Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Chicago Cubs

76-58, 38-31 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

71-63, 40-29 Home

Eduardo Rodriguez strikes out 9 in 7 innings as Diamondbacks beat Cubs 2-0

Pete Crow-Armstrong needs to be restrained after balk is not issued

Rodriguez (14-4) outpitched Cubs starter Matthew Boyd (8-3), allowing two hits to win his fourth straight start. Relievers Brandyn Garcia and Juan Morillo completed the two-hitter, with Morillo earning his second save.

The Cubs, who occupy the top NL wild-card spot, have lost five of seven.

Lawlar led off the sixth inning with his third homer for the only run against Boyd, who allowed three hits with five strikeouts and two walks in six innings.

Ryan Waldschmidt had a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Rodriguez tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings against Cincinnati in his last start and didn't allow a hit against the Cubs until Tyrone Taylor's bloop single to lead off the fifth inning

Pete Crow-Armstrong led off the sixth with a double and moved to third with one out, but Rodriguez stranded him there — after a bit of controversy.

With two outs, Crow-Armstrong moved way down the line as if he were stealing home and Rodriguez threw a quick pitch, forcing him back. Crow-Armstrong was adamant that Rodriguez balked and had to be restrained by third base coach Quintin Berry after the umpiring crew discussed the play and concluded that Rodriguez did not balk.

Boyd was sharp early against the Diamondbacks after allowing 11 earned runs in 11 1/3 innings his previous two starts.

The left-hander erased walks with inning-ending double plays in the second and third, and Taylor cut down Nolan Arenado at second from deep in the left-field corner in the fourth.

Up next Cubs LHP David Peterson (7-7 5.17 ERA) will pitch the opener of a three-game series against visiting Cincinnati on Friday. Arizona had yet to name a starter for Thursday's opener of a four-game series at San Francisco.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Happ grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Happ hit for Taylor
	9th Inning	Hoerner grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Busch popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Morillo relieved Garcia
	8th Inning	Vargas grounded out to first.

Statistics

CHC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
10	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	25
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
3	Total Bases	9
33	Plate Appearances	28
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.0	Runs Created	2.1
.069	Batting Average	.240
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.360
.207	Secondary Average	.200
.182	On Base Percentage	.286
.285	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.646
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
0.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
5.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	25.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.034	Isolated Power	.120
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.121	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.071
.138	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.040
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
56.0	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0