PHOENIX - Trevor Cahill threw a four-hitter in his third career complete game, Justin Upton drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks added to Chicago's futility in the NL West with an 8-2 victory over the Cubs on Saturday night.
Cahill (13-12), 4-1 in his final five starts of the season, struck out a season-high nine and walked three. He was two outs shy of his third career shutout when Alfonso Soriano hit his 32nd home run of the season in the ninth.
Upton hit a booming two-run homer onto the second deck in left field in the fifth and had an RBI single Arizona's three-run first. Aaron Hill went 3 for 4 with two RBIs. He doubled in a run in the first and singled in one in the second off Justin Germano (2-10), loser of eight straight starts.
The Cubs fell to 0-18 in road games against the NL West. They have one more chance to end that streak, in the series finale today.
Chicago has lost seven in a row and 11 of 12 and is one loss shy of 100 for the season. Germano lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits with five strikeouts, a walk and a hit batter.
Cahill even had a career-high two RBIs, doubling his total for the season. He drew a four-pitch, bases loaded walk from Lendy Castillo with two outs in the fifth and singled home Mike Jacobs from second in seventh. Jacobs barely evaded the catcher Wellington Castillo's tag on the throw from the right fielder DeJesus.
Today
• What: Cubs at Diamondbacks
• When: 1:10 p.m.
• TV; radio: WGN, FSAZ; none
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