played for Cubs manager Joe Maddon when the two were with Tampa Bay, allowed three runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win. He also had his first career RBI. Hellickson won for the first time at Chase Field, where 39,660 -- the second-largest crowd of the season -- gathered for fedora giveaway day.
Brad Ziegler pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Hammel (3-2) went seven innings, allowing four runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and an intentional walk.
"A tale of two pitchers," Hammel said. "I felt good. The first three innings I just couldn't get the ball over the plate, too many pitches up in the zone. Obviously Goldy when he is locked in he is not going to swing at too much bad stuff and if you are over the plate he is probably going to hurt you."
Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed tripled and made two outstanding defensive plays. He made a tough backhand stab to start a double play that ended the sixth, then ranged far to his left to field Jorge Soler's grounder and throw him out.
"It's probably not fair because we expect him to make all these great plays," Hale said. "It's just not that easy. We've all played. Everybody down that bench has done it. And the stuff he does is just mind-boggling every day."
Coghlan made a spectacular grab of Ender Inciarte's sharply hit fly ball to left in the seventh.
The Diamondbacks, winners in six of their last seven, broke a 1-all tie in the third. Ahmed led off with a triple, extending his career-best hitting streak to nine games, and scored on Hellickson's sacrifice fly.
With two outs, Goldschmidt homered. He had a two-run homer to tie it in the 10th in the Diamondbacks' 5-4 win in the series opener on Friday.
Chicago went 3-3 on the trip to San Diego and Phoenix.
"At this point you get greedy. We did play better than that but you accept it at this moment," Maddon said. "Coming out west, the time change, all that stuff. Day game after a night game. Going back for another day game tomorrow. It is not easy."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP Bronson Arroyo, recovering from Tommy John surgery, is to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday, his first in 10 months. ... RHP Matt Stites (right elbow inflammation) is to pitch an extended spring training game Monday, then report to Class A Visalia.
UP NEXT
Cubs: Chicago opens a three-game series at home with Washington. LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-0, 3.86) makes his second start since being called up from Triple-A Iowa. He struck out a career-nine against San Diego on Tuesday, allowing two runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings. RHP Tanner Roark (0-2, 2.66) goes for the Nationals.
Diamondbacks: After a brief three-game homestand, Arizona is on the road for the next six. RHP Chase Anderson (1-1, 2.54) starts on Monday night against St. Louis and RHP Carlos Martinez (4-2, 4.08).
So let his starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson do it.
"Best player in the game," Hellickson said.
Goldschmidt hit his second home run in three days and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday to win the three-game series.
Goldschmidt's 12th home run of the season, a two-run shot off Jason Hammel to the porch in deep right-center, put Arizona up 4-1 in the third.
"I was just looking for something to hit hard," he said. "Fortunately he made a mistake and I was able to tee it out of there."
Goldschmidt also singled in a run in the first.
In the three-game series, the Arizona first baseman was 5 for 10 with two home runs, five RBIs, four runs scored, four walks and two stolen base. Goldschmidt is hitting .333 with 38 RBIs.
"That ball he hit out," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "I've never seen a guy, just basically the flick of his wrist, hit it that far."
Miguel Montero homered against his former Arizona teammates, a solo shot to the opposite field. Chris Coghlan hit a two-run homer that cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 4-3 in the fifth.
Hellickson (2-2), who played for Cubs manager Joe Maddon when the two were with Tampa Bay, allowed three runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win. He also had his first career RBI. Hellickson won for the first time at Chase Field, where 39,660 -- the second-largest crowd of the season -- gathered for fedora giveaway day.
Brad Ziegler pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.
Hammel (3-2) went seven innings, allowing four runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and an intentional walk.
"A tale of two pitchers," Hammel said. "I felt good. The first three innings I just couldn't get the ball over the plate, too many pitches up in the zone. Obviously Goldy when he is locked in he is not going to swing at too much bad stuff and if you are over the plate he is probably going to hurt you."
Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed tripled and made two outstanding defensive plays. He made a tough backhand stab to start a double play that ended the sixth, then ranged far to his left to field Jorge Soler's grounder and throw him out.
"It's probably not fair because we expect him to make all these great plays," Hale said. "It's just not that easy. We've all played. Everybody down that bench has done it. And the stuff he does is just mind-boggling every day."
Coghlan made a spectacular grab of Ender Inciarte's sharply hit fly ball to left in the seventh.
The Diamondbacks, winners in six of their last seven, broke a 1-all tie in the third. Ahmed led off with a triple, extending his career-best hitting streak to nine games, and scored on Hellickson's sacrifice fly.
