D-backs beat Cubs in 13 innings, transfer nearer to second Wild Card

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Arizona good points floor on Chicago after longest sport (4 hours, 24 minutes) of ’23

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PHOENIX — Getting his lead off second base with Gabriel Moreno on the plate, Evan Longoria may nearly see what was going to come back subsequent. So usually, Longoria and his D-backs teammates have watched Moreno go the opposite manner and hit the ball to proper discipline.

So with Moreno down within the rely 0-2, Longoria made positive that he bought a very good secondary lead and when Moreno hit a grounder by means of the suitable aspect, Longoria was on the transfer.

“I’m anticipating that exact play happening in my head before it even happened,” Longoria mentioned.

Third-base coach Tony Perezchica frantically waved Longoria house, however he may have saved himself the hassle. Longoria wasn’t taking a look at him. He was going all the way in which.

Seiya Suzuki made a powerful throw house, barely to the first-base aspect of house plate. Catcher Yan Gomes fielded the ball and dove for house concurrently Longoria, however Longoria managed to sneak in with the successful run because the D-backs beat the Cubs, 7-6, in 13 innings.

Games remaining (12): vs. CHC (1), vs. SF (2), at NYY (3), at CWS (3), vs. HOU (3)
Standings replace: The D-backs (78-72) have the identical report because the Reds (78-72), however Cincinnati (which additionally received Saturday) holds the tiebreaker and the third Wild Card spot. Arizona is a half-game forward of the Marlins (77-72), who additionally received Saturday. The Giants (75-74) are 2 1/2 again after being swept in a doubleheader by the Rockies. The D-backs don’t maintain the tiebreaker in opposition to the Reds or Marlins and they’re 5-6 vs. San Francisco this season, with an upcoming two-game set that may decide the tiebreaker. The D-backs path the Cubs by a half-game for the No. 2 spot, and clinched the tiebreaker over Chicago with Friday’s win.

D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo sat down within the media room after the sport, mentally exhausted from utilizing all however one in every of his obtainable relievers and bench gamers and his voice hoarse from yelling, and tried to sum up what was the longest sport within the large leagues this season at 4 hours and 24 minutes.

“It’s such a critical time of the year and we’re in such a huge race, and for these guys to step up and do what they did today was amazing,” Lovullo mentioned, his eyes welling up barely. “And I’m so proud. I don’t even know where to start.”

Then he began with Longoria. The 37-year-old shouldn’t be fleet of foot, and he had sat round for 13 innings earlier than being known as on to pinch-hit, however he used his veteran expertise to assist get himself perhaps a half step.

“I was trying to get myself loose [between pitches], like shuffling off and getting back and like trying to just loosen up my legs,” Longoria mentioned. “I’m trying to get as big of a secondary lead as I can.”

The slide and attain along with his hand? Pure intuition.

“I didn’t do that on purpose,” Longoria mentioned. “And I’ll be honest with you, I think I must subconsciously have understood that he was on the inside [part of the plate] and going to be coming towards me if he caught the ball. So I mean, as I was sliding I probably felt like I was a little bit too far on the outside of the plate and for whatever reason decided to reach in. I didn’t plan on doing that.”

It was the fruits of an enormous week for Moreno, whose spouse gave start to their first little one whereas the staff was in New York final week.

The 23-year-old has proven a knack for hitting the ball the opposite manner since becoming a member of the D-backs this yr, which is why Longoria was anticipating it. But whereas Longoria couldn’t clarify why he slid the way in which he did, Moreno is aware of precisely why he’s so good at letting the ball journey deep within the strike zone and going to the other discipline.

“I’ve looked at a lot of videos of Miguel Cabrera,” Moreno mentioned. “It’s something I knew was going to help me as a hitter, and I’ve focused throughout my career on having this ability.”