Cubs beat Diamondbacks 8‑4 for fifth straight win
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Michael Busch hit a three-run triple and a sacrifice fly to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs extended their winning streak to five games and improved to 22-12, matching a season-best 10 games over .500. Chicago also won its 11th consecutive home game, its longest such run since 2008.
Moisés Ballesteros homered and drove in two runs, and Carson Kelly had two RBIs. Matthew Boyd (2-1) allowed two runs on four hits over six innings, striking out five.
Arizona took an early 2-0 lead on Gabriel Moreno’s two-run homer in the second inning. The Cubs answered in the bottom half on Kelly’s RBI single, then tied it in the third on Ballesteros’ two-run homer.
Busch’s triple in the fifth put Chicago ahead 6-2, and his sacrifice fly in the seventh made it 7-4. Kelly added an RBI single later in the inning.
Adrian Del Castillo hit a two-run homer for Arizona in the ninth, but the Diamondbacks fell to 16-17. Merrill Kelly (1-3) took the loss before 35,597 fans in 2:45.