Balls fly at record clip in Phillies, D-Backs game

PHILADELPHIA — The Arizona Diamondbacks got to play Home Run Derby in Philly.

The Diamondbacks hit three consecutive home runs to open the game and finished with a team-record eight in a 13-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in a home run-happy game Monday night.

Scott Kingery hit two of Philadelphia’s five home runs for the combined MLB record of 13 home runs in one game.

On most nights, five would be enough to win a game. But not this one, where the Diamondbacks turned it into extended batting practice.

Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta hit the back-to-backto-back home runs off Jerad Eickhoff in the first inning to get the romp rolling. Eduardo Escobar became the first Diamondback to homer from different sides of the plate in consecutive innings. Ildemaro Vargas also homered twice, and Alex Avila also went deep.

Eickhoff (3-4) allowed two more two-run home runs before he was chased in the fourth inning with the Diamondbacks up 7-3. The Diamondbacks hit two more home runs in the fifth to set a club record with seven in one game.

Eickhoff allowed five hits in three-plus inning — all the hits home runs — and Arizona won its fifth consecutive game.

Dyson hit the first pitch of the game to right field for his fourth home run of the season. Marte followed with his 16th home run on a drive to right. Peralta finished the long-ball barrage when he went

deep to center for his ninth home run before most fans had settled into their seats after a 30-minute rain delay.

It was the first time a team had hit three consecutive home runs to begin the first inning since the Diamondbacks did it on July 21, 2017, at home against Washington ace Max Scherzer.

Eickhoff gave up two-run shots in the fourth to Escobar and Avila.

Escobar hit his second of the game, a solo shot to left, in the fifth off reliever Ranger Suarez. Vargas also added a solo shot in the inning off Suarez for the record seventh home run of the game. Vargas put the exclamation point on the extended batting practice with a tworun home run in the ninth off Austin Davis.

Jean Segura homered in the second inning off Diamondbacks starter Taylor Clarke, and the Phillies tied it 3-3 until the Diamondbacks blew the game open with a four-run fourth.