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PHOENIX — Even using a reliever to pinch-hit didn’t stop the Diamondbacks’ onslaught in the eighth inning that buried the Cubs in a 10-6 loss Sunday.
And as right-hander Ryne Nelson chopped an RBI single up the middle to increase Arizona’s lead to two, the inning raised concerns that had been brewing.
“This is our group, and we’ve certainly got to be a little better than that, and expect it, and we will,” manager Craig Counsell said of the bullpen.