PHOENIX (AP) — After resting most of their regular hitters Tyler Anderson Jersey , the Arizona Diamondbacks came through with a big win to avoid falling further behind in their playoff chase.Christian Walker and Chris Owings homered off Cole Hamels, and Robbie Ray held the Cubs to one hit over six innings as Arizona beat the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs 9-0 Wednesday night.“We were not throwing in the towel today, and I think everybody in that dugout knew it,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said, promising that his “main guys” will be back in the lineup for the next game.Walker and Owings, mainly used off the Arizona bench, were part of a Diamondbacks lineup that featured only two regulars in the field — Nick Ahmed and Ketel Marte. The group did most of its damage against Hamels (9-10), who had yet to lose a start since joining the Cubs via trade from Texas on July 27.“What can you say? You get the understudies into a ballgame, they bring a certain energy to the start of a game and we end up playing downhill baseball with that big three-run home run by Walker,” Lovullo said. “I felt like the time was right (to rest regulars) and it worked out well.”Arizona avoided a series sweep, put an end to a four-game losing streak and gained a game on St. Louis for the second wild card, although they still trail the Cardinals by five games. The Diamondbacks remained six games out behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.Ray (6-2) struck out eight and walked four. Walker and Owings drove in three runs each.“My fastball away was really effective,” Ray said. “Honestly I didn’t look at our lineup before I went out there.”Jeff Mathis added a two-run home run off Cubs reliever Allen Webster, who’d been called up from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day.The Cubs’ lead in the NL Central dropped to 2 1/2 games over Milwaukee, which beat Cincinnati earlier Wednesday.The Diamondbacks tagged Hamels for four runs and five hits in the first inning. Walker’s homer http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-antonio-senzatela-jersey , his third of the season, sailed onto the overhang in left-center field with Ildemaro Vargas and Marte on base.Later in the inning, Owings blooped a single to shallow right field, and Patrick Kivlehan scored after he’d tripled to make it 4-0.Kivlehan became the second Diamondback this season to triple multiple times in a game when he did it again in the sixth inning. He scored on Ahmed’s single, and Ahmed scored on Owings’ fourth home run of the year.“Basically going out there with nothing to lose,” Owings said.“We knew we had to go out there and do a good job,” Kivlehan said. “We just tried to keep it simple and not put too much pressure on ourselves.”Mathis went deep to left in the eighth for his first home run of the season.Hamels allowed seven runs and nine hits, tying the most earned runs he’s given up in a start this season.“They got key hits all at the right time,” Hamels said. “Three-run home runs, two-run home runs, they definitely hurt and makes it tough to come back.”The Cubs completed a stretch of 30 scheduled games in 30 days with 18 wins.“Sign me up,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “We will take that every day of the week. I’m proud of my guys. We won five of our last seven through all this in different cities.”ROSTER MOVESBoth teams added pitchers to their respective rosters before the game. The Cubs brought up Webster, with injured reliever Brandon Morrow transferred to the 60-day disabled list.The Diamondbacks called up right-hander Jake Barrett from Triple-A Reno. He’s been back and forth between Arizona and Reno three previous times this season.UP NEXTCubs: After a long-awaited day off Thursday, the Cubs are back in Chicago to open a three-game series against their crosstown rival White Sox. LHP Jose Quintana (13-10) is the scheduled starter in Friday’s opener, and makes his first career start against his former team.Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (14-10) is set for the first of three against the Colorado Rockies Friday night in Phoenix Chris Rusin Jersey , after Thursday’s off day. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — By the time their series opener against Kansas City concluded, the Minnesota Twins had played almost as much dominoes as baseball.Play was halted for 1 hour, 31 minutes in the top of the fourth inning and again for 53 minutes in the bottom of the sixth. The game concluded at 12:56 a.m. local time.When all was said and done, the Twins were rewarded for their patience with a 6-4 win over the Royals in a game that ended early Saturday morning.“It was a long night,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “It’s a lot easier when you win.”Jake Cave drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning to score the go-ahead run for the Twins, who held on to win their 50th game of the season.Minnesota had a one-run lead when heavy rain forced the game’s first stoppage. After the delay, Kansas City scored two runs in the top of the fifth off Twins reliever Gabriel Moya (1-0) to take a 4-3 advantage. The Twins responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning against Brian Flynn (2-3), including one on the walk by Cave.“I just got behind just about everyone it felt like from that second inning on,” Flynn said.Minnesota added a run in the sixth before more rain stopped the action once again for nearly an hour.Players from both sides had time to kill while they waited for a series of storms to pass. Dominoes were a popular way to pass the time, while some players watched other games on TV or stayed loose in the batting cages.“I think you learn about people when you go through long nights and stopping and playing, stopping and playing,” Molitor said. “We just tried to keep it as loose as we could up here in the clubhouse and at the same time remind these guys that we had to finish what we had started.”The multiple delays forced both teams to dig into their bullpens. Twins starter Jake Odorizzi exited after 3 1/3 innings, while Royals right-hander Heath Fillmyer was limited to three innings in his start. The two teams combined to use nine relievers.“Just a grind. We just struggled,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We were behind the counts. It was just a grind for us.”Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.Minnesota struck first on Friday with a three-run second inning. Miguel Sano’s liner down the third base line bounced off the glove of Hunter Dozier and into foul territory, allowing two Twins runs to score.Salvador Perez’s 19th home run of the year cut Minnesota’s lead to 3-2 in the third.SANTANA RETURNS TO MINNESOTAFor the first time in more than a decade http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-wade-davis-jersey , former Twins ace Johan Santana is back in Minnesota.Santana made his return to Minneapolis for the weekend as he prepares to be induced into the Twins Hall of Fame on Saturday. The two-time Cy Young winner was joined at Target Field by several former teammates, including Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau, Christian Guzman.While talking about his return, Santana got a bit nostalgic about the Metrodome, the since-demolished former home of the Twins. On the old Metrodome site sits U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings.“When I saw that, I couldn’t believe the Metrodome wasn’t there, because that was home,” Santana said. “That’s where all the magic happened.”Santana spent eight years with Minnesota before a trade sent him to the Mets. He was 93-44 with a 3.22 ERA during his Twins tenure. He’ll be inducted during a pregame ceremony prior to Saturday’s game between the Twins and Royals.TWINS CLAIM TWO OFF WAIVERSPrior to Friday’s game, Minnesota claimed RHP Oliver Drake off waivers from Toronto and INF Johnny Field off waivers from Tampa Bay. Drake will join the Twins on Saturday, while Field will report to Triple-A Rochester. Drake will take the roster spot of Matt Magill, who will be placed on the paternity list.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Burch Smith is making just his fifth start of the year after moving from the bullpen to the rotation in early July. Smith posted a 7.47 ERA in his first four starts this season.Twins: RHP Jose Berrios is looking to bounce back from his last outing, in which he needed 106 pitches to get through 4 2/3 innings in a loss to Boston.