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D-backs' path gets tougher after Cubs' thumping

PHOENIX -- When he met with the media before Tuesday's game with the Cubs, manager Torey Lovullo said he believed this was the night that things would turn for the D-backs, who have watched their postseason hopes grow dimmer by the day.

Instead, it was more of the same as the D-backs fell, 9-1, in front of a Chase Field crowd that loudly cheered the visitors.

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With the loss, the D-backs fell to six games behind the Cardinals in the race for the second National League Wild Card spot.