CHICAGO -- Zack Godley
stared down one of the hottest lineups in baseball. He one-upped a
resurgent Cy Young Award winner. And once again, he exited a start
without giving up a run.
Godley pitched three-hit ball over six innings, Jake Lamb drove in all the runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the surging Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Wednesday night.
The
loss was just the fourth in 18 games since the All-Star break for the
NL Central-leading Cubs. The defending champions got shut down by Godley
after pouring on a season-high 16 runs in Tuesday's romp.
Lamb hit a two-run double against Jake Arrieta in the sixth and an RBI double off Justin Wilson in the eighth.
Godley (5-4) was every bit as stingy after tossing seven scoreless innings in a win at St. Louis last week.
"Zack Godley did exactly what he needed to do on a day where we were trying to come off a very tough game," manager Torey Lovullo said. "I've always said pitching sets the tone and gives you a chance to play downhill baseball. ... It was a really good combination of things and it was all set up by what Zack Godley did for us."
It was a strong game all-around, with two teams playing solid defense and both starting pitchers dominating. Godley was just a little better. As losses go, Cubs manager Joe Maddon can live with this one.
"To lose that game, I have no issues, man," Maddon said. "I have zero issues. We played well. They played well."
Godley struck out five and walked two. In his past two starts, the right-hander has allowed seven hits while striking out 12 and walking four.
Godley and three relievers combined to retire the final 19 batters, with Andrew Chafin, Archie Bradley and Fernando Rodney each working an inning. Rodney got his 23rd save in 28 chances, and the Diamondbacks came away with the win after dropping three of four.
Arrieta (10-8) allowed two runs (one earned) and three hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked two. To Maddon, it might have been 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner's best start of the season.
It was another encouraging outing for Arrieta coming off a strong July, though he still believes his best is yet to come. Can he be as good as he was two years ago?
"Yeah, it's possible," he said. "I don't see why not. I think it's possible for all our guys to elevate themselves and pitch at a really high level or compete on defense or at the plate at a level higher than they have currently. That's just having a lot of confidence in the guys that we have."
Maddon saw this as another positive sign for a team that was two games below .500 at the All-Star break.
"It's trending in the right direction," Maddon said. "Even though you've lost a game like that tonight, to play that game on a consistent basis, you're gonna win a lot of them."
Arrieta was sailing along until the sixth.
David Peralta singled with one out and shortstop Addison Russell bounced the throw to first on A.J. Pollock's grounder, putting runners on the corners. Pollock stole second, and Lamb bounced a two-run double down the right-field line, giving the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead.
Arrieta then hit Paul Goldschmidt in the left shoulder before J.D. Martinez grounded into a double play.
Lamb made it 3-0 with his double in the eighth off Justin Wilson, who made his first appearance after being acquired in a trade with the Tigers. Left fielder Kyle Schwarber slid as he tried to field the ball, which rolled all the way to the wall.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Manager Torey Lovullo doubts LHP Robbie Ray (concussion) will be ready for his scheduled start Friday at San Francisco. Ray, on the seven-day disabled list, is improving but has not participated in baseball activities since he was in the head by a line drive at St. Louis last week. Lovullo would not say who will start in his place.
Cubs: 2B Javier Baez was not in the lineup but was available off the bench. He appeared to be favoring his left leg coming out of the box on a groundout in the fifth inning on Monday, though he stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
LHP Jose Quintana (2-1, 2.37 ERA) makes his fourth start since the Cubs acquired him from the White Sox, while Diamondbacks RHP Zack Greinke (13-4, 2.84) looks to extend his unbeaten streak. He is 5-0 in his past six starts.
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Godley pitched three-hit ball over six innings, Jake Lamb drove in all the runs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the surging Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Wednesday night.
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Lamb hit a two-run double against Jake Arrieta in the sixth and an RBI double off Justin Wilson in the eighth.
Godley (5-4) was every bit as stingy after tossing seven scoreless innings in a win at St. Louis last week.
"Zack Godley did exactly what he needed to do on a day where we were trying to come off a very tough game," manager Torey Lovullo said. "I've always said pitching sets the tone and gives you a chance to play downhill baseball. ... It was a really good combination of things and it was all set up by what Zack Godley did for us."
It was a strong game all-around, with two teams playing solid defense and both starting pitchers dominating. Godley was just a little better. As losses go, Cubs manager Joe Maddon can live with this one.
"To lose that game, I have no issues, man," Maddon said. "I have zero issues. We played well. They played well."
Godley struck out five and walked two. In his past two starts, the right-hander has allowed seven hits while striking out 12 and walking four.
Godley and three relievers combined to retire the final 19 batters, with Andrew Chafin, Archie Bradley and Fernando Rodney each working an inning. Rodney got his 23rd save in 28 chances, and the Diamondbacks came away with the win after dropping three of four.
Arrieta (10-8) allowed two runs (one earned) and three hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked two. To Maddon, it might have been 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner's best start of the season.
It was another encouraging outing for Arrieta coming off a strong July, though he still believes his best is yet to come. Can he be as good as he was two years ago?
"Yeah, it's possible," he said. "I don't see why not. I think it's possible for all our guys to elevate themselves and pitch at a really high level or compete on defense or at the plate at a level higher than they have currently. That's just having a lot of confidence in the guys that we have."
Maddon saw this as another positive sign for a team that was two games below .500 at the All-Star break.
"It's trending in the right direction," Maddon said. "Even though you've lost a game like that tonight, to play that game on a consistent basis, you're gonna win a lot of them."
Arrieta was sailing along until the sixth.
David Peralta singled with one out and shortstop Addison Russell bounced the throw to first on A.J. Pollock's grounder, putting runners on the corners. Pollock stole second, and Lamb bounced a two-run double down the right-field line, giving the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead.
Arrieta then hit Paul Goldschmidt in the left shoulder before J.D. Martinez grounded into a double play.
Lamb made it 3-0 with his double in the eighth off Justin Wilson, who made his first appearance after being acquired in a trade with the Tigers. Left fielder Kyle Schwarber slid as he tried to field the ball, which rolled all the way to the wall.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Manager Torey Lovullo doubts LHP Robbie Ray (concussion) will be ready for his scheduled start Friday at San Francisco. Ray, on the seven-day disabled list, is improving but has not participated in baseball activities since he was in the head by a line drive at St. Louis last week. Lovullo would not say who will start in his place.
Cubs: 2B Javier Baez was not in the lineup but was available off the bench. He appeared to be favoring his left leg coming out of the box on a groundout in the fifth inning on Monday, though he stayed in the game.
UP NEXT
LHP Jose Quintana (2-1, 2.37 ERA) makes his fourth start since the Cubs acquired him from the White Sox, while Diamondbacks RHP Zack Greinke (13-4, 2.84) looks to extend his unbeaten streak. He is 5-0 in his past six starts.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Peralta grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Zobrist singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Zobrist out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Rizzo flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Martinez popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Schwarber reached on bunt single to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Avila struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Russell singled to left, Schwarber to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Heyward lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Jay struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Iannetta singled to shallow center. | 0 | 0 |
| Reinheimer lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Godley struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Arrieta struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Zobrist walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rizzo walked, Zobrist to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Schwarber struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Avila grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Russell grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Heyward grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Iannetta walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Reinheimer struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Jay grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arrieta flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Zobrist flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Godley struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Russell, Peralta to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb doubled to right, Peralta and Pollock scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt hit by pitch. | 2 | 0 |
| Martinez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Goldschmidt out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Bryant flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Rizzo lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Schwarber struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Arrieta pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Iannetta walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Reinheimer grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Iannetta out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Drury hit for Godley. | 2 | 0 |
| Drury grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Reinheimer out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Chafin relieved Godley. | 2 | 0 |
| Contreras hit for Avila. | 2 | 0 |
| Contreras struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Russell struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Heyward grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Justin Wilson pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Contreras catching. | 2 | 0 |
| Wilson relieved Arrieta. | 2 | 0 |
| Peralta walked. | 2 | 0 |
| Pollock popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Lamb doubled to left, Peralta scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Lamb to third on wild pitch by Wilson. | 3 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Martinez intentionally walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Bradley relieved Chafin. | 3 | 0 |
| Jay lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Almora Jr. hit for Wilson. | 3 | 0 |
| Almora Jr. grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Zobrist grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Koji Uehara pitching for Chicago | ARI | CHC |
| Uehara relieved Wilson. | 3 | 0 |
| Iannetta popped out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Reinheimer struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Herrmann hit for Bradley. | 3 | 0 |
| Herrmann struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Arizona | ARI | CHC |
| Rodney relieved Bradley. | 3 | 0 |
| Bryant flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Rizzo struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Schwarber struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Peralta LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .301 | .354 | .456 |
| Pollock CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .298 | .345 | .496 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .266 | .374 | .535 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .316 | .436 | .565 |
| Martinez RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .184 | .279 | .579 |
| Descalso 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .239 | .346 | .404 |
| Iannetta C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .232 | .322 | .477 |
| Reinheimer SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Godley P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .069 | .129 | .069 |
a-Drury PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .326 | .434 |
Chafin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Bradley P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Herrmann PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .160 | .247 | .337 |
Rodney P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 128 | |||
| a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for Z Godley in the 7th b-struck out looking for A Bradley in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Lamb 2 (22, Wilson, Arrieta) RBI: Lamb 3 (83) GIDP: Martinez Diamondbacks RISP: 1-4 (Lamb 1-1, Martinez 0-1, Goldschmidt 0-1, Descalso 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Pollock (15, 2nd base off Arrieta/Avila) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Reinheimer-Descalso-Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 41,321 (101% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:44 |
| Weather | 78 degrees, overcast |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Pat Hoberg, Second Base - Tony Randazzo, Third Base - Gerry Davis |
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