PHOENIX -- Heroics are expected from Paul Goldschmidt. From Nick Ahmed, not so much.
Both had their moments in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs in 13 innings on Friday night. Goldschmidt tied it with a two-out, two-run homer in the 10th inning and Ahmed singled home the winning run in the 13th to give the Diamondbacks their fifth win in a row.
Tuffy Gosewisch doubled off Zac Rosscup (1-1) with one out in the 13th, then Ahmed -- who earlier hit his second career home run -- lined one sharply into the left-field corner to give the Diamondbacks their fifth straight victory. Ahmed, a slick fielding shortstop who got off to an awful start to the season at the plate, is on a seven-game hitting streak.
"I made some improvements, made some adjustments," Ahmed said. "I'm starting to put the bat on the ball, starting to see it a lot better. The coaches here have been awesome -- (hitting coach) Turner Ward and (assistant hitting coach) Mark Grace, and even my teammates here, they just stick with me, stay behind me, keep instilling confidence in me even though I'm struggling. That helped a lot."
Goldschmidt didn't go to the plate in the 10th thinking home run.
"I just try not to do too much," he said, "just literally think just hit a single and get it to the next guy, a walk, whatever it takes. Anytime you go up there and try to hit a home run or make something happen, which I've done before, it's usually a strikeout or a bad at bat or something like that."
Randall Delgado (2-2), the last of all eight relievers used by Arizona, escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 13th for the victory.
Kris Bryant and Starlin Castro each singled in a run to put the Cubs up 4-2 in the 10th.
Chicago closer Hector Rondon retired the first two he faced in the bottom of the inning. But A.J. Pollock lashed a two-strike double to left, then Goldschmidt hit a 2-2 pitch into the left field seats for his 10th home run to tie it.
"The crazy part is I'm not shocked," Pollock said. "I've seen him do it so many times, coming up through the system and obviously up here. That's what he does."
It was Rondon's third blown save in 12 tries.
Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, who spent all of his big league career with Arizona before an offseason trade with the Cubs, said it was a pitch over the middle.
"It was not really a good pitch, especially to Goldy," Montero said. "Against him you really have to make pitches. He is a good hitter, a professional hitter. You can't let that guy beat you with a pitch middle, middle."
Goldschmidt was 3 for 5, including his 11th home run, with three RBIs and two stolen bases. He also made a leaping stab at first to rob Junior Lake of an extra-base hit. Pollock had four hits and was a home run shy of the cycle.
Ahmed, who entered the game batting .194, hit Jon Lester's 1-0 pitch over the bullpen down the left-field line to tie it at 2 in the fifth for his first home run of the season.
In the 13th, Chicago had runners at first and second and one out, but Montero flew out to deep left field. Delgado walked Mike Baxter to load the bases, but Addison Russell grounded out to first to end the inning.
Lester went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits. His no decision ended a streak of four straight wins for the left-hander.
TRAINERS' ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP reliever David Hernandez, coming back from Tommy John surgery, continues his rehab this weekend for Double-A Mobile. He could join the team on its road trip next week.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Jake Arrieta (4-4, 2.77 ERA) gets the start for Chicago. In his last outing, Arrieta allowed one run in seven innings, but still took the loss as the Cubs lost to Pittsburgh 3-0.
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa (4-2, 4.08) goes for Arizona. In his previous start, De La Rosa threw nine shutout innings against Miami but got a no-decision. He is 2-0 with a 2.35 ERA in his last three starts.
Both had their moments in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs in 13 innings on Friday night. Goldschmidt tied it with a two-out, two-run homer in the 10th inning and Ahmed singled home the winning run in the 13th to give the Diamondbacks their fifth win in a row.
Tuffy Gosewisch doubled off Zac Rosscup (1-1) with one out in the 13th, then Ahmed -- who earlier hit his second career home run -- lined one sharply into the left-field corner to give the Diamondbacks their fifth straight victory. Ahmed, a slick fielding shortstop who got off to an awful start to the season at the plate, is on a seven-game hitting streak.
"I made some improvements, made some adjustments," Ahmed said. "I'm starting to put the bat on the ball, starting to see it a lot better. The coaches here have been awesome -- (hitting coach) Turner Ward and (assistant hitting coach) Mark Grace, and even my teammates here, they just stick with me, stay behind me, keep instilling confidence in me even though I'm struggling. That helped a lot."
