Tommy Pham hit two first-pitch home runs, Ryne Nelson was efficient on the mound in his return from the minors and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on Thursday night.
Tommy Pham hit two first-pitch home runs, Ryne Nelson was efficient on the mound in his return from the minors and theKetel Marte added his 22nd homer to help the Diamondbacks win their second straight and move a half-game ahead of Miami for the last of the three NL wild-card spots. Chicago holds the No. 2 wild card, three games ahead of Arizona.
"My main focus was getting better so I could come back here and help the team win," Nelson said. "It was a big driver for me." "Tonight was a weird one," Cubs manager David Ross said after several Chicago fly balls died near the walls. "We hit some balls really hard and they all went to the track."
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