Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

76-56, 38-29 Away

Final
7 - 0

Arizona Diamondbacks

69-63, 38-29 Home

Conforto and Kelly hit back-to-back HRs, lift the Cubs over the Diamondbacks 7-0

Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

The Cubs moved to 5 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Central lead. The Brewers were off Monday.

Conforto and Kelly hit their homers off reliever Taylor Clarke with two outs in the sixth, breaking open a tight game. Conforto's two-run shot to right field made it 4-0 and then Kelly — who played 4 1/2 seasons with the Diamondbacks — hurt his former team with a solo smash to left.

That was plenty of support for Gausman (2-1), who cruised through the D-backs' lineup, needing just 94 pitches to complete his seven innings. The right-hander gave up three hits and a walk while striking out six in his best outing for the Cubs since being acquired at the trade deadline from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Pedro Ramírez smacked a triple down the right-field line that scored Ian Happ. They pushed the advantage to 2-0 in the fifth when Seiya Suzuki's double off the left-field wall brought home Conforto.

Conforto reached base four times, hitting a single, double and homer while also drawing a walk. Happ and Ramírez both had two hits.

D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly (8-12) gave up three runs on five hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four.

Arizona managed just five hits — all of them singles. Corbin Carroll stole two bases.

Up next The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-1, 3.39 ERA) on Tuesday against Cubs RHP Clay Holmes (5-6, 2.49).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lawlar lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Lawlar hit for Kepler
	9th Inning	Perdomo reached on infield single to second, Fernandez to second.
	9th Inning	Moreno flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Carroll lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Fernandez singled to center.

Statistics

CHC		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	6
7	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	11
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
23	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
159	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	5
41	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	0
7.4	Runs Created	0.3
.278	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.583	Slugging Percentage	.161
.417	Secondary Average	.065
.341	On Base Percentage	.188
.925	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.349
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
52.5	Batter Rating	7.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.306	Isolated Power	.000
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.139	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
14.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.8	MLB Rating	61.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0