A night after his heads-up defensive play sealed a victory for the Chicago Cubs, Dansby Swanson has his team in front of the Diamondbacks thanks to his bat. Swanson blasted a solo homer to left-center field in the top of the second inning, a swing that represents the only run of the game in Sunday’s series finale at Chase Field.

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Nelson's RBI single in the eighth inning of Arizona's win Sunday was his first plate appearance, hit and RBI of his MLB career.

The Arizona Diamondbacks used an eight-run eighth inning to come back from four runs down to beat the Cubs and split the series 2-2

During Sunday's game between the Diamondbacks and Cubs, D-backs manager Torey Lovullo used all his bench players and moved Ketel Marte from DH to second base, burning the designated hitter in a non-injury. That meant that pitcher Ryne Nelson had to hit for himself when the seventh spot in the order rolled around.