Chicago faces Arizona after combined 3-hitter

Chicago Cubs (88-62, first in NL Central) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (78-73, third in NL West)

Phoenix; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Cubs: Mike Montgomery (4-5, 3.87 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 74 strikeouts) Diamondbacks: Matt Andriese (3-5, 4.76 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago heads into the matchup fresh off of an impressive outing by Kyle Hendricks and Justin Wilson. They tossed a combined three-hitter Monday against Arizona in a 5-1 win. The Diamondbacks enter the ballgame looking to end a three-game skid. Arizona gives up 1.0 run per game when Andriese takes the hill. The Cubs enter the contest with a two and a half-game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central. Chicago is hitting .260 as a team this year, Ben Zobrist’s mark of .314 leads the team. The Cubs won 5-1 in Monday’s meeting, Hendricks earned his 12th win of the year.

TOP PERFORMERS: Javier Baez has 163 hits for the Cubs this season. He’s batting .294 on the year. Kris Bryant has 10 hits and is batting .345 over his past 10 games for Chicago. Paul Goldschmidt has 168 hits for the Diamondbacks this season. He’s batting .299 on the year. A.J. Pollock has 10 hits and is batting .263 over his past 10 games for Arizona.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 5-5, .204 batting average, 2.93 ERA, outscored by four runs. Diamondbacks: 2-8, .198 batting average, 6.57 ERA, outscored by 30 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.