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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Chicago Cubs

2018-07-25 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 35548 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph from RF · 2:39

Chicago Cubs defeated Arizona Diamondbacks 2–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 4th — Ben Zobrist singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder A. J. Pollock. Albert Almora scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: A.J. Pollock homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Carl Edwards L: T.J. McFarland SV: Pedro Strop

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Mike Estabrook · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Arizona Diamondbacks — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
David Peralta	4	0	1	0	1
Ketel Marte	4	0	0	0	1
Paul Goldschmidt	4	0	2	0	1
AJ Pollock	4	1	1	1	0
Steven Souza	4	0	0	0	1
Nick Ahmed	3	0	0	0	1
Chris Owings	3	0	1	0	0
J. R. Murphy	3	0	0	0	2
Robbie Ray	2	0	0	0	2
Daniel Descalso	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Anthony Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Albert Almora	3	1	2	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	3	0	1	1	0	1
Willson Contreras	3	0	1	0	0	1
Addison Russell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Schwarber	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ian Happ	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jon Lester	2	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy La Stella	2	0	0	0	1	0
Javier Baez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	1	0	0	0	0	0

Arizona Diamondbacks — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robbie Ray	7.0	4	1	6
T. J. McFarland	1.0	0	2	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jon Lester	6.0	4	7
Carl Edwards	2.0	0	2
Pedro Strop	1.0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Peralta: 63/G6
Ketel Marte: K
Paul Goldschmidt: S7/L7LD+
AJ Pollock: 64(1)/FO/G56+

Bot 1

Anthony Rizzo: K
Albert Almora: D9/F9LS
Ben Zobrist: K
Willson Contreras: K

Top 2

Steven Souza: K
Nick Ahmed: 8/L8LM
Chris Owings: S7/L78S
J. R. Murphy: SB2
J. R. Murphy: K

Bot 2

Addison Russell: 9/F9M
Kyle Schwarber: 23/G2L-
Ian Happ: 43/G6

Top 3

Robbie Ray: K
David Peralta: K
Ketel Marte: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 3

Jon Lester: K
Tommy La Stella: 43/G4S-
Anthony Rizzo: 63/G6-

Top 4

Paul Goldschmidt: 8/F8RD+
AJ Pollock: 6/L56+
Steven Souza: 13/G15

Bot 4

Albert Almora: D9/L9M
Ben Zobrist: S8/G6M+.2-H
Willson Contreras: S9/L34D+.1-2
Addison Russell: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M.2-3
Kyle Schwarber: OA.3X3(25)

Top 5

Nick Ahmed: 4/L4MD-
Chris Owings: 9/F89D+
J. R. Murphy: 8/F8RS

Bot 5

Kyle Schwarber: W
Ian Happ: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Jon Lester: K

Top 6

Robbie Ray: K
David Peralta: S8/G4M+
Ketel Marte: 64(1)/FO/G6S-
Paul Goldschmidt: K

Bot 6

Tommy La Stella: 43/G4
Anthony Rizzo: 3/G3
Albert Almora: K

Top 7

AJ Pollock: HR/F7D+
Steven Souza: 8/F8RM
Nick Ahmed: K
Chris Owings: 9/F9D+

Bot 7

Ben Zobrist: 63/G6
Willson Contreras: 9/F9D
Addison Russell: 4/F8RS

Top 8

J. R. Murphy: K
Daniel Descalso: 43/G4
David Peralta: 8/L8LD+

Bot 8

Javier Baez: E1/TH.B-2
Ian Happ: W
Jason Heyward: 46(1)/FO/G4S-.2-H(UR)(E6/TH)(NR);B-2
Tommy La Stella: W
Anthony Rizzo: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS-

Top 9

Ketel Marte: 9/F89D
Paul Goldschmidt: D9/F9M
AJ Pollock: 8/F8LM
Steven Souza: 63/G6S-

Notes & reviews

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Diamondbacks challenged call that Zobrist was out at third; call was overturned - out returning to base
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Originally scored as single plus error, changed to error all the way on 08-01-2018; runs remain unearned
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