Diamondbacks blank Cubs behind Rodriguez’s dominant start
PHOENIX (Interstat) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched seven shutout innings and Jordan Lawlar homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field.
Rodriguez allowed two hits and struck out nine to improve to 14-4, while Matthew Boyd took the loss despite allowing one earned run in six innings. Juan Morillo earned his second save with a scoreless ninth.
Arizona scored in the sixth when Lawlar homered to right off Boyd. The Diamondbacks added a run in the eighth on Ryan Waldschmidt’s sacrifice fly. James McCann scored, and Lawlar was doubled off first.
Arizona had six hits, while Chicago managed two. The Diamondbacks grounded into two double plays but still improved to 71-63. The Cubs fell to 76-58.
The game took 2:14 and drew an announced attendance of 24,297.