Goldschmidt didn't go to the plate in the 10th thinking home run.
"I just try not to do too much," he said, "just literally think just hit a single and get it to the next guy, a walk, whatever it takes. Anytime you go up there and try to hit a home run or make something happen, which I've done before, it's usually a strikeout or a bad at bat or something like that."
Randall Delgado (2-2), the last of all eight relievers used by Arizona, escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 13th for the victory.
Kris Bryant and Starlin Castro each singled in a run to put the Cubs up 4-2 in the 10th.
Chicago closer Hector Rondon retired the first two he faced in the bottom of the inning. But A.J. Pollock lashed a two-strike double to left, then Goldschmidt hit a 2-2 pitch into the left field seats for his 10th home run to tie it.
"The crazy part is I'm not shocked," Pollock said. "I've seen him do it so many times, coming up through the system and obviously up here. That's what he does."
It was Rondon's third blown save in 12 tries.
Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, who spent all of his big league career with Arizona before an offseason trade with the Cubs, said it was a pitch over the middle.
"It was not really a good pitch, especially to Goldy," Montero said. "Against him you really have to make pitches. He is a good hitter, a professional hitter. You can't let that guy beat you with a pitch middle, middle."
Goldschmidt was 3 for 5, including his 11th home run, with three RBIs and two stolen bases. He also made a leaping stab at first to rob Junior Lake of an extra-base hit. Pollock had four hits and was a home run shy of the cycle.
Ahmed, who entered the game batting .194, hit Jon Lester's 1-0 pitch over the bullpen down the left-field line to tie it at 2 in the fifth for his first home run of the season.
In the 13th, Chicago had runners at first and second and one out, but Montero flew out to deep left field. Delgado walked Mike Baxter to load the bases, but Addison Russell grounded out to first to end the inning.
Lester went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits. His no decision ended a streak of four straight wins for the left-hander.
TRAINERS' ROOM
Diamondbacks: RHP reliever David Hernandez, coming back from Tommy John surgery, continues his rehab this weekend for Double-A Mobile. He could join the team on its road trip next week.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Jake Arrieta (4-4, 2.77 ERA) gets the start for Chicago. In his last outing, Arrieta allowed one run in seven innings, but still took the loss as the Cubs lost to Pittsburgh 3-0.
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa (4-2, 4.08) goes for Arizona. In his previous start, De La Rosa threw nine shutout innings against Miami but got a no-decision. He is 2-0 with a 2.35 ERA in his last three starts.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Fowler struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Rizzo fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Inciarte struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock tripled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Pollock scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Tomás lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Trumbo lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Castro doubled to right center. | 0 | 1 |
| Soler lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Lake lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Ross walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Lester grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Owings grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Ahmed safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Castro. | 0 | 1 |
| Collmenter popped out to first. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| A. Russell lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Fowler homered to right (376 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Bryant flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Rizzo doubled to deep right center. | 1 | 1 |
| Castro grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Inciarte struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Pollock singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Pollock stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Tomás flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Soler doubled to deep center. | 1 | 1 |
| Lake reached on bunt single to third, Soler to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Ross struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Lester struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| A. Russell reached on infield single to third, Soler scored, Lake to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Fowler grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Trumbo grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Owings lined out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Gosewisch flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Bryant struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Rizzo grounded out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| Castro lined out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Ahmed homered to left (388 feet). | 2 | 2 |
| Collmenter lined out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Collmenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Soler struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Lake lined out to first. | 2 | 2 |
| Ross flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Goldschmidt singled to shallow left. | 2 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt stole second. | 2 | 2 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Trumbo lined out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Owings grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Lester struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| A. Russell struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Fowler grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jon Lester pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Gosewisch walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Gosewisch picked off first. | 2 | 2 |
| Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Hill hit for Hudson. | 2 | 2 |
| Hill walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Enrique Burgos pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Burgos relieved Hudson. | 2 | 2 |
| Bryant struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Rizzo popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Pedro Strop pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Strop relieved Lester. | 2 | 2 |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Tomás grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Ziegler relieved Burgos. | 2 | 2 |
