Greinke, Goldschmidt help Diamondbacks beat Reds 6-3
Arizona rebounds from crushing 5-4 loss to Dodgers
PHOENIX — Zack Greinke threw seven scoreless innings and Paul Goldschmidt hit his 20th homer to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 on Friday night.
Arizona rebounded from a crushing 5-4 loss in Los Angeles a night earlier when closer Fernando Rodney blew a three-run lead in the ninth. The Dodgers swept the Diamondbacks, winning all three games by a run.
Greinke (11-4) allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked one. He struck out Jose Peraza to end the seventh after Eugenio Saurez reached on a two-out walk and Scott Schebler singled to put runners at first and third. The righthander
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is 9-0 at home, and the Diamondbacks are 3313 — matching their victory total from last season.
Drawing a loud mixed reaction from the crowd when he entered the game, Rodney got Tucker Barnhart to ground out to second for his 22nd save.
Joey Votto and Schebler homered in the ninth for Cincinnati. Votto hit a tworun shot — his 25th — with no outs off T.J. McFarland, and Schebler connected off Jake Barrett with two outs. Barrett was returning from shoulder problems that knocked him out of spring training.
Goldschmidt homered to right-center off Tim Adleman (5-6) in the fifth to make it 4-0. The Arizona slugger tied Jake Lamb for the team lead in homers and RBIs (67).
Arizona added two runs in the seventh off Blake Wood. David Peralta had an RBI double, stole third and scored when catcher Barnhart’s throw sailed past third and into foul territory.
Brandon Drury and Jeff Mathis had RBIs doubles in the second to give Arizona 2-0 lead. Greinke was hit by a pitch in the inning, then