D-backs’ path gets tougher after Cubs’ thumping

When he met with the media before Tuesday’s game with the Cubs, manager Torey Lovullo said he believed this was the night that things would turn for the D-backs, who have watched their postseason hopes grow dimmer by the day. Instead, it was more of the same in a 9-1 loss in front of a Chase Field crowd that loudly cheered the visitors.