{"id":689525,"date":"2026-05-03T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689525\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:00:41","slug":"diamondbacks-at-cubs-live-updates-gabriel-moreno-launches-first-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689525\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks at Cubs live updates. Gabriel Moreno launches first HR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2014 Gabriel Moreno\u2019s first home run of the year gave the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/arizona-diamondbacks\/253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Diamondbacks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Diamondbacks<\/a> an early advantage, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/chicago-cubs\/240\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Cubs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> have gone to work against right-hander Merrill Kelly and have a 3-2 lead after four innings at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno, playing in his second game since coming off the injured list, launched a two-run homer in the top of the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cubs gone a run back in the bottom of the inning and took the lead in the third.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the second, the Cubs got a two-out double by Michael Busch on a high popup that fell in shallow center field. The ball hit off the arm of a sliding Jorge Barrosa in center field. Carson Kelly followed with a run-scoring, opposite-field single.<\/p>\n<p>An inning later, Nico Hoerner grounded an infield single to short, then scored on Moises Ballesteros\u2019 opposite-field, two-run homer.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly has allowed three runs on seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts entering the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 4: Off.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 5: At Chase Field, 6:40 p.m., Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0, 3.03) vs. Pirates RHP Bubba Chandler (1-3, 4.97).<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 6: At Chase Field, 6:40 p.m., Diamondbacks RHP Michael Soroka (4-1, 4.70) vs. Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (4-2, 3.18).<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 7: At Chase Field, 12:40 p.m., Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (1-2, 4.45) vs. Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (3-1, 2.85).<\/p>\n<p>(This story has been updated to add information.)<\/p>\n<p>*Stats entering Friday<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/diamondbacks\/2026\/05\/03\/diamondbacks-cubs-score-live-updates\/89893416007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DBacks at Cubs live updates: Gabriel Moreno launches 1st HR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">DBacks at Cubs live updates: Gabriel Moreno launches 1st HR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 Gabriel Moreno\u2019s first home run of the year gave the Diamondbacks an early advantage, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,707,34,24,38,756,5993,1437,660,37,1353,4163,4,33,877,738,86],"class_list":["post-689525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-bubba-chandler","tag-carson-kelly","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-diamondbacks","tag-eduardo-rodriguez","tag-gabriel-moreno","tag-jorge-barrosa","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-michael-busch","tag-michael-soroka","tag-mitch-keller","tag-mlb","tag-nico-hoerner","tag-paul-skenes","tag-wrigley-field","tag-zac-gallen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116512661430535043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}