Encarnacion loses cool, bullpen loses control

PHOENIX — One good outburst deserves another, but Saturday night the Cleveland Indians came out on the short end of such an exchange with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

After first baseman Edwin Encarnacion expressed his displeasure at being called out on an attempted check swing to end the sixth inning, Arizona responded with a torrent of runs to beat the Indians 11-2 for the second straight night.

Encarnacion, who has 14 homers and 31 RBI in his career against Diamondbacks, struck out with the score tied 1-1 and Francisco Lindor on third. First he threw his batting helmet. Then he raised his hands to protest first base umpire Lance Barksdale's call. Finally he threw his bat behind him, causing plate umpire Angel Hernandez to jump out of the way.

He was not ejected. Arizona used not one, but two big innings to beat the Indians on Saturday. They followed the same pattern Friday with a five-run fifth inning.

The Diamondbacks are off to a 5-1 start this season. The Indians are 3-2.

On Saturday, David Peralta started Arizona's four-run rally in the sixth with a homer off the right field foul pole against Trevor Bauer (0-1) for a 2-1 lead. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a double and stole third. Bauer struck out Jake Lamb, but couldn't end get the third out.

Yasmany Tomas tripled high off the center field wall for a 3-1 lead. Bryan Shaw relieved and allowed two more runs on a double by Brandon Drury and a single by Jeff Mathis for a 5-1 lead.

After scoring four in the sixth, Arizona scored six more in the eighth. Rookie Shawn Armstrong allowed five of the runs in twothirds of an inning.

Zack Greinke (1-0) allowed one run on five hits in 6 innings.

Bauer (0-1) allowed four runs on seven hits in 5 innings. He struck out seven and didn't walk a batter. In two starts against the Diamondbacks, Bauer has allowed six earned runs in 13 innings.