Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Diamondbacks Sting Marlins

     The Arizona Diamondbacks broke away from the Miami Marlins 11-3 at Chase Field on Tuesday night. The Marlins have fallen in four consecutive games. 
     Arizona(17-19) got out to 1-0 lead in the second inning. Nick Ahmed smashed a solo home run to left field on a 2-1 pitch for his first homer of the year. 
     The Diamondbacks added five more runs in the bottom of the fifth to go up 6-0. Madison Bumgarner hit a sacrifice fly to left field and Ahmed scored. Pavin Smith followed and lined a base hit into right field to score Josh Rojas. Three batters later, David Peralta came up with the bases loaded and drove in Smith and Carson Kelly with a double to right field. Eduardo Escobar then singled to right field and Peralta crossed the plate. 
     Miami(16-20) put up three runs in the top of the eighth and trailed 6-3. Rojas doubled down the left-field line and Jon Berti reached home. It was the 100th double for Rojas in his MLB career. Jesus Aguilar came up next and crushed a two-run homer to left-center field on a 1-0 count for his eighth home run of the season. 
     It became an eight-run margin for Arizona in the bottom of the eighth. Josh VanMeter smacked a double to deep left and Josh Rojas scored. Kelly connected with a double through the left side which brought in Josh VanMeter. Asdrubal Cabrera ripped a three-run homer to right field on a 1-1 pitch with Smith and Kelly aboard. 

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