D-Backs win 2nd straight over Marlins
PHOENIX — Paul Goldschmidt and David Peralta homered, Zack Greinke pitched into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Saturday night.
Goldschmidt’s solo homer in the first inning was his third in eight games, and Peralta connected for his ninth of the season, a two-run shot in the third. The Diamondbacks have won four of five and have hit 14 home runs in their last five games, all at home.
Greinke (4-4) improved to 3-0 at home, striking out six and allowing a run on seven hits. Arizona (30-27) moved back into first place in the NL West, a half-game up on Colorado.
Miami starter Caleb Smith (4-6) allowed five runs on five hits in four innings.
Ketel Marte tripled in a run in the second and scored on Jeff Mathis’ sacrifice fly, making it 3-0.
The Diamondbacks scored in the fifth when reliever Tyler Cloyd intentionally walked two batters, including Marte with two outs to load the bases. Cloyd then walked Deven Marrero on a full count to give Arizona a 6-0 lead. Marrero is hitting .180 this season.
The Marlins challenged Starlin Castro’s sixth-inning double into the nook in right-center field at the
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413-foot sign, hoping the call would be overturned for a home run when replays showed the ball bouncing up after hitting the top of the fence. The call stood.
Castro scored on Brian Anderson’s two-out triple, and Lewis Brinson hit his first career pinch-hit home run with one out in the ninth.