Yan Gomes is kind of a quiet, under-the-radar guy. You don’t hear much about him; he just goes about his work and so far this season, he’s been a capable backup catcher, perhaps one of the better ones in baseball.
Saturday night, he homered and had a key single in the ninth inning, driving in a pair of runs. That helped lead the Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
As forecast in the game preview, this was a pitchers’ duel early between Kyle Hendricks and Zac Gallen. Hendricks struggled a bit in the first inning, issuing a walk and hitting a batter and throwing 25 pitches, but he struck out Josh Rojas to end the inning scoreless.