A night after his heads-up defensive play sealed a victory for the Chicago Cubs, Dansby Swanson has his team in front of the Diamondbacks thanks to his bat. Swanson blasted a solo homer to left-center field in the top of the second inning,

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs continued their four-game series at Chase Field with Game 3 on Saturday evening.

Matthew Boyd is making his Cubs debut this afternoon. He didn’t have a good spring, but his last outing, March 16 vs. the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo, was good: four shutout innings with six strikeouts. Current members of the Diamondbacks are batting a small sample size .