Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Gabriel Moreno and Alek Thomas homered, Corbin Carroll hit a pair of RBI triples, and the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled away from the Seattle Mariners for a 10-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Moreno hit a three-run homer to ignite a five-run sixth after missing the previous three games with a right hand contusion. Carroll added his second triple and scored to cap the sixth for a 9-2 lead.
Carroll had his second two-triple game of the season and leads the majors with eight. Arizona’s Ketel Marte extended his on-base streak to 23 games with a single and two walks.
Rowdy Tellez homered and singled while Randy Arozarena also went deep for the Mariners, who have lost seven of eight. Julio Rodriguez, Cole Young and Jorge Polanco had two hits apiece.
Thomas, who homered in the eighth, had two singles and a walk and scored four runs from the ninth spot in the order. Gurriel and Josh Naylor each had two hits for the D-backs, who have won two in a row after a three-game losing streak.
D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (8-4) gave up two runs and nine hits in five-plus innings, leaving after Arozarena hit a 435-foot homer leading off the sixth and Tellez followed with a 440-foot blast. Pfaadt struck out four and walked one.
In a statistical quirk, Pfaadt is tied with San Francisco’s Robbie Ray for the NL lead in victories but ranks last among the 37 qualified starters with a 5.50 ERA. Pfaadt had given up 14 runs (13 earned) in three innings over his previous two starts combined.
Seattle’s Logan Evans (3-2) yielded four runs on seven hits in five innings, with five strikeouts and two walks. He was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday to make the start after the Mariners placed Bryce Miller (elbow) on the injured list.
Arizona’s Bryce Jarvis tossed three innings of one-run ball for his first career save after being recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day.
Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors with 26 homers, had a chance for No. 27 taken away by left fielder Gurriel in the third inning. Raleigh hit a deep fly to the opposite field that Gurriel caught with a leap at the fence. Raleigh has nine homers in his last 13 games.
Carroll tripled home a run and scored on Geraldo Perdomo’s sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead in the third. Gurriel hit his 10th homer in the fourth for a 3-0 edge, and Naylor doubled in a run for a 4-0 advantage in the fifth.
–Field Level Media
