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Diamondbacks beat Cubs 5-4 on Waldschmidt's homer

By Bush Staff·2 min read

Ryan Waldschmidt's home run backed Brandon Pfaadt's six-plus innings as Arizona answered a shutout loss with a 5-4 win over the Cubs, staying a game back in the wild-card race.

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Pfaadt goes six-plus, Waldschmidt supplies the difference

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Arizona's bats went quiet in a 7-0 loss to the Cubs on August 24, then answered the next night, beating Chicago 5-4 on August 25. Brandon Pfaadt held up his end on the mound, working 6.2 innings and allowing 4 earned runs on 6 hits with 3 strikeouts against 2 walks. Ryan Waldschmidt supplied the difference, going 1-for-1 with a home run and 2 RBI.

The split left Arizona at 3-2 in its last five games and 70-63 on the season, a game behind San Diego for the final NL Wild Card spot, with an elimination number of 20.

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Pfaadt on the mound.

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Matthew Boyd
Matthew Boyd
(8-2)·4.15 ERA
Aug 21 @ Mariners
ND
6.0IP
4ER
3K
2BB
86P
Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
(13-4)·2.61 ERA
Aug 21 vs Reds
W
5.2IP
0ER
4K
2BB
99P

Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4, 2.61 ERA) gets the ball as the Diamondbacks host the Cubs this afternoon. His last time out, against the Reds on August 21, he threw 5.2 scoreless innings on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts. Matthew Boyd (8-2, 4.15 ERA) starts for Chicago; in his last outing, against Seattle on August 21, he allowed 4 earned runs over 6 innings on 6 hits with 3 strikeouts.

The Cubs are favored despite Rodriguez carrying the sharper numbers into the matchup, and the market's total points to middling scoring rather than a shootout — a number that holds if Rodriguez pitches the way he did against Cincinnati and Boyd's command wavers the way it did in Seattle.