The Cubs resurrect themselves at Wrigley in a game only the Baseball Gods could script

There are comeback wins, and then there’s what the Cubs did to the Diamondbacks on Friday. Wrigley Field might as well be declared a historic battleground after witnessing a baseball war that defied all logic, probability, and sanity.

Down 11-7 after coughing up 10 runs in the top of the 8th inning, the Cubs looked like they had taken one to the dome. Arizona unloaded — grand slam, defensive errors, three-run bombs, soul-crushing hits — you name it, it happened. Wrigley was dead silent. Cubs fans were either sobbing into their hot dogs or trying to beat traffic.

458 feet! Eugenio Suárez gets the @Dbacks right back in it!

(MLB x @DairyQueen) pic.twitter.com/oTZu1i381L

— MLB (@MLB) April 18, 2025

LOURDES GURRIEL MAKES IT A 10-SPOT FOR THE DBACKS IN THE 8TH pic.twitter.com/XLmcHdH3yh

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 18, 2025

And then the Cubs decided they didn’t feel like losing.

Let’s rewind: The Cubs were cruising with a 7-1 lead. Then came the apocalypse. Randall Grichuk, Josh Naylor, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. got the party started for Arizona. Then came the grand slam from Eugenio Suárez.

Add an error. Add that three-run bomb from Gurriel. In the blink of an eye, it was 11-7 D-Backs. The air was gone. Cubs fans were in shock. The Diamondbacks were high-fiving like it was October.

But in the bottom of the 8th the Chicago Cubs rose from the dead…

• Nico Hoerner got plunked.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong drew a walk.
• Carson Kelly stepped up and absolutely nuked a three-run homer.

Carson Kelly, Cubs rise from the ashes

THIS GAME!

Carson Kelly hits his second homer of the game 💪 pic.twitter.com/taWb5GhzaO

— MLB (@MLB) April 18, 2025

It’s 11-10.

Then, like it was scripted in a fever dream, Kyle Tucker, the Chicago’s newest superstar acquisition, delivered the kill shot. First pitch, gone. The bleachers were shaking. Just like that, 12-11.

KYLE TUCKER FOR THE LEAD! pic.twitter.com/w4HLI4vmhv

— MLB (@MLB) April 18, 2025

Still hungry? Seiya Suzuki said “why not” and added a solo shot for good measure. 13-11 Cubs, after all that.

This game wasn’t just chaotic — it was historic. According to Elias, the Cubs became the first team in 113 years to allow 10+ runs in an inning after the 3rd and still come back to win. The combined 16-run 8th inning is now the highest-scoring single frame in Wrigley Field’s 110-year history.

Baseball is the only sport where the most random Friday in April can turn into an instant classic. The Cubs were six feet under. The D-Backs were dancing on the grave. Then the ground shifted and Wrigley turned into a resurrection site.

Take a bow, Chicago. You just pulled off one of the wildest comebacks in MLB history — and gave us the craziest inning we’ve ever seen on the North Side.

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