With two outs, Goldschmidt homered. He had a two-run homer to tie it in the 10th in the Diamondbacks' 5-4 win in the series opener on Friday.
Chicago went 3-3 on the trip to San Diego and Phoenix.
"At this point you get greedy. We did play better than that but you accept it at this moment," Maddon said. "Coming out west, the time change, all that stuff. Day game after a night game. Going back for another day game tomorrow. It is not easy."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP Bronson Arroyo, recovering from Tommy John surgery, is to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday, his first in 10 months. ... RHP Matt Stites (right elbow inflammation) is to pitch an extended spring training game Monday, then report to Class A Visalia.
UP NEXT
Cubs: Chicago opens a three-game series at home with Washington. LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (0-0, 3.86) makes his second start since being called up from Triple-A Iowa. He struck out a career-nine against San Diego on Tuesday, allowing two runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings. RHP Tanner Roark (0-2, 2.66) goes for the Nationals.
Diamondbacks: After a brief three-game homestand, Arizona is on the road for the next six. RHP Chase Anderson (1-1, 2.54) starts on Monday night against St. Louis and RHP Carlos Martinez (4-2, 4.08).
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Fowler popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Rizzo grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Inciarte singled to left center. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte to second on wild pitch by Hammel. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to right center, Inciarte scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. Goldschmidt caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Castro grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Montero homered to left (376 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Soler singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Coghlan grounded into fielder's choice to second, Soler out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| Hammel struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Pacheco flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Herrera grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Fowler grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryant struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Ahmed tripled to deep center. | 1 | 1 |
| Hellickson hit sacrifice fly to center, Ahmed scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Inciarte singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Inciarte stole second. | 1 | 2 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt homered to center (433 feet), Inciarte scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Peralta safe at first on error by shortstop Castro. | 1 | 4 |
| Hill flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Rizzo grounded out to first. | 1 | 4 |
| Castro lined out to left. | 1 | 4 |
| Montero lined out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Pacheco grounded out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Ahmed lined out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Soler hit a ground rule double to deep center. | 1 | 4 |
| Coghlan homered to right (394 feet), Soler scored. | 3 | 4 |
| Hammel struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| Herrera grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 4 |
| Fowler struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Hellickson struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Inciarte lined out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| Pollock safe at second on error by third baseman Bryant. | 3 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt intentionally walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Bryant grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Rizzo walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Castro grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Rizzo out at second. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Pacheco grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 4 |
| Owings lined out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Montero grounded out to first. | 3 | 4 |
| Soler grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Chafin relieved Hellickson. | 3 | 4 |
| Lake hit for Coghlan. | 3 | 4 |
| Lake grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Lake in left field. | 3 | 4 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Trumbo hit for Chafin. | 3 | 4 |
| Trumbo struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| Inciarte lined out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Reed relieved Chafin. | 3 | 4 |
| Gosewisch catching. | 3 | 4 |
| Baxter hit for Hammel. | 3 | 4 |
| Baxter flied out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| Herrera popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Fowler struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Grimm relieved Hammel. | 3 | 4 |
| Lake in center field. | 3 | 4 |
| Baxter in left field. | 3 | 4 |
| Pollock singled to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Pollock out at second. | 3 | 4 |
| Peralta struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Ziegler relieved Reed. | 3 | 4 |
| Bryant lined out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| Rizzo grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Castro singled to left. | 3 | 4 |
| Montero flied out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Fowler CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .258 | .351 | .429 |
Grimm P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bryant 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .273 | .391 | .445 |
| Rizzo 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .316 | .440 | .574 |
| Castro SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .271 | .301 | .345 |
| Montero C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .267 | .387 | .455 |
| Soler RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .280 | .342 | .411 |
| Coghlan LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .208 | .283 | .440 |
a-Lake PH-LF-CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .318 |
| Hammel P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .261 | .250 | .304 |
b-Baxter PH-LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
| Herrera 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .222 | .250 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 124 | |||
| a-grounded to second for C Coghlan in the 7th b-flied out to center for J Hammel in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Soler (11, Hellickson) HR: Montero (5, 2nd inning off Hellickson 0 on, 1 Out); Coghlan (7, 5th inning off Hellickson 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Montero (16), Coghlan 2 (11) GIDP: Castro Cubs RISP: 1-1 (Coghlan 1-1) Team LOB: 2 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Castro (9, line drive); Bryant (7, ground ball) DP: 2 (Montero-Castro, Castro-Herrera-Rizzo). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 39,660 (81.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:31 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Angel Hernandez, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Chris Conroy |
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