{"id":641690,"date":"2026-05-01T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641690\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:12:10","slug":"busch-helps-cubs-top-diamondbacks-in-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641690\/","title":{"rendered":"Busch helps Cubs top Diamondbacks in series opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Michael Busch<\/a> had two hits and two RBIs, helping Colin Rea<\/a> and the Chicago Cubs<\/a> top the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> 6-5 on Friday.<\/p>\n

Alex Bregman<\/a> added a run-scoring double as banged-up Chicago posted its third consecutive win. Rea (4-1) scattered eight hits over 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner<\/a> departed in the second because of neck tightness. Hoerner is off to a terrific start this year, batting .297 with four homers and 26 RBIs while playing his usual stellar defense.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s Ildemaro Vargas<\/a> extended his career-best hitting streak to 27 games, but the Diamondbacks lost for the seventh time in their last 10 games. Vargas went 4 for 4 with four singles and a walk, raising his batting average to .404.<\/p>\n

Arizona trailed 6-1 before rallying in the sixth. Jorge Barrosa<\/a> hit an RBI double off Ryan Rolison<\/a> before Geraldo Perdomo<\/a> connected for a three-run homer that landed in the basket in left field.<\/p>\n

Following a Vargas single, Rolison struck out Corbin Carroll<\/a> and Adrian Del Castillo<\/a> to preserve Chicago\u2019s one-run lead.<\/p>\n

Phil Maton<\/a> struck out two in a perfect seventh for the Cubs, and Jacob Webb<\/a> retired the Diamondbacks in order in the eighth. With Daniel Palencia<\/a> sidelined by an oblique injury, Webb also handled the ninth for his first save of the season.<\/p>\n

Arizona right-hander Zac Gallen<\/a> (1-2) permitted six runs and seven hits in 3 2\/3 innings. Gallen departed his previous start against San Diego in Mexico City after he was hit by a line drive on his pitching shoulder.<\/p>\n

Chicago jumped in front on Busch\u2019s two-run single with two down in the first. Carson Kelly<\/a> added an RBI single when second baseman Vargas and center fielder Alek Thomas<\/a> misplayed his flyball on a cold and windy day at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n

The Cubs tacked on three more runs in the fourth. Dansby Swanson<\/a> hit an RBI single and scored on Bregman\u2019s double to left.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Ryne Nelson<\/a> (1-2, 7.71 ERA) starts for Arizona on Saturday, and left-hander Shota Imanaga<\/a> (2-2, 3.15 ERA) pitches for Chicago.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Jay Cohen, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Michael Busch had two hits and two RBIs, helping Colin Rea and the Chicago Cubs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-641690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}