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- Updated: June 4, 2016
CHICAGO — Jason Hammel paved the way for the Cubs on Saturday, giving up two runs and only one hit over seven innings in a 5-3 win over the D-backs at Wrigley Field. Hammel also had a two-out, two-run single in the fourth inning that put the Cubs ahead on the way to their 10th win in 11 games.
Hammel overcame an early mistake after Jake Lamb deposited a 1-0 fastball into the right-field seats for a two-run homer in the first inning. Despite allowing Dexter Fowler’s leadoff homer, Arizona starter Edwin Escobar held the Cubs to one run through the first three innings. But things unraveled for him in the fourth inning of his second Major League start. Escobar left after 3 2/3 frames, surrendering four earned runs on five hits and two walks.
As good as Hammel was, Travis Wood got the game’s most important out in the eighth, when Rickie Weeks Jr. lined out on a full count with the bases loaded to end the inning and preserve …
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