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Glad to see he's feeling good.

Willson Contreras had three RBIs Wednesday, including a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning, as the visiting Chicago Cubs snapped a seven-game losing

Right-hander Zach Davies will start Game 1. Southpaw Justin Steele, who was slated to start Tuesday, will start Game 2.

Diamondbacks 7, Cubs 3: Backwards relief, then rain Share this story Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports When the Cubs were going well — only a month or so ago! — their trifecta of relief pitchers generally went Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin and Craig Kimbrel, in that order, starting in the seventh inning. Saturday afternoon, in a game that was tied 2-2 heading into the seventh, two of the first three hitters scheduled for the Diamondbacks were lefthanded, so David Ross chose Chafin to throw first. That didn’t work. Two walks and two hits later, Arizona had a 5-2 lead. Tepera came in and retired ...

AP Photo/Rick Scuteri PHOENIX — The message for the Cubs coming out of the All-Star break was to take things one game at a time. While it’s one of the oldest clichés in baseball, you can’t blame them after the way the last month had gone. That approach came in handy Saturday against the Diamondbacks. The Cubs trailed almost the entire way before turning the game on its head with two outs in the ninth inning. They scored three runs in the ninth, capped by a two-run home run by Willson Contreras, in a 4-2 victory. It was the Cubs’ first victory when trailing entering the ninth since...