The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll on Tuesday drilled a three-run homer and drove in his team’s first five runs as Zac Gallen threw six shutout innings, helping the visitors down the Cincinnati Reds 6-2.
Carroll, last year’s National League Rookie of the Year, matched his career-high RBI total set on June 9 last year at Detroit.
Gallen (4-2) snapped a personal two-start losing streak, allowing just a leadoff single by Jake Fraley in the second inning and three walks, while striking out six.
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The woes continued for the Reds, who scored just two runs in a three-game sweep by the Baltimore Orioles at Great American Ball Park. With Tuesday’s loss, Cincinnati fell to three games under .500 for the first time this season.
Carroll, who had just seven RBIs all season, drove in runs in the third and fifth innings and then, with two on in the seventh, pounded a fastball from Justin Wilson over the center field wall for his second homer of the season. Ketel Marte followed with another homer, only the second time this season Arizona have gone back-to-back.
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo saw Carroll working and improving this season, but did not anticipate a five-RBI outburst from his leadoff man, who came in hitting .203.
“I probably thought something spectacular was about to happen, but five RBIs wasn’t on my bingo card,” Lovullo said. “But I know he was the right guy in the right spot. Just a lot of little things went right, but the home run was a really impressive swing.”
In California, Marcus Semien had four hits and five RBIs as the Texas Rangers scored 10 times in the second inning of a 15-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics to extend their season-high win streak to four games.
The Rangers sent 16 batters to the plate in the second in their biggest inning since May 23, 2015, when they also scored 10 in the third against the New York Yankees.
Elsewhere, the the Washington Nationals blanked the Orioles 3-0, the Detroit Tigers pummeled the Cleveland Guardians 11-7, the Philadelphia Phillies dominated the Toronto Blue Jay 10-1 and the Tampa Bay Rays stung the Chicago White Sox 5-1.
The Atlanta Braves beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2, the New York Yankees outplayed the Houston Astros 10-3, the Los Angeles Angels blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0, the Chicago Cubs edged the San Diego Padres 3-2 and the Minneapolis Mariners overpowered the Minnesota Twins 10-5.
The New York Mets survived the St Louis Cardinals 7-5, the Milwaukee Brewers downed the Kansas City Royals 6-5, the San Francisco Giants squashed the Colorado Rockies 5-0 and the Los Angeles Dodgers took down the Miami Marlins 8-2.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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