Taiwanese-American left-fielder Corbin Carroll on Monday homered in the ninth inning in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 9-1 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Arizona’s victory was laid out in the first inning, as the Diamondbacks quickly took aim at Brewers star pitcher Corbin Burnes early.
Alek Thomas celebrated his return to the major leagues by homering during Arizona’s six-run first inning against the 2021 Cy Young Award winner and the Diamondbacks.
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“We came in here ready to go, make some statements,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “When you get six runs off that type of quality starting pitcher, you know that your team is ready to go. I was very proud of them.”
Carroll also got in on the early beating on Burnes, scoring off a single from Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
The Seattle, Washington native — whose mother was born in Taiwan, but moved to the US when she was four — was drafted by Arizona in 2019 and made his MLB debut last year.
Milwaukee’s loss and the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies enabled the Reds to overtake the Brewers for the National League Central lead. The Brewers managed just three hits — matching their season low — as Arizona’s Merrill Kelly continued his road dominance by pitching seven strong innings.
Burnes (5-5) ended a string of four straight quality starts by allowing seven runs — matching his career high — in five innings. He struck out three and walked two.
“Just a couple of mistakes there in the first inning to a first-place team that can swing the bat,” Burnes said.
The Diamondbacks wasted no time jumping on Burnes, as the first five hitters to face him all reached base. Burnes’ first two pitches of the night resulted in hits, with Geraldo Perdomo doubling down the right-field line and Ketel Marte delivering a single to right.
“I know that he’s putting the ball on the plate, and that’s usually his MO,” Lovullo said. “It’s power stuff, and I think our guys were ready to counterpunch that a little bit today.”
Burnes walked Carroll to load the bases before Christian Walker and Gurriel delivered consecutive RBI singles.
After Burnes retired Emmanuel Rivera on a run-scoring fielder’s choice and struck out Gabriel Moreno, Thomas capped the outburst with a two-run homer into the second deck of the right-field seats. Thomas’ drive off a 1-1 cutter traveled 412 feet.
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