Michael Busch hit a three-run triple and a sacrifice fly, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 for their fifth straight win. Moisés Ballesteros homered as Chicago improved to 15-3 in its last 18 games. Matthew Boyd pitched six innings of two-run ball. At 22-12, the Cubs are a season-high 10 games over .500. They have won 11 straight home games for the first time since they won 14 in a row at Wrigley Field in 2008. Gabriel Moreno and Adrian Del Castillo each hit two-run homers for Arizona. Merrill Kelly allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Shota Imanaga pitched seven crisp innings and the Chicago Cubs ended Ildemaro Vargas’ 27-game hitting streak while blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0. Ian Happ homered, tripled and doubled for the Cubs, who extended their winning streak at Wrigley Field to 10 games, their longest at home since 2008. Vargas had hit safely in 24 games to start this season and three to end last season. He went 0 for 4, grounding out to shortstop against Ben Brown in his final opportunity as the Diamondbacks lost their third straight. Imanaga allowed four hits, struck out five and walked one on 87 pitches.

The San Diego Padres have reached an agreement to sell control of the team to an investor group led by Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano. The family of late owner Peter Seidler formally announced the deal Saturday. The sale must still be approved by Major League Baseball. The deal with private equity billionaire Feliciano and his wife took shape last month at an MLB-record valuation of $3.9 billion. The Padres’ announcement of the deal didn’t give specifics on the members of the investor group or the purchase price. Seidler’s family began to explore a sale of the Padres last November, two years after the death of the popular Peter Seidler, who became the Padres’ primary owner in 2020.

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner is day to day after leaving the team's 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks because of neck tightness. Hoerner’s neck started to bother him before the game. He hit a leadoff double in the first inning and scored on Michael Busch’s two-run single. But Matt Shaw batted for Hoerner in the second and remained in the game at second base. Hoerner’s neck tightness was on his left side. He has been one of the majors’ best players so far this season. The two-time Gold Glove winner is batting .297 with four homers, 26 RBIs and seven steals in 32 games.

Alex Cora was offered a managerial position by the Philadelphia Phillies after being fired by the Boston Red Sox. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski reached out to Cora, but he declined for family reasons. The Phillies then appointed Don Mattingly as interim manager after firing Rob Thomson on Tuesday. Thomson had led the team to multiple playoff appearances, including the 2022 World Series, but the team struggled this season. Mattingly, a former Yankees great, will now work alongside his son, the Phillies' general manager. The Phillies hope Mattingly can turn the season around and aim for a wild-card spot.

Justin Wrobleski tossed six scoreless innings, becoming the first Dodgers pitcher since 2009 to win his first four starts. Los Angeles defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-0 in the series finale. Wrobleski allowed four hits, struck out six, and walked four. Shohei Ohtani hit an opposite-field home in the seventh, extending the Dodgers' lead to 6-0. The Dodgers lead 5-0 in the sixth, with Dalton Rushing contributing an RBI single. The Cubs struggled to capitalize on opportunities, going 0-for-20 with runners on base. Cubs starter Shota Imanaga gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings in the loss.

Roki Sasaki earned his second career victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Cubs 12-4. They snapped Chicago's 10-game winning streak. Shohei Ohtani broke an 0-for-12 skid with a single. Sasaki gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings, striking out five. The Dodgers scored 10 or more runs for the fourth time this season. They had a six-run fourth inning and added four more in the sixth. Max Muncy hit a tying two-run homer in the third. The Cubs outscored their opponents 72-31 during their winning streak.