Cubs Suffer First Loss

A night after their manager said he was embarrassed by their play, the Arizona Diamondbacks put together their best game of what had been a rough season-opening homestand.

Yasmany Tomas singled home Chris Owings with two outs in the ninth inning and the Diamondbacks rallied to hand the Chicago Cubs their first loss of the season, 3-2 Friday night.

"That was a tough pitch to hit," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "That was about Adam's apple-high and he got on top. He has the ability to hit really, really good pitcher's pitches".

The victory came on the heels of a 14-6 Cubs win in the series opener Thursday night.

Welington Castillo singled off ex-Diamondbacks starter Trevor Cahill (0-1) in the ninth and Owings, the pinch runner, took second on a groundout. Tomas singled to left and Owings raced home well ahead of the throw.

Jean Segura had three hits, including two doubles, to become the first Diamondbacks player to open a season with five multihit games. Paul Goldschmidt singled Segura home twice, the second time off Pedro Strop to tie it at 2 with two outs in the eighth.

The Cubs decided to pitch to Goldschmidt rather than to intentionally walk the Diamondbacks slugger.

David Ross said the pitch was supposed to be down and away.

"I felt really strongly about Stropy right there," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. "He got a pitch in the wrong spot and the guy is a good hitter."

Brad Ziegler (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the victory.