Arizona Diamondbacks 16, Chicago Cubs 8

Mar 18, 2026; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder Alek Thomas (5) celebrates with right fielder Corbin Carroll (7) after hitting a two run home run against the Chicago Cubs in the third inning at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Record: 12-12-1. Change on 2025: -1.

5-inning Record: 8-15-2. Arizona stretched their unbeaten streak to five games with an emphatic victory over the Cubs at Salt River Fields. It looked unlikely, considering the D-backs were 5-1 down in the middle of the third.

But scoring fifteen unanswered runs is never a bad thing. A six-run third was followed by a seven-run fourth, Arizona pounding out seventeen hits and five walks. Jordan Lawlar reached base three times on a hit and two walks, while there were two-hit days for Geraldo Perdomo, Carlos Santana and Jorge Barrosa.

Good to see Corbin Carroll hitting his first post-hamate home-run. Alek Thomas (top, with Carroll) and Barrosa also went deep, and the team were 7-for-13 with RISP. Given all of the above, what the pitchers did was almost irrelevant.