CHICAGO — Zac Gallen pitched a three-hitter for his second profession full recreation, serving to the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Friday for his or her third straight win.

Rookie Corbin Carroll accounted for the sport’s solely run with a two-out RBI single within the eighth inning towards Mark Leiter Jr. Seiya Suzuki practically made a terrific catch in proper subject, however the ball hit the grass in entrance of his glove and the out name by first base umpire Stu Scheurwater was overturned in a video evaluation.

“That’s a good team. We ran into a tough situation today,” Cubs starter Jameson Taillon mentioned. “September baseball is meant to be close games and every inch matters.”

Arizona (74-68) gained for the fourth time in 5 video games and moved inside two video games of Chicago for the No. 2 spot within the NL wild-card standings.

Gallen (15-7) struck out 9 and walked one after he dropped his earlier two outings. Making his 111th profession begin, he acquired a celebratory dousing from Carroll and different teammates as he left the sphere.

“I’ve been grinding the last couple of weeks,” Gallen mentioned. “This a team we’re tracking behind. I’m just trying to go out there and do my job and put a stamp on it.”

PHOTOS: Zac Gallen shines as Arizona Diamondbacks beat Chicago Cubs 1-0

Pitching coach Brent Strom mentioned the Friday’s damp, mid-60s climate performed an element.

“The environment helped,” he mentioned on a day neither workforce had a lot success reaching the warning monitor. “This was a great pitchers’ day today. He was able to challenge people and force the issue.”

It was Gallen’s first full recreation since he threw a one-hitter in a 5-0 victory over Atlanta in a seven-inning doubleheader opener on April 25, 2021; Madison Bumgarner then threw a seven-inning no-hitter within the second recreation.

Gallen’s full recreation was the thirtieth within the main leagues this season, six shy of final 12 months’s complete.

Chicago wasted a robust begin by Taillon, who struck out 9 whereas pitching six innings of one-hit ball. Suzuki had two hits for the Cubs (76-66).

José Cuas (3-1) surrendered Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s leadoff single within the eighth. He walked Gabriel Moreno and struck out Jordan Lawlar earlier than he was changed by Leiter.

Gallen retired his first 10 batters earlier than he hit Nico Hoerner with one out within the fourth. Suzuki singled with one out within the fifth for Chicago’s first hit.

Carroll singled with two out within the sixth for Arizona’s first hit. Carroll then swiped second and superior to 3rd on a throwing error on catcher Miguel Amaya, however Ketel Marte bounced to first for the ultimate out of the inning.

STRONG START

Carroll drew a stroll beginning the sport, then stole second and went to 3rd on catcher Miguel Amaya’s throwing error. Taillon escaped the jam by placing out the subsequent three Diamondbacks.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: RHP Brad Boxberger (forearm pressure) was activated from the 60-day injured checklist, and RHP Keegan Thompson was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.

UP NEXT

Arizona RHP Merrill Kelly (11-6, 3.22 ERA) faces LHP Justin Steele (16-3, 2.55 ERA) on Saturday.

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