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Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks

2018-09-17 · Night game · Chase Field · Att: 27662 · 80°F, dome, dry · 2:46

Chicago Cubs defeated Arizona Diamondbacks 5–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 6th — Cubs challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Anthony Rizzo grounds into a force out, second baseman Daniel Descalso to shortstop Nick Ahmed. Albert Almora scores. Kris Bryant out at 2nd. Anthony Rizzo to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Javier Baez homers (32) on a fly ball to left center field. Anthony Rizzo scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	5	9
ARI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3

W: Kyle Hendricks L: Patrick Corbin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ted Barrett · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Will Little · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Albert Almora	5	2	2	0	0	0
Kris Bryant	3	1	2	2	1	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	1	1	1	0	1
Javier Baez	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ben Zobrist	4	0	2	0	0	0
Willson Contreras	4	0	0	0	0	1
David Bote	4	0	1	0	0	3
Kyle Hendricks	3	0	0	0	0	1
Addison Russell	4	0	0	0	0	2

Arizona Diamondbacks — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
AJ Pollock	4	1	1	1	0	1
Eduardo Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	1
David Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Goldschmidt	3	0	1	0	1	1
Daniel Descalso	3	0	0	0	0	1
Steven Souza	3	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Ahmed	3	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Avila	3	0	0	0	0	1
Patrick Corbin	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jon Jay	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Hendricks	8.2	3	1	8

Arizona Diamondbacks — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Patrick Corbin	6.0	5	1	7
Silvino Bracho	1.0	0	0	1
Randall Delgado	0.2	3	0	0
Yoan Lopez	1.1	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Albert Almora: 43/G4
Kris Bryant: W
Anthony Rizzo: S8/L8LM+.1-2
Javier Baez: K
Ben Zobrist: 46(1)/FO/G4MD

Bot 1

AJ Pollock: K
Eduardo Escobar: 7/F7D+
David Peralta: 63/G6MD

Top 2

Willson Contreras: 43/G4MD+
David Bote: K
Kyle Hendricks: 3/F3F-

Bot 2

Paul Goldschmidt: K
Daniel Descalso: 5/F56-
Steven Souza: K

Top 3

Addison Russell: 4/L4MD+
Albert Almora: 8/L8RD+
Kris Bryant: K

Bot 3

Nick Ahmed: 9/F9D+
Alex Avila: K
Patrick Corbin: 13/G13S-

Top 4

Anthony Rizzo: K
Javier Baez: 63/G6
Ben Zobrist: D9/L3+
Willson Contreras: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 4

AJ Pollock: 8/L8RD+
Eduardo Escobar: D7/L5D
David Peralta: 9/F89D.2-3
Paul Goldschmidt: W
Daniel Descalso: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

David Bote: K
Kyle Hendricks: K
Addison Russell: K

Bot 5

Steven Souza: K
Nick Ahmed: E5/G5L
Alex Avila: 56(1)/FO/G34+
Patrick Corbin: K

Top 6

Albert Almora: S9/L9M
Kris Bryant: S9/L4D+.1-3
Anthony Rizzo: 46(1)/FO/G34S.3-H
Javier Baez: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Ben Zobrist: 23/BP2R-
Willson Contreras: 13/G13S-

Bot 6

AJ Pollock: 8/F8RXD+
Eduardo Escobar: K
David Peralta: 7/F7M

Top 7

David Bote: K
Kyle Hendricks: 7/F7S
Addison Russell: 53/G5+

Bot 7

Paul Goldschmidt: 63/G6
Daniel Descalso: K
Steven Souza: 63/G6+

Top 8

Albert Almora: S6/F8LS-
Kris Bryant: WP.1-2
Kris Bryant: HR/F89XD+.2-H
Anthony Rizzo: 8/F89D
Javier Baez: 7/F7D+
Ben Zobrist: S7/L78S
Willson Contreras: K

Bot 8

Nick Ahmed: 63/G6
Alex Avila: 31/G34S-
Jon Jay: 43/G4

Top 9

David Bote: S8/L89S+
Kyle Hendricks: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Addison Russell: K
Albert Almora: 31/G4S+

Bot 9

AJ Pollock: HR/F89XD+
Eduardo Escobar: 8/F89XD+
David Peralta: 9/L9D+
Paul Goldschmidt: S8/L8RS+
Daniel Descalso: CS2(26)

Notes & reviews

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Cubs challenged call that Rizzo was out at 1st to complete double play; call was overturned - force out, not DP
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