Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:17 by shalini.bahadur
San Diego, Sept. 16: Mark Reynolds' 42nd home run of the season helped power the Arizona Diamondbacks past the San Diego Padres 4-2 Tuesday.
Reynolds' two-run blast in the top of the ninth broke a 2-2 tie and tagged San Diego closer Heath Bell (5-4) with the loss.
Eric Byrnes drove in Arizona's other two runs with a solo home run in the third and a sacrifice fly in the seventh that tied the score 2-2.
Dan Haren (14-8) earned the win with eight strong innings in which he gave up two runs on five hits and one walk. Juan Gutierrez notched his fifth save.
Padres' starter Wade LeBlanc worked six innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out five.
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Fri, 08/07/2009 - 10:06 by preet_20
Pittsburgh, Aug. 6: Alex Romero touched off a five-run 12th inning with a two-run double Thursday, lifting Arizona to an 11-6 victory over Pittsburgh.
The Diamondbacks swept the three-game series and have won five in a row.
Arizona rallied from a three-run deficit in the late innings, then outlasted the Pirates despite wasting scoring chances in the 10th and 11th. The Diamondbacks put their lead-off batter on in the 10th and had the bases loaded with just one away in the 11th without scoring.
Pittsburgh also had runners on first and second with nobody out in the 11th but failed to come up with the key hit that would have won the game.
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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:09 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 3: Mark Reynolds had two home runs and three RBI Monday to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-5 victory over the New York Mets.
Reynolds, who turned 26 Monday, has had seven home runs 10 RBI in his last seven games. His 32 home runs this season are two behind St. Louis' Albert Pujols for the major league lead.
Miguel Montero also homered for the Diamondbacks, who won for the fourth time in five games.
Winning pitcher Dan Haren (11-6) gave up five runs on eight hits over seven innings. Chad Qualls retired the side in order in the ninth for his 20th save.
Nelson Figueroa (0-2), who came up from Triple-A Buffalo Monday, gave up six runs and 10 hits in 1 2/3 innings.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:08 by surajdogra
Phoenix, July 29: Cole Hamels struck out nine batters in eight innings Tuesday to get the win in Philadelphia's 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Hamels (7-5) held the Diamondbacks to one run on four hits and did not walk a batter in the Phillies' 19th win this month.
Shane Victorino led the offense with three hits, including a solo home run.
Dan Haren (10-6) took his second loss in his last eight decisions by surrendering three runs -- two earned -- on four hits over five innings.
Mark Reynolds made the game interesting with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to pull the home team to within a run.
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Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:57 by surajdogra
Phoenix, July 24: Gerardo Parra, Chad Tracy and Justin Upton homered to account for seven runs Thursday and push then Arizona Diamondbacks to an 11-4 win over Pittsburgh.
The Pirates scored four times in the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead, and then fell victim to the long ball.
Parra's two-run homer in the fifth forged a 4-4 tie, Tracy finished off a five-run seventh with a three-run blast and Upton hit a two-run shot in the eighth.
Arizona starter Dan Haren missed out on a chance to win his 11th game when he gave up the four runs in the fifth.
Juan Gutierrez (3-2) picked up the victory by working a perfect seventh inning.
After Haren allowed nine base runners, Pittsburgh could not manage a hit against any of Arizona's four relievers.
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Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:25 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 18: Dan Haren went eight innings and drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk Saturday to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat St. Louis 4-2.
Haren (10-5), a former Cardinal, limited St. Louis to one run on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts to get his fourth straight victory. He retired 15 batters in a row at one point before issuing a one-out walk in the eighth inning, and improved his major league-leading ERA to 1.96.
Chad Qualls allowed a two-out, run-scoring single to pinch-hitter Joe Thurston in the ninth but then got pinch-hitter Rick Ankiel to fly out to center to end the game and post his 17th save.
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Sat, 07/11/2009 - 17:17 by harsheeb
Phoenix -- Dan Haren cooled off Florida's bats by throwing a four-hitter Friday, and Felipe Lopez hit a three-run homer to bring Arizona an 8-0 win over the Marlins.
Haren (9-5) turned things around by recording the second shutout of his seven-year career. He retired the last nine men he faced and struck out nine.
Miguel Montero gave Arizona the only run it needed with a solo homer in the second, and Lopez delivered his three-run shot in a five-run fourth inning. Haren reached on an infield single and scored on the Lopez homer.
Ricky Nolasco (6-7) had won four straight decisions before giving up seven runs on nine hits in six innings. Florida had won its previous two games.
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Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:56 by preet_20
Cincinnati, June 30: Dan Haren yielded one run in seven innings, and hit a home run and a double Tuesday to boost Arizona to a 6-2 win over Cincinnati.
Haren (7-5) struck out nine and gave up just four hits and a walk while lowering his National League-leading earned-run average to 2.19. He retired the first 11 Reds he faced.
Haren has allowed two runs or less in seven straight starts.
Miguel Montero, who had a home run, and Mark Reynolds each had three hits and two RBI for Arizona, which ended a five-game losing streak.
Ramon Hernandez and Brandon Phillips each drove in a run for Cincinnati. Bronson Arroyo (8-7) gave up six runs on 10 hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings in Cincinnati's sixth loss in its last nine games.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:45 by preet_20
Phoenix, June 25: Vicente Padilla and two relievers limited Arizona to a run on seven hits Wednesday and Texas ended a five-game losing streak by downing the Diamondbacks 2-1.
The Rangers managed only four hits, but two of them drove in runs early in the game and Texas handed Dan Haren a tough loss.
Haren (6-5) had compiled a 3-0 record with a 1.66 earned run average in his previous five starts. Haren, however, hit a batter and walked another in the second before giving up an RBI double to Taylor Teagarden.
Texas got another run in the third on a single by Ian Kinsler, a stolen base and a single by David Murphy.
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Sat, 06/13/2009 - 10:24 by preet_20
Phoenix, June 13: Dan Haren threw a two-hitter Friday, Mark Reynolds drove in five runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks romped past Houston 8-1.
Haren (5-4) struck out seven and walked two in his second complete game of the season and the eighth of his career.
The only hits Haren allowed -- a home run by Carlos Lee and a single by Lance Berkman -- came back-to-back with two out in the fourth inning. Haren faced the minimum number of batters over the last five innings thanks to the help of two double plays.
Reynolds, meanwhile, doubled in two runs in the first and hit a three-run homer in the sixth. Arizona got solo home runs from Chris Young and Gerardo Parra.
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Fri, 05/29/2009 - 10:19 by preet_20
Phoenix -- Dan Haren struck out eight over eight innings Thursday and was supported by an 11-hit attack in lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-2 victory over Atlanta.
Haren (4-4) lost his first three starts of the season despite allowing only four earned runs. The Diamondbacks, however, came through with enough offense Thursday to hand the Braves their fourth consecutive loss.
Arizona gave Haren the lead with a four-run fourth inning and he wound up allowing seven hits and two runs while throwing 113 pitches. Chad Qualls worked a perfect ninth for his 12th save.
Derek Lowe (6-3) took the loss, although only three of the five runs he gave up were earned.
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