Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll on Tuesday night slugged a grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins.
Geraldo Perdomo blasted a three-run homer and Josh Naylor — Miami’s first-round pick in 2015 — hit a solo shot for the Diamondbacks.
Arizona, who have won three in a row and five of their past six games, also got a strong pitching performance from Merrill Kelly (3-1). Kelly struck out nine batters, while allowing just three hits, one walk and one run in six innings.
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Miami starter Connor Gillispie (0-2) gave up eight runs on eight hits and two walks in five-plus innings. He fanned six. The Marlins, who had a two-game winning streak end, have lost all four of his starts this year.
Marlins center fielder Jesus Sanchez, who missed the start of the season due to an oblique strain, went 1-for-4 with a walk in his debut this season.
Arizona opened the scoring in the second inning. Gillispie retired the first two batters in the frame before Alek Thomas singled. Garrett Hampson walked, Carroll pulled an RBI double, and Perdomo followed with a 407-foot (124m) upper-deck shot down the right-field line for a 4-0 lead.
Miami got one back in the bottom of the second as Otto Lopez