ESPN.com · Apr 18, 2025
Cubs outslug D-backs as teams total 21 runs after 6th inning
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CHICAGO -- Carson Kelly homered twice, Kyle Tucker hit a go-ahead two-run homer in a six-run eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs outslugged the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-11 on Friday.
Ian Happ hit a grand slam. Seiya Suzuki went deep and the Cubs pulled out a wild win in which the two teams combined for 21 runs in the seventh and eighth innings. The Cubs scored 11 runs in that stretch, while the D-backs scored 10.
It was the first nine-inning game in MLB history in which both teams scored 10 or more runs from the seventh inning on, and the third game overall, according to ESPN Research.