Eugenio Suarez hit two home runs and drove in three, Corbin Carroll had three hits including two triples, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-1 to win their third straight Saturday in Phoenix.
Geraldo Perdomo had three singles and four RBIs and Ryne Nelson gave up one run in six innings for the D-backs, who have outscored the Cardinals 17-4 in the first two games of the series.
A win Sunday would not only give Arizona a sweep but would also get the Diamondbacks back to .500 and keep them from falling further back in the National League wild-card race.
Nelson (6-2) gave up four hits, with Alec Burleson’s homer with one out in the sixth the only damage. Nelson struck out four and walked one and is 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA in his last seven starts.
Suarez has 33 homers and leads the NL with 81 RBIs. Carroll leads the majors with 12 triples.
Masyn Winn had three hits for the Cardinals, who have lost 10 of 14 and fell behind Cincinnati in the NL Central and in the NL wild card race. St. Louis is now fourth in its division.
Sonny Gray (9-4) gave up 11 hits and a career-high nine runs (eight earned) before leaving with one out in the fourth. He struck out five and did not walk a batter in his 20th start of the season and 327th major league appearance.
The Cardinals placed Nolan Gorman on the injured list before the game with a lower back injury.
The D-backs struck for a 3-0 lead in the first and did not stop. Carroll tripled to lead off the game and scored on Perdomo’s single before Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grounded into a double play. Josh Naylor appeared to strike out but he was awarded first base when catcher Pedro Pages was called for interference.
Suarez followed with his 32nd homer. He is 7-for-13 against Gray, with his first two homers off him coming Saturday.
Blaze Alexander and Perdomo had RBI singles in the second and Suarez hit his second homer in the third off Gray to make it 6-0. Carroll tripled in the first run of a three-run fourth when Perdomo and Adrian Del Castillo added run-scoring hits to stretch the lead to 9-0.
Perdomo drove in the final run with a groundout in the eighth.
–Field Level Media
