Carter Kieboom Jersey Zac Gallen, Daulton Varsho lead Diamondbacks past Cubs 3-1 May 19 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink CHICAGO (AP) Zac Gallen pitched five effective innings, Daulton Varsho homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Thursday night, stopping a six-game slide.Gallen (3-0) allowed one run and two hits, continuing his strong start to the season. The right-hander i sued three walks and hit a batter, but he wiggled out of a jam in his last inning while earning his first win in his fourth career start against Chicago.After finishing 2021 with a career-high 4.30 ERA, Gallen has permitted two or fewer runs in each of his first seven starts this year.The Cubs got Stroman (1-4) allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in five innings in his first start since May 1. The right-hander struck out six and walked none.Stroman retired his first nine batters, but Varsho drove his first pitch of the fourth deep to center for his seventh homer. Josh Rojas and David Peralta tacked on two-out RBI singles for a 3-0 lead.The Cubs loaded the bases in the fifth on Christopher Morel's 11-pitch walk in his third big league game, Andrelton Simmons' eight-pitch walk after falling behind 0-2 and a hit by pitch for Contreras. But Gallen coaxed Ian Happ into an inning-ending bouncer to second.Sean Poppen, Joe Mantiply, Ian Kennedy and Mark Melancon then combined for four innings of two-hit relief. Kennedy struck out Patrick Wisdom with runners on second and third in the eighth, and Andrew Stevenson Jersey Melancon earned his eighth save.TRAINER'S ROOMDiamondbacks: C Jose Herrera was placed on the injured list without a designation, indicating a potential COVID-19 i sue with the team. The move with Herrera comes one day after LHP Kyle Nelson and OF Cooper Hummel were placed on the IL without any injury designation. The team announced the same move for INF Nick Ahmed on Monday. With Herrera out, C Grayson Greiner was promoted from Triple-A Reno. ... 2B Ketel Marte returned to the lineup after mi sing two games with left hand sorene s.Cubs: RHP Michael Rucker was placed on the 15-day injured list with left turf toe. To make room for Stroman on the 40-man roster, RHP Alec Mills was transferred to the 60-day IL. ... INF David Bote (left shoulder) went 1 for 3 with a double in his first rehab game with Triple-A Iowa. ... INF Nico Hoerner (right ankle) is building up his running progre sion. ... SS Ed Howard, the No. 16 pick in the 2020 Kyle McGowin Jersey amateur draft, will mi s the rest of the season because of a hip injury. Howard, 20, was with Cla s-A South Bend when he got hurt. He's going to have surgery, President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer said. The early prognosis is really good as far as a comeback.UP NEXTRight-handers Humberto Castellanos and Kyle Hendricks pitch on Friday afternoon. Castellanos (2-1, 4.15 ERA) to sed 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball in a no-decision against the Cubs at Chase Field on Sunday. Hendricks (2-3, 4.03 ERA) has permitted just one run in 14 1/3 innings over his last two starts for Chicago.___Jay Cohen can be reached at https://twitter.com/jcohenap___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic National League Major League Baseball Daulton Varsho Kevin Long Jersey Zac Gallen Arizona Diamondbacks Ketel Marte David Peralta David Bote Zac Gallen Alec Mills Marcus Stroman Nick Ahmed Josh Rojas Ian Happ Daulton Varsho Grayson Greiner Michael Rucker Christopher Morel Nico Hoerner Willson Contreras Joe Mantiply Patrick Wisdom Kyle Hendricks Mark Melancon Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago Cubs share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break- Ryan Zimmerman Jersey in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS