Cubs sweep Diamondbacks to share top spot

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 and move into a first-place tie in the National League Central Division on Sunday.

Daryle Ward's two-run, pinch-hit double with the bases loaded in the eighth inning completed the Cubs' three-game sweep of the West Division leaders.

The hit came off Tony Pena's first pitch with Ward drilling the ball to right-center field.

"I wanted to jump on the first-pitch fastball, if that's what he was going to give to me," Ward told reporters. "He couldn't have thrown it more down the middle than that. As a pinch-hitter, if you see a pitch down the middle you've got to swing."

Ward used a special pink bat, as did a number of other Major League players on Mother's Day to raise money for breast cancer.

Ward's grandmother is a breast cancer survivor.

"Definitely a good day to get a big hit like that," said Ward whose grandmother is a breast cancer survivor.

The victory put the Cubs in a Central Division tie with the St. Louis Cardinals, who lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Sunday.

Heavy rain and cool temperatures delayed the start of the game for almost an hour, wiping out an anticipated duel between Arizona's Randy Johnson and Chicago's Carlos Zambrano.