Sports | baseball Ward Double Clinches Cubbies' Sweep Chicago avenges series loss to Arizona in last year's playoffs By Mike Buss Posted May 11, 2008 6:09 PM CDT Copied Chicago Cubs closer Kerry Wood, right, celebrates with catcher Geovany Soto, after the Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 in a baseball game on Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Pinch-hitter Daryle Ward delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs rallied again to beat Arizona 6-4 Sunday after the anticipated showdown between Carlos Zambrano and Randy Johnson got wiped out. Carlos Marmol (1-0) struck out two in a perfect eighth and Kerry Wood pitched the ninth to earn his seventh save and finish off Chicago's three-game sweep. Heavy rain and temperatures in the mid-40s delayed the start of the game by 58 minutes, and Zambrano and Johnson were spectators when it finally began. By the time the game ended, the Cubs had used another late rally against the bullpen to beat Arizona, the team that swept them in the playoffs last year. Read These Next Saudi tells Iran to wise up, 'stop attacking their neighbors.' Ex-counterterror official Joe Kent is under investigation by the FBI. Trump cracked a Pearl Harbor joke with Japan's leader. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier pulls out of the Iran war. Report an error