Patrick Wisdom and Frank Schwindel hit consecutive homers against Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game series sweep.
Wisdom had a bouncer go just foul right before he connected for his ninth homer, sending a leadoff shot deep to center field. Schwindel then drove a 1-0 pitch from Kennedy (3-3) into the bleachers in left for his fourth homer.
P.J. Higgins drove in three runs with his first career triple for Chicago. Keegan Thompson (4-0) worked three innings of one-run ball for the win.
The Cubs had dropped four in a row, blowing a 4-0 lead on Saturday.
Ketel Marte and Pavin Smith each had two hits for Arizona, which was trying for its first sweep at Wrigley Field since Aug. 9-11, 1999. David Peralta snapped a tie with a fielder's choice that drove in Geraldo Perdomo in the seventh.
The Diamondbacks had lost six in a row before they arrived in Chicago, including a four-game sweep at the Dodgers.
Chicago grabbed the lead in the second. With two out and the bases loaded, Higgins lined his second big league hit into the corner in right and used a headfirst slide to beat the throw into third.
Before Higgins' clutch swing, it looked as if Merrill Kelly might escape the inning unscathed. After the first three batters reached - including Wisdom's infield single on a popup that dropped in front of third baseman Drew Ellis - Alfonso Rivas struck out looking and Andrelton Simmons fouled out.
The Diamondbacks rallied in the sixth, tying it at three on two-out RBI singles for Marte, Smith and Jake McCarthy. Marte's hit drove in Ellis, who led off with a double to center for the team's first extra-base hit against Wade Miley.
Willson Contreras (right hamstring) is day to day after he left Saturday's 7-6 loss in the third inning. Higgins was promoted from Triple-A Iowa, and INF Ildemaro Vargas was designated for assignment.
Drew Smyly (1-5, 3.97 ERA) pitches Monday night at Cincinnati in the opener of a four-game series. The Reds have not announced their starter.
