Joc Pederson homered and had three RBIs as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 Friday afternoon.
Pederson and Eugenio Suárez were both 2-for-3 at the plate for the Diamondbacks (7-7). Merrill Kelly pitched two no-hit innings and struck out three batters in the victory.
Kyle Hendricks gave up three runs on five hits in 3.1 innings in the Cubs’ (6-7) loss. Chicago was only able to muster five hits in the matinee.
Getting the scoring started, Geraldo Perdomo hit a line-drive single to left field to drive Suárez home to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.