Wed, 08/11/2010 - 09:24 by Prince damin
Milwaukee -- Miguel Montero's tie-breaking solo home run in the eighth inning carried the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 2-1 win over Milwaukee Tuesday.
Montero led off the inning by sending the first pitch from Chris Capuano (1-2) into the center field stands for his fifth home run of the season.
The blast broke a 1-1 tie and put Blaine Boyer (3-2) on the road to the win. Boyer held the Brewers at bay over the seventh and eighth innings and Sam Demel earned his first Major League save despite giving up two hits in the ninth.
Justin Upton drove in Arizona's other run in the fifth inning to tie the score 1-1.
Alcides Escobar drove in Milwaukee's lone run with a second-inning home run to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.
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Sat, 07/31/2010 - 09:10 by Prince damin
New York -- Kelly Johnson and Miguel Montero accounted for five runs with sixth-inning homers Friday and the Arizona Diamondbacks went on to outslug the New York Mets 9-6.
The Diamondbacks ended a seven-game losing streak by overcoming two home runs and five RBI from David Wright, who hit a three-run homer in the first and a two-run shot in the third to give the Mets a 5-4 advantage.
Johnson then put Arizona in front with a two-run blast in the sixth and Montero delivered a three-run homer later in the inning. Montero had three of Arizona's 13 hits.
Ian Kennedy (6-8) got the win despite giving up five runs on just three hits with four walks in six innings. Aaron Heilman allowed a hit in a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:25 by shalini.bahadur
Phoenix, Sept. 23: Miguel Montero and Brandon Allen each had two RBI Tuesday in the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-8 win over San Francisco.
The loss dropped the Giants five games behind Colorado in the National League wild-card race.
Rusty Ryal went 3-for-3, hit a solo home run, and scored three runs for the Diamondbacks, scored nine runs in the first three innings.
Doug Davis (8-13) won for the first time since Aug. 10 despite giving up five runs on 10 hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Matt Cain (13-7) took the loss after lasting only 2 1/3 innings. Cain surrendered seven runs on eight hits.
Randy Johnson pitched an inning in relief and coughed up Ryal's home run.
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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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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 11:20 by preet_20
Phoenix, Aug. 11: Doug Davis went seven innings and drove in two runs with a double Monday in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-4 win over the New York Mets.
Davis (7-10) earned his third straight victory, allowing two runs on four hits.
Miguel Montero had three doubles and two RBI, Trent Oeltjen homered and Chad Tracy drove in two runs for the Diamondbacks, who stopped a three-game losing streak.
Mike Pelfrey (8-8) went six innings, giving up five runs on eight hits to take the loss for the Mets, who have dropped seven of their last nine.
Fernando Tatis drove in two runs with a triple for the Mets.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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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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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:32 by preet_20
New York, July 31: Justin Upton dashed home from third on a wild pitch by Sean Green with two out in the eighth inning Friday, giving Arizona a 3-2 win over the New York Mets.
Four of the five runs in the game came on solo homers, but the deciding run scored off a mistake by a pitcher who had thrown only 11 wild pitches in his four-year career.
Green (1-3) came on to relieve Pedro Feliciano in the eighth after Feliciano had given up a leadoff single to Gerardo Parra. Green hit Justin Upton with a pitch and walked Mark Reynolds to load the bases.
Miguel Montero grounded into a double play that included a force of Parra at home.
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Wed, 07/22/2009 - 12:27 by surajdogra
Denver, July 22: Miguel Montero's two-run homer in the top of the eighth provided the decisive runs in Arizona's 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies Tuesday.
Montero broke a 4-4 tie with a shot to deep center field off Juan Rincon (2-1) after Mark Reynolds had singled.
The Rockies struck back with a run in the bottom of the eighth on a two-out pinch-hit triple by Ryan Spilborghs, but Chad Qualls came in from the bullpen to record the final out.
Juan Gutierrez (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, although he walked two batters.
Colorado took a 3-0 lead in the second on a lead-off home run by Troy Tulowitzki, an RBI single by Dexter Fowler and a wild pitch that scored Ian Stewart from third.
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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, 07/18/2009 - 10:44 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 17: Albert Pujols bounced back from a disappointing performance in the All-Star Game by hitting two homers Friday and leading St. Louis past Arizona 6-1.
Pujols hit solo shots in the fourth and sixth innings, boosting his major league-best total to 34.
The Cardinals hosted the 80th All-Star Game Tuesday. Pujols went hitless in three at bats and committed an error that helped the American League pull out a 4-3 victory.
Nick Stavinoha added a two-run homer in the eighth inning Friday and the Cardinals took a shutout into the ninth before reliever Jason Motte surrendered a solo shot to Miguel Montero.
Chris Carpenter (8-3) went eight innings, scattering seven hits and striking out seven to win his third straight start.
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