| Soler flied out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Lake struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Montero hit for Ross. | 2 | 2 |
| Montero walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Coghlan hit for Strop. | 2 | 2 |
| Pérez relieved Ziegler. | 2 | 2 |
| Coghlan struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Montero catching. | 2 | 2 |
| Grimm relieved Strop. | 2 | 2 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Gosewisch walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Reed relieved Pérez. | 2 | 2 |
| A. Russell grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Fowler walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Fowler stole second. | 2 | 2 |
| Bryant singled to center, Fowler scored, Bryant to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 2 |
| Rizzo intentionally walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Castro singled to left, Bryant scored, Rizzo to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Ramírez relieved Reed. | 4 | 2 |
| Rizzo caught stealing third, catcher to third, Castro to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 4 | 2 |
| Soler grounded out to third. | 4 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Hector Rondon pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Rondón relieved Grimm. | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Peralta hit for Ramírez. | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Inciarte grounded out to third. | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Pollock doubled to deep left. | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | |
| Goldschmidt homered to center (407 feet), Pollock scored. | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | |
| Tomás reached on infield single to third. | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | |
| Trumbo flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Inciarte in right field. | 4 | 4 |
| Chafin relieved Ramírez. | 4 | 4 |
| Peralta in left field. | 4 | 4 |
| Lake grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Montero safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Tomás. | 4 | 4 |
| Herrera hit for Rondón. | 4 | 4 |
| Herrera singled to right, Montero to second. | 4 | 4 |
| A. Russell grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Herrera out at second. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Jason Motte pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Motte relieved Rondón. | 4 | 4 |
| Owings fouled out to first. | 4 | 4 |
| Gosewisch flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed singled to right. | 4 | 4 |
| J. Russell relieved Motte. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 12th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Fowler flied out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Bryant grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Rizzo grounded out to third. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 12th | SCORE | |
| Travis Wood pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Wood relieved J. Russell. | 4 | 4 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Inciarte walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Pollock singled to shallow left, Inciarte to third. | 4 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt intentionally walked, Pollock to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Pacheco hit for Chafin. | 4 | 4 |
| Pacheco struck out looking. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 13th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Delgado relieved Chafin. | 4 | 4 |
| Castro lined out to right. | 4 | 4 |
| Soler singled to left. | 4 | 4 |
| Lake singled to left, Soler to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Montero flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| Baxter hit for Wood. | 4 | 4 |
| Baxter walked, Soler to third, Lake to second. | 4 | 4 |
| A. Russell grounded out to first. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 13th | SCORE | |
| Zac Rosscup pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Rosscup relieved Wood. | 4 | 4 |
| Owings grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| Gosewisch doubled to deep center. | 4 | 4 |
| Ahmed singled to left, Gosewisch scored. | 4 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Fowler CF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | .265 | .358 | .445 |
| Bryant 3B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .283 | .401 | .467 |
| Rizzo 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | .320 | .446 | .565 |
| Castro SS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | .274 | .305 | .351 |
| Soler RF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .267 | .333 | .391 |
| Lake LF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .300 | .333 | .350 |
| Ross C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .182 | .341 | .303 |
a-Montero PH-C
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .280 | .400 | .452 |
| Lester P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Strop P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Coghlan PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .273 | .417 |
Grimm P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Rondón P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Herrera PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .238 | .268 |
Motte P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Wood P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 |
d-Baxter PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Rosscup P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| A. Russell 2B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .248 | .295 | .419 |
| Totals | 49 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 238 | |||
| a-walked for D Ross in the 9th b-struck out swinging for P Strop in the 9th c-singled to right for H Rondon in the 11th d-walked for T Wood in the 13th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Castro (4, Collmenter); Rizzo (10, Collmenter); Soler (9, Collmenter) HR: Fowler (5, 3rd inning off Collmenter 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Fowler (13), A. Russell (12), Bryant (28), Castro (24) 2-out RBI: A. Russell GIDP: A. Russell Cubs RISP: 4-15 (Soler 0-2, Bryant 1-1, Fowler 0-1, Ross 0-1, Lester 0-2, Montero 0-1, A. Russell 1-3, Castro 1-2, Lake 1-2) Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Fowler (10, 2nd base off Reed/Gosewisch) CS: Rizzo (3, 3rd base by Ramírez/Gosewisch) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Castro (8, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 34,498 (70.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:27 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ted Barrett, First Base - Chris Conroy, Second Base - Angel Hernandez, Third Base - Scott Barry |
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