Corbin Carroll and Kevin Newman on Monday scrambled home on back-to-back wild pitches in the seventh inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks erased a three-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their fourth straight win.
The Diamondbacks continued their extended roll, with an 18-5 record since the All-Star break.
“They jumped out to a lead on us, but we didn’t blink,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “At the right times, our attentiveness, our focus and our readiness showed up. It all piled up into a couple really good plays, a couple really good at-bats.”
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Joc Pederson came to the plate in the seventh with Arizona trailing 4-3, two outs and runners on first and third, but he did not have to hit the ball to put his team ahead. Tyler Kinley’s first wild pitch scored Carroll easily and Newman advanced all the way to third after getting a head start while stealing second.
Two pitches later, Kinley bounced another pitch that catcher Elias Diaz could not quite handle. Newman made a daring dash home, sliding in ahead without a throw.
One of Arizona’s best qualities during the run to the MLB World Series last season was baserunning and the team had a slogan — “Embrace the Chaos” — that celebrated the team’s penchant for great decisions on the bases. That was missing in the first few months this season.
“We have an energy that we can feel, playing off each other,” Newman said. “I think those opportunities are coming more and more.”
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