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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Chicago Cubs

2021-07-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 37190 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph to CF · 3:15

Arizona Diamondbacks defeated Chicago Cubs 7–3. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 3rd — Javier Baez grounds into a double play, third baseman Eduardo Escobar to second baseman Josh VanMeter to first baseman Christian Walker. Alec Mills scores. Rafael Ortega to 3rd. Kris Bryant out at 2nd. Javier Baez out at 1st. Arizona Diamondbacks took the lead in the 7th — Daulton Varsho singles on a line drive to left fielder Kris Bryant. Pavin Smith scores. Nick Ahmed to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Daulton Varsho homers (4) on a line drive to center field. David Peralta scores — worth 23% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Willson Contreras (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

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

W: Merrill Kelly L: Andrew Chafin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pat Hoberg · 1B: Chris Conroy · 2B: Ben May · 3B: Bill Welke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Arizona Diamondbacks — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh VanMeter	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kole Calhoun	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eduardo Escobar	5	0	2	0	0	1
Christian Walker	5	0	0	0	0	0
David Peralta	3	1	0	0	1	1
Pavin Smith	2	1	0	0	2	0
Nick Ahmed	3	1	1	0	1	0
Daulton Varsho	4	2	2	3	0	0
Merrill Kelly	2	0	1	0	0	0
Asdrubal Cabrera	2	1	2	2	0	0
Josh Reddick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Young	1	1	1	2	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Ortega	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kris Bryant	3	0	2	0	1	0
Javier Baez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Anthony Rizzo	4	1	1	0	0	2
Willson Contreras	3	1	1	1	0	0
Patrick Wisdom	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nico Hoerner	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alec Mills	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ian Happ	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Duffy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Marisnick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Arizona Diamondbacks — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Merrill Kelly	6.0	5	1	6
Tyler Clippard	1.0	0	0	1
Noe Ramirez	1.0	0	0	1
Brett de Geus	1.0	2	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alec Mills	5.0	3	2	1
Dan Winkler	1.0	0	0	1
Andrew Chafin	0.0	2	2	0
Ryan Tepera	1.0	0	0	2
Trevor Megill	0.2	1	1	0
Rex Brothers	1.1	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh VanMeter: 8/F8XD
Kole Calhoun: 43/G9S
Eduardo Escobar: D78/F78
Christian Walker: 2/P2F/FL

Bot 1

Rafael Ortega: 43/G4
Kris Bryant: S8/L8
Javier Baez: 64(1)/FO/G6M.B-1
Anthony Rizzo: 7/F78S

Top 2

David Peralta: 63/G4
Pavin Smith: 5/L6D
Nick Ahmed: 53/G5

Bot 2

Willson Contreras: HP
Patrick Wisdom: 5/L5
Jason Heyward: K
Nico Hoerner: 9/F89

Top 3

Daulton Varsho: 5/P25
Merrill Kelly: 31/G34
Josh VanMeter: K

Bot 3

Alec Mills: D8/L8XD+
Rafael Ortega: S9/L9.2-3
Kris Bryant: W.1-2
Javier Baez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56.3-H(NR);2-3
Anthony Rizzo: K

Top 4

Kole Calhoun: 8/F8XD
Eduardo Escobar: 23/G2-/BINT
Christian Walker: 6/L6D

Bot 4

Willson Contreras: HR/F9D
Patrick Wisdom: 2/P3SF/FL
Jason Heyward: 43/G34
Nico Hoerner: K

Top 5

David Peralta: W
Pavin Smith: 6/P6MD
Nick Ahmed: 8/L89D
Daulton Varsho: HR/L8XD.1-H
Merrill Kelly: D7/L7L
Josh VanMeter: W
Kole Calhoun: 3/G3

Bot 5

Ian Happ: 3/G3
Rafael Ortega: K
Kris Bryant: T9/L89+
Javier Baez: 3/P34

Top 6

Eduardo Escobar: 31/G3F/FL
Christian Walker: 3/P3DF/FL
David Peralta: K

Bot 6

Anthony Rizzo: K
Willson Contreras: 63/G6
Patrick Wisdom: K

Top 7

Pavin Smith: W
Nick Ahmed: W.1-2
Daulton Varsho: S7/L7S.2-H;1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: D9/L9L.2-H;1-H
Josh Reddick: 63/G4M.2-3
Kole Calhoun: K
Eduardo Escobar: K

Bot 7

Jason Heyward: 8/F8XD+
Nico Hoerner: 8/F8D
Matt Duffy: K

Top 8

Christian Walker: 13/G4MS+
David Peralta: 43/G3D+
Pavin Smith: W
Nick Ahmed: S8/L8+.1-2
Daulton Varsho: 8/F8D

Bot 8

Rafael Ortega: 4/L4
Kris Bryant: 6/P6D
Javier Baez: K

Top 9

Asdrubal Cabrera: D9/F9D
Andrew Young: HR/F9D.2-H
Kole Calhoun: 43/G34
Eduardo Escobar: S8/F8S
Christian Walker: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 9

Anthony Rizzo: D8/L8XD+
Willson Contreras: 9/F9D.2-3
Jake Marisnick: WP.3-H(NR)
Jake Marisnick: K
Jason Heyward: S7/L78S+
Nico Hoerner: K

Notes & reviews

Game stopped for rain before new pitcher Faria could throw a pitch and he was replaced when game resumed
Cubs Contreras ejected from dugout by HP umpire Hoberg for arguing strike 2 call to Heyward

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