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Arizona's Chris Young, center, is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a three-run home run against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.

Lilly lasted just 3 1-3 innings, allowing six runs and seven hits.

There were more Cubs fans on hand for this one than Arizona’s 3-1 victory Wednesday night, and they were roaring early when Chicago took the lead on Soto’s two-run homer in the second.

It didn’t last long. With runners at second and third and two outs, Lilly had a 1-2 count on Young, but ran it to 3-2. Then the Arizona rookie hit a 421-foot shot into the left-field seats and the Diamondbacks led 3-2.

“You feel like you’re floating on air when you’re running around the bases,” Young said. “There’s no feeling like it.”

Lilly fired his glove to the ground as the ball sailed over the wall, and the Cubs trailed the rest of the way.

Drew, who had another outstanding defensive night at shortstop, followed with a broken-bat infield single. Byrnes missed a homer by about a foot, hitting one off the top of the left-field wall for a triple that brought Drew home, and it was 4-2.

Drew added a two-run triple in the fourth after Ojeda reached on a bunt, though it appeared he ran out of the baseline. Piniella complained, but not with much enthusiasm.

The Diamondbacks added two more in the fifth off rookie Kevin Hart. Mark Reynolds and Justin Upton walked, then Ojeda had an RBI single, to the chants of “Aug-ie, Aug-ie” from the crowd.

Four of six Diamondbacks who walked came around to score.

“That’s the type of team we need to be,” Melvin said. “We need to be able to grind guys.”

Notes: Cubs RHP Kerry Wood, who made a comeback this year from a career-threatening shoulder injury, pitched two scoreless inning and became the 20th player in franchise history to appear in three postseasons — 1998, 2003 and 2007. ... With scattered showers in the area, the roof at Chase Field was closed. ... The crowd of 48,575 was not a sellout.

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