Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:53 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 19: Home runs by Brandon Allen and Ryan Roberts Friday helped rally Arizona to a 7-5 victory over Colorado.
The Rockies built a 4-1 lead through three innings before faltering in the seventh game of a nine-game road trip. Colorado, which began the night 3 1/2 games in front of San Francisco in the National League wild-card race, has a 2-5 record on the trip.
Arizona tied it with a three-run fourth, two of the scores coming on Allen's fourth home run of the season.
A two-run double by Gerardo Parra gave the Diamondbacks the lead in the seventh and Roberts hit a solo homer in the eighth.
Leo Rosales (2-1) got the victory as the third Arizona pitcher of the night. He worked a perfect seventh inning and Juan Gutierrez survived a shaky ninth for his sixth save. Gutierrez allowed a run and had two men on base before retiring the final three batters of the inning to end the game.
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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:48 by preet_20
Phoenix, Sept. 10: Ramon Troncoso made an error in the ninth Wednesday and then walked Mark Reynolds with the bases loaded to give Arizona a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The unearned run in the ninth halted the Los Angeles winning streak at two games and allowed Colorado to creep within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Dodgers in the National League West.
Troncoso (4-3), usually called on in middle relief, was sent out in the ninth to try to get the game into extra innings. He put himself in instant trouble, however, when he threw wildly to first after fielding a grounder off the bat of Gerardo Parra.
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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20
Phoenix, Aug. 29: Alex Romero finished off a seven-run third inning with a three-run homer Friday to send Arizona coasting to a 14-7 win over Houston.
Romero's home run was the first of the year for Romero and the second of his major-league career. He has spent most of this season with Class AAA Reno.
The Diamondbacks pounded out 16 hits in the slugfest.
Arizona sent 11 men to the plate in its big third inning, and the first seven reached base.
Ryan Roberts opened the inning with a walk off Yorman Bazardo (0-1), went to second on a single by Justin Upton and scored on a base hit by Mark Reynolds.
Miguel Montero then doubled home Upton, and Gerardo Parra's double drove in Reynolds and Montero.
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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:20 by preet_20
Phoenix, Aug. 12: Gerardo Parra and Alex Romero had two RBI each and Max Scherzer struck out eight in Arizona's 6-2 win over the struggling New York Mets Tuesday.
Scherzer (7-6) notched the win with 6 2/3 innings in which he allowed two runs on eight hits and fanned eight.
Jeff Francoeur had a leadoff home run in the second inning for the Mets, who lost for the eighth time in their last 10 games.
Livan Hernandez (7-7) lasted only four innings in the start, giving up five runs on six hits and three walks. He struck out five.
Francoeur's homer tied the game 1-1 but the Diamondbacks scored three times in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Romero had a two-run single in the frame.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20
Washington, Aug. 7: Josh Willingham had three hits and two RBI Friday, leading Washington to a 7-6 win over Arizona.
Willingham had three of the Nationals' 11 hits in their sixth straight win, and his two-run single snapped a 5-5 tie with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.
Ryan Zimmerman's solo homer created the tie earlier in the seventh.
Elijah Dukes had three RBI, Wil Nieves one, while Christian Guzman added three hits for the Nationals, who have won three of four against the Diamondbacks this season.
Jason Bergmann (2-1) got the win, and closer Mike MacDougal picked up his 11th save.
Arizona's Mark Reynolds hit his 34th homer, a solo shot.
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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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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, 07/12/2009 - 12:00 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 12: Jon Garland gave up a run and seven hits in eight innings Saturday, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Florida Marlins.
Miguel Montero, Gerardo Parra and Justin Upton knocked in one run each to stake Garland and the Diamondbacks to a 3-0 lead.
Montero ended with two hits and two RBI. Upton had four hits, while Parra drove in two for the Diamondbacks, who have won seven of eight.
Garland (5-8) walked one batter and struck out five.
Florida's run scored on Jorge Cantu's third-inning single. He had three of the eight hits for the Marlins, who have lost four of six.
Losing pitcher Sean West (3-4) surrendered five earned runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 11:50 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 12: Jon Garland gave up a run and seven hits in eight innings Saturday, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Florida Marlins.
Miguel Montero, Gerardo Parra and Justin Upton knocked in one run each to stake Garland and the Diamondbacks to a 3-0 lead.
Montero ended with two hits and two RBI. Upton had four hits, while Parra drove in two for the Diamondbacks, who have won seven of eight.
Garland (5-8) walked one batter and struck out five.
Florida's run scored on Jorge Cantu's third-inning single. He had three of the eight hits for the Marlins, who have lost four of six.
Losing pitcher Sean West (3-4) surrendered five earned runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
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Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:51 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 8: Felipe Lopez hit a three-run homer in a five-run eighth Wednesday, rallying the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
Wednesday's victory finished a three-game sweep.
His only hit capped the scoring with two outs in the bottom of the eighth after the contest was tied 2-2 when the inning started.
Chad Tracy had two hits and one RBI.
Two others had one RBI, while Gerardo Parra also had two hits for the Diamondbacks, who have a season-high five-game winning streak after sweeping a series for the first time this season.
The winner was reliever Clay Zavada (2-2).
Starter Max Scherzer gave up two runs and four hits in seven innings with three walks and nine strikeouts.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 8: Chad Tracy and Gerardo Parra each drove in two runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday in their 4-3 win over the visiting San Diego Padres.
Doug Davis (4-8), allowed a dozen base runners but picked up the win by battling through 6 1/3 innings. He gave up nine hits and walked three but also struck out six.
Kevin Correia (5-7) took the loss after giving up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits over six innings. He also notched a half-dozen strikeouts.
San Diego took an early lead on Eliezer Alfonzo's RBI single in the second.
Arizona came back with two runs in the third and another pair in the fourth.
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Tue, 07/07/2009 - 11:39 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 7: Mark Reynolds drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning Monday in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 6-5 win over San Diego.
Arizona had tied the score in the eighth on a pinch-hit home run by Chad Tracy off Padres' reliever Luke Gregerson. San Diego closer Cla Meredith (4-2) retired the first two batters he faced in the ninth but then walked Justin Upton, who stole second and scored the game-winner on Reynolds' single to left.
Upton also had a two-run homer and finished with three RBI for the Diamondbacks, who won their third straight. Gerardo Parra ad Felipe Lopez had three hits apiece and Parra drove in a run for Arizona.
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