Braves tie team mark with six wild pitches

fourout Afterof runs the R.A. withoutfourth Dickey makinginninggave upin it the knuckleballer’s shortest outing this season Monday night, Sean Rodriguez gave the Braves a chance in the fifth with a long tworun pinch-hit homer to cut host Arizona’s lead in half.

But their comeback hopes evaporated in a barrage of extra-base hits off Matt Wisler to start Arizona’s sixth inning, including a mam- moth three-run homer from Diamondbacks newcomer

J.D. Martinez to open a sixrun lead en route to a 10-2 rout in a series opener at Chase Field.

Braves Greinketo two (12-4) runs, limitedfive hits the and no walks in eight innings, improving to 10-0 with a 2.39 ERA in 12 starts at Chase Field, which is considered one of the best hitter’s parks in the majors.

“That’s quite embarrass- ing when you can’t get your club into the sixth, seventh inning — I take that very seriously,” said Dickey, who was charged with five hits, four runs, five walks, a hit batter and four wild pitches in 3⅔ innings. “It was tough tonight. I didn’t give us much of a chance early, and that guy (Greinke) good.”

Greinke became the first NL pitcher to win 10 consecutive home decisions to start a season since Greinke himself went 11-0 at home to start the 2011 season with Milwaukee.

“Greinke, Scherzer, the guys I’ve matched up with lately, you know you’ve got to be good,” Dickey said. “And I wasn’t very good. I mean, I walked five in 3⅔ innings. Eventually those guys are going to score.”

Ian Krol also gave up a two-run homer to A.J. Pollock in the seventh inning as the good vibe the Braves had during a four-game split of the Dodgers came to a screeching halt. Bad pitching will do that, and the Braves had plenty of it Monday.

Dickey tied his career high with four wild pitches, and the Braves’ six total wild pitches matched a franchise record set in a 1979 game at the Houston Astrodome.