Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Chicago Cubs

1-2, 1-0 Away

Final
10 - 6

Arizona Diamondbacks

0-1, 0-1 Home

Miguel Amaya has 2 doubles and 5 RBIs to lead the Cubs past the Diamondbacks 10-6

Miguel Amaya's 3-run double extends Cubs' lead

Amaya's double with the bases loaded in the fifth bounced off the glove of Jake McCarthy, who couldn't come up with the catch after diving for the ball in center field. It brought home Michael Busch, Pete Crow-Armstong and rookie Matt Shaw for a 7-3 lead.

Amaya pushed Chicago's lead to 10-5 in the ninth with a two-run double down the left field line.

Happ connected for a two-run double in the second for a 2-1 lead and added a solo homer in the fourth. Lefty Justin Steele (1-1) gave up three runs over five innings, walking one and striking out two.

Arizona's Zac Gallen (0-1) gave up four runs over four innings, throwing 83 pitches and just 43 strikes. He walked four and struck out four. Eugenio Suárez hit a solo homer and Josh Naylor — acquired from the Guardians in an offseason trade — had an RBI single in the first for an early 1-0 lead.

The D-backs cut the Cubs' lead to 8-5 in the sixth after sacrifice flies from McCarthy and Geraldo Perdomo, but Amaya's second double in the ninth put the game out of reach.

It was the Cubs' first win of the season. They dropped two games to the Los Angeles Dodgers to start the year in Tokyo on March 18 and 19.

Key moment Crow-Armstrong hustled from first to second with two outs in the fifth, beating the throw from Perdomo that would have been a force out to end the inning. That set up Amaya's crucial three-run double.

Key stat The Cubs were 5 of 12 at the plate with runners in scoring position.

Up next The D-backs will send RHP Merrill Kelly to the mound on Friday night, while the Cubs counter with RHP Jameson Taillon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Naylor grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Gurriel Jr. grounded out to shortstop, Marte scored.
	9th Inning	Carroll doubled to center, Marte to third.
	9th Inning	Marte singled to right.
	9th Inning	Perdomo flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Pressly relieved Hodge

Statistics

CHC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
13	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	4
10	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
41	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
182	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	15
47	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
7.5	Runs Created	5.6
.293	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.439	Slugging Percentage	.455
.317	Secondary Average	.273
.383	On Base Percentage	.350
.822	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.805
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
62.0	Batter Rating	42.0
41.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.146	Isolated Power	.182
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.024	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
20.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
101.0	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0