Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs

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Arizona Diamondbacks

51-49, 25-25 Away

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Chicago Cubs

48-53, 26-23 Home

Hoerner's bases-loaded walk in the 10th gives the Cubs a 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks

Chicago entered the ninth with just one hit before Hoerner sparked the late rally as the Cubs avoided the sweep.

“I don’t like to change my at-bats too much in the late opposition, but you do know that if you get on base, you’ve got the guys on our team who have had our best at-bats right behind you, and I have a lot of trust in them,” Hoerner said. ”(Michael) Busch has been so consistent for a long time now, Seiya (Suzuki) as well, so a lot of trust in them and I felt like they had a great chance to try and win the game.”

Cubs All-Star pitcher Shota Imanaga had a career-high 10 strikeouts and gave up two hits over seven innings, including a home run to Eugenio Suárez.

“He’s always staying calm, he’s always stable, he always creates a really good game,” Suzuki of Imanaga through an interpreter. “We’ve had a couple games where we weren’t able to hit in those situations, but he pitched amazing today.”

The Cubs prevailed after Brandon Pfaadt’s dominant day on the mound. The Arizona ace struck out seven and allowed just one hit.

Hoerner doubled down the first-base line to lead off the bottom of the ninth and scored on Suzuki’s one-out single.

Héctor Neris (8-2) picked up the win for Chicago with a scoreless 10th, while Joe Mantiply (3-2) took the loss.

Imanaga opened the game by striking out all three batters in the first and didn’t allow a hit until Randal Grichuk’s single with two outs in the sixth. In the fifth, Imanaga got his eighth strikeout on a low splitter that fooled Arizona’s Jose Herrera, who swung so hard that his bat flew down the third-base line.

“During spring training, I talked with Dansby (Swanson), (Craig) Counsell, (Justin) Steele about how to deal with pressure,” Imanaga said through an interpreter. “I didn’t really feel pressure out there and talking to my teammates, talking to my coaches about it, I think that helped.”

Suárez broke the tie in the seventh, sending a 2-1 pitch over the wall in left field.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Diamondbacks: Manager Torey Lovullo said that LHP Jordan Montgomery felt “really good” after throwing a bullpen session. Montgomery is currently on the 15-day IL.

Cubs: Placed RHP Hayden Wesneski on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a right forearm strain. In a corresponding move, Chicago recalled RHP Hunter Bigge from Triple-A Iowa.

Diamondbacks RHP Yilber Diaz (1-0, 1.50 ERA) is set to make his third career start Monday at Kansas City. The Cubs will host the Brewers in a three-game series beginning Monday and plan to start RHP Javier Assad (4-3, 3.27).

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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 53.8%

Diamondbacks: 46.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Hoerner walked, Tauchman scored, Amaya to second, Swanson to third.
	10th Inning	Castellanos relieved Mantiply
	10th Inning	Crow-Armstrong flied out to left.
	10th Inning	Amaya reached on bunt single to pitcher, Swanson to second, Tauchman to third.
	10th Inning	Swanson intentionally walked.
	10th Inning	Mantiply relieved Martinez

Statistics

ARI		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
2	Ground Balls	11
15	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	5
35	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
-0.3	Runs Created	1.1
.063	Batting Average	.125
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.156
.156	Secondary Average	.188
.143	On Base Percentage	.243
.299	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.399
0.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
9.0	Batter Rating	14.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.094	Isolated Power	.031
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
57.5	MLB Rating	64.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0