James McCann had three hits and scored twice, Brandon Pfaadt pitched six sturdy innings to earn his thirteenth victory and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Boston Crimson Sox 5-1 in Phoenix on Saturday.
Adrian Del Castillo had two hits and Jake McCarthy had two RBIs for the D-backs, who’ve gained 4 in a row and eight of 10.
Pfaadt (13-6) gave up one run on six hits, with seven strikeouts and no walks. He had given up a mixed 10 runs in his earlier two begins.
Masataka Yoshida had an RBI single and Romy Gonzalez prolonged his hitting streak to 9 video games for the Crimson Sox, who’ve misplaced three in a row after a three-game successful streak .
Boston (78-65) fell to 4 1/2 video games behind Toronto within the AL East. The Crimson Sox are 1 1/2 video games behind the New York Yankees for the primary AL wild card place.
Arizona (72-71) moved over .500 for the primary time since July 1 and closed to inside 4 1/2 video games of the New York Mets for the ultimate NL wild card spot.
Boston middle fielder Ceddanne Rafaela and Arizona left-fielder Blaze Alexander traded defensive gems by taking house runs away with leaping catches on the fence.
Rafaela robbed Corbin Carroll within the fifth inning and Alexander did the identical to Alex Bregman within the eighth.
Boston starter Lucas Giolito (10-3) gave up seven hits, all singles, and 4 runs (two earned) in five-plus innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Justin Wilson changed Giolito after Del Castillo and McCann singled to open the sixth, and he struck out the facet to maintain the sport at 4-1.
Arizona took a 3-0 lead within the second inning in a rally fueled by shortstop Trevor Story’s error. Del Castillo and McCann singled and Tyler Locklear drew a stroll earlier than Story let McCarthy’s grounder get underneath his glove as two runs scored. Geraldo Perdomo’s sacrifice fly capped the inning.
Nate Eaton doubled with two outs within the third, the Crimson Sox’s first hit, and scored on Yoshida’s single to make it 3-1. Yoshida was hitting leadoff for the primary time in his profession.
The D-backs took a 4-1 lead after McCarthy’s RBI single within the fourth, and Alexander hit a sacrifice fly within the seventh for the ultimate run.
–Area Stage Media
