Hale 'embarrassed' by D-backs' 14-6 loss to Cubs

PHOENIX (AP) — The start of the season has not been pretty for the Arizona Diamondbacks and a 14-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night was the ugliest yet.

The Diamondbacks gave up 14 hits, walked 10 batters and made a series of defensive miscues.

"For me as manager and our coaching staff it was embarrassing. That is the easiest way to put it," manager Chip Hale said. "We made some gaffes on defense that we worked so hard in spring training and we are close enough to spring training were we shouldn't make those mistakes."

Arizona has lost three of its first four, all at home.

"Maybe there is too much stress, too much anxiety on them," Hale said. "Their minds aren't free enough to work. It was a tough game to watch for everybody."

Anthony Rizzo matched his career high with six RBIs for the Cubs, who lost Kyle Schwarber to a left leg injury in a scary outfield collision with Dexter Fowler.

The play resulted in an inside-the-park home run for Arizona's Jean Segura.

"I saw them collide and when I saw that I ran as hard as I could," he said.

Segura also started the game with a homer. He is the eighth player in major league history to lead off with a home run and hit an inside-the-park homer in the same game.

"It is OK that I hit two homers," Segura said, "but we lost."

John Lackey (1-0) gave up six runs on eight hits over six innings in his Cubs debut, but got the win thanks to a five-run Chicago fourth inning. The Cubs opened the season with three straight road wins for the first time since 1988 and have scored 29 runs in the process.

"We played really well again tonight," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said. "We worked great at-bats. You look at the numbers and the hits but it's because the at-bats are being worked so well. We're not chasing out of the zone. We're making pitchers come over the plate, up and down the lineup and that's the beauty of the whole group right now."

Rizzo had a three-run homer, two-run triple and RBI single. He had six RBIs in a game twice before, the last time on the same field on May 23, 2015.

The Diamondbacks were up 3-0, 4-2 and 6-4 but starter Rubby De La Rosa (0-1) couldn't hold the leads. The right-hander lasted just 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs and six hits.

With two outs in the second, Segura hit one to deep left-center, Schwarber converging on it on the run from left field and Fowler from center.

"It had bad things written all over it," Maddon said. "The guy hits the ball in the one spot that we can't cover. ... I'd just rather see the ball go over the fence right there. We'd have been fine."

The outfielders came together on the warning track, in front of the 413-foot sign, their legs tangled as the ball rolled away. Schwarber, the fourth overall pick in the 2014 draft and Chicago's backup catcher, stayed on the ground for several minutes before being helped to his feet and taken from the field in a cart.

The Cubs said X-rays were negative for any fracture but an MRI was scheduled for Friday. Schwarber said his knee and ankle were "tight and sore."

Segura raced around the bases for the 11th inside-the-park homer in franchise history. It was the first inside-the-park home run in Segura's career and his second two-homer game.

SEGURA'S HOMERS

The last player to hit a leadoff home run and later in the game an inside-the-park homer was Hanley Ramirez for the Florida Marlins against Cincinnati on Sept. 27, 2006.

Among the eight players who have done it was Casey Stengel for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves on May 1, 1913.

SHAKY STARTERS

In the first four games of the season, Arizona starters have some shaky numbers.

Zack Greinke, Shelby Miller, Patrick Corbin and De La Rosa combined to allow 24 runs — 23 earned — on 31 hits, including nine home runs, in 20 1/3 innings. That's a 10.18 ERA.

UP NEXT

The Cubs send right-hander Jason Hammel to the mound Friday night against Arizona left-hander Robbie Ray in the first start of the season for both.