PHOENIX (AP) _ Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer, Zack Greinke pitched
effectively into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a
four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday
night.
Goldschmidt followed a four-hit night Monday with a three-run homer off Jack
Flaherty (3-4) in the fifth inning. The NL player of the month for June,
Goldschmidt is hitting .413 with 11 homers and 28 RBIs his past 26 games.
Greinke (9-5) gave up two runs in the second inning to end his 13-inning
scoreless streak but was otherwise sharp in winning his fourth straight game.
Yoshihisa Hirano needed one pitch to get a groundout with the bases loaded in
the seventh and extend his team record with a 26th straight scoreless
appearance.
Brad Boxberger worked around a walk in the ninth for his 20th save in 24
chances.
Greinke entered Tuesday’s game with the 13-inning scoreless streak after
tossing seven scoreless innings against Miami his last start. His streak lasted
one more inning; the Cardinals scored two runs in the second inning on Yairo
Munoz’s single and Kolten Wong’s sacrifice fly.
Greinke shook off the shaky second by mixing his pitches well, keeping the
Cardinals off-balance with low-90s fastballs and looping curves that dipped to
63 mph. He was lifted with two outs in the seventh inning after giving up
consecutive hits, allowing two runs on seven hits and four strikeouts.
Flaherty allowed four runs on six hits in six innings in a loss to Cleveland
his last start. He was sharp after giving up David Peralta’s run-scoring single
in the first inning, retiring 10 straight batters.
Flaherty ran into trouble in the fifth inning, giving up a double and hitting a
batter before Goldschmidt lifted a three-run homer just over the wall in right
to put Arizona up 4-2.
Flaherty allowed four runs on four hits and struck out seven in six innings.
TRAINER’S TABLE
Cardinals: SS Paul DeJong (broken left hand) went 0 for 4 for Triple-A Memphis
on Monday night, his third rehab game with the Redbirds.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks LHP Patrick Corbin has allowed one run in 13 innings his past two
starts heading into Wednesday’s game against the Cardinals. St. Louis sends out
RHP Miles Mikolas, who lost his last start despite allowing one run in 6 2/3
innings against Atlanta.
Game time is 9:10 with the pre-game at 8:15 on KTLO-AM.
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