PHOENIX -- A night after their manager said he was embarrassed by their play, the Arizona Diamondbacks put together their best game of what had been a rough season-opening homestand.
Yasmany Tomas singled home Chris Owings with two outs in the ninth inning and the Diamondbacks rallied to hand the Chicago Cubs their first loss of the season, 3-2 Friday night.
"That was a tough pitch to hit," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "That was about Adam's apple-high and he got on top. He has the ability to hit really, really good pitcher's pitches".
The victory came on the heels of a 14-6 Cubs win in the series opener Thursday night.
Welington Castillo singled off ex-Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (0-1) in the ninth and Owings, the pinch runner, took second on a groundout. Tomas singled to left and Owings raced home well ahead of the throw.
Jean Segura had three hits, including two doubles, to become the first Diamondbacks player to open a season with five multihit games. Paul Goldschmidt singled Segura home twice, the second time off Pedro Strop to tie it at 2 with two outs in the eighth.
The Cubs decided to pitch to Goldschmidt rather than to intentionally walk the Diamondbacks slugger.
Catcher David Ross said the pitch was supposed to be down and away.
"I felt really strongly about Stropy right there," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. "He got a pitch in the wrong spot and the guy is a good hitter."
Brad Ziegler (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the victory.
"You can't be an oil painting every night," Maddon said. "We worked good at-bats, we saw a lot of pitches again. The grinding mentally of the at-bat that was there with the entire group was good. They just got out of some stuff and that is how this game is played sometimes."
The Cubs' offense cooled off after piling up 29 runs in their first three games. Both Chicago runs came without a hit in the fourth inning off Robbie Ray. The Arizona left-hander walked four of the first five batters he faced in the inning, his only walks of the night.
Ray and Chicago starter Jason Hammel both went six innings and allowed four hits apiece. Ray's four walks in the third were his only ones of the game.
The Cubs' loss came after they learned earlier in the day that their young slugger Kyle Schwarber would be out for the season after tearing two knee ligaments in an outfield collision Thursday night.
Hammel gave up two hits to start the game, then didn't allow another until the sixth inning, when Segura singled, stole second, went to third on a fly out and scored on Goldschmidt's single. Chicago's two runs came on a bases-loaded walk and fielder's choice groundout.
WEIRD DOUBLE
The Diamondbacks pulled off a strange double play in which five players touched the ball.
With Jason Heyward on first and Dexter Fowler at third, Anthony Rizzo hit a sharp grounder to first baseman Goldschmidt, who threw to catcher Castillo, catching Fowler in a rundown. Fowler was tagged out by shortstop Nick Ahmed, who threw to right fielder David Peralta covering first. Rizzo, trying to get back to the bag, was tagged out by Peralta.
For those keeping score, that's a 3-2-5-2-6-9 double play.
Peralta came in to cover first on his own instinct.
"I was trying to get sneaky to surprise the guy and it worked for us," he said. "I guess it's not normal. It doesn't happen too often, but it worked for us. I think even the first base coach didn't know I was there. ... I think that was the key of the game. As soon as we got that play, I was like, `We've got to win this game."
TRAINING ROOM
Cubs: Maddon said he did know when or where Schwarber would undergo surgery. ... Maddon says utilityman Javier Baez (left thumb contusion) has been swinging a bat and could come off the disabled list during the Cubs' upcoming six-game homestand.
UP NEXT
RHP Zack Greinke (0-1) looks to bounce back from his awful opening-day Arizona debut (seven earned runs in four innings, including four home runs) and RHP Kyle Hendricks makes his first start of the season for the Cubs in the third game of a four-game series.
Yasmany Tomas singled home Chris Owings with two outs in the ninth inning and the Diamondbacks rallied to hand the Chicago Cubs their first loss of the season, 3-2 Friday night.
"That was a tough pitch to hit," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "That was about Adam's apple-high and he got on top. He has the ability to hit really, really good pitcher's pitches".
The victory came on the heels of a 14-6 Cubs win in the series opener Thursday night.
Welington Castillo singled off ex-Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (0-1) in the ninth and Owings, the pinch runner, took second on a groundout. Tomas singled to left and Owings raced home well ahead of the throw.
Jean Segura had three hits, including two doubles, to become the first Diamondbacks player to open a season with five multihit games. Paul Goldschmidt singled Segura home twice, the second time off Pedro Strop to tie it at 2 with two outs in the eighth.
The Cubs decided to pitch to Goldschmidt rather than to intentionally walk the Diamondbacks slugger.
Catcher David Ross said the pitch was supposed to be down and away.
"I felt really strongly about Stropy right there," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. "He got a pitch in the wrong spot and the guy is a good hitter."
Brad Ziegler (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the victory.
"You can't be an oil painting every night," Maddon said. "We worked good at-bats, we saw a lot of pitches again. The grinding mentally of the at-bat that was there with the entire group was good. They just got out of some stuff and that is how this game is played sometimes."
The Cubs' offense cooled off after piling up 29 runs in their first three games. Both Chicago runs came without a hit in the fourth inning off Robbie Ray. The Arizona left-hander walked four of the first five batters he faced in the inning, his only walks of the night.
Ray and Chicago starter Jason Hammel both went six innings and allowed four hits apiece. Ray's four walks in the third were his only ones of the game.
The Cubs' loss came after they learned earlier in the day that their young slugger Kyle Schwarber would be out for the season after tearing two knee ligaments in an outfield collision Thursday night.
Hammel gave up two hits to start the game, then didn't allow another until the sixth inning, when Segura singled, stole second, went to third on a fly out and scored on Goldschmidt's single. Chicago's two runs came on a bases-loaded walk and fielder's choice groundout.
WEIRD DOUBLE
The Diamondbacks pulled off a strange double play in which five players touched the ball.
With Jason Heyward on first and Dexter Fowler at third, Anthony Rizzo hit a sharp grounder to first baseman Goldschmidt, who threw to catcher Castillo, catching Fowler in a rundown. Fowler was tagged out by shortstop Nick Ahmed, who threw to right fielder David Peralta covering first. Rizzo, trying to get back to the bag, was tagged out by Peralta.
For those keeping score, that's a 3-2-5-2-6-9 double play.
Peralta came in to cover first on his own instinct.
"I was trying to get sneaky to surprise the guy and it worked for us," he said. "I guess it's not normal. It doesn't happen too often, but it worked for us. I think even the first base coach didn't know I was there. ... I think that was the key of the game. As soon as we got that play, I was like, `We've got to win this game."
TRAINING ROOM
Cubs: Maddon said he did know when or where Schwarber would undergo surgery. ... Maddon says utilityman Javier Baez (left thumb contusion) has been swinging a bat and could come off the disabled list during the Cubs' upcoming six-game homestand.
UP NEXT
RHP Zack Greinke (0-1) looks to bounce back from his awful opening-day Arizona debut (seven earned runs in four innings, including four home runs) and RHP Kyle Hendricks makes his first start of the season for the Cubs in the third game of a four-game series.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Fowler singled to left center. | 0 | 0 |
| Heyward struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Zobrist grounded into double play, third to second to first, Fowler out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Segura doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Brito reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center, Segura to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Brito out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Rizzo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Soler popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Russell walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ross walked, Russell to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Hammel bunted into fielder's choice to first, Russell out at third, Ross to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Fowler walked, Ross to third, Hammel to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Heyward walked, Ross scored, Hammel to third, Fowler to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice to second, Hammel scored, Heyward out at second, Fowler to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Rizzo flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmed grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Segura lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Bryant lined out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Soler singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Russell hit by pitch, Soler to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Ross lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Hammel popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Brito struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Peralta walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Castillo walked, Peralta to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Lamb popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Fowler doubled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Heyward singled to right, Fowler to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Zobrist struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Rizzo grounded into double play, , Fowler out at home, Rizzo out at second, Heyward to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Ray grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmed walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmed safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Hammel. | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmed out at third advancing on play. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Bryant flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Soler flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Russell grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jason Hammel pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Segura singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Segura stole second. | 2 | 0 |
| Brito lined out to right, Segura to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Segura scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Peralta fouled out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt stole second. | 2 | 1 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Clippard relieved Ray. | 2 | 1 |
| Ross struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| La Stella hit for Hammel. | 2 | 1 |
| La Stella doubled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Fowler grounded out to second, La Stella to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Heyward struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Grimm relieved Hammel. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb lined out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Gosselin hit for Clippard. | 2 | 1 |
| Gosselin struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Clippard. | 2 | 1 |
| Zobrist grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Rizzo struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Bryant popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Pedro Strop pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Strop relieved Grimm. | 2 | 1 |
| Ahmed grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 1 |
| Segura doubled to deep right center. | 2 | 1 |
| Brito grounded out to third, Segura to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Segura scored, Goldschmidt out stretching at second. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | CHC | ARI |
| Ziegler relieved Hudson. | 2 | 2 |
| Soler grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Russell popped out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Ross grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Travis Wood pitching for Chicago | CHC | ARI |
| Wood relieved Strop. | 2 | 2 |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Cahill relieved Wood. | 2 | 2 |
| Castillo singled to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Owings ran for Castillo. | 2 | 2 |
| Lamb grounded out to second, Owings to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Tomás singled to left center, Owings scored. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago Cubs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Fowler CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .600 | .684 | 1.067 |
| Heyward RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .250 | .368 | .313 |
| Zobrist 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .313 | .421 | .375 |
| Rizzo 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .333 | .474 | .867 |
| Bryant 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .176 | .263 | .235 |
| Soler LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .154 | .214 | .154 |
| Russell SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .154 | .353 | .231 |
| Ross C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .286 | .375 | .429 |
| Hammel P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-La Stella PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
Grimm P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Strop P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Wood P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Cahill P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 134 | |||
| a-doubled to right for J Hammel in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Fowler (2, Ray); La Stella (1, Clippard) RBI: Heyward (2), Zobrist (2) GIDP: Zobrist Cubs RISP: 1-10 (Ross 0-1, Fowler 0-1, Zobrist 0-2, Hammel 0-2, Rizzo 0-2, Heyward 1-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Hammel (1, throw) DP: 1 (Russell-Zobrist-Rizzo). Outfield Assist: Fowler (Goldschmidt at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 27,539 (56.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:48 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Eric Cooper, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Adrian Johnson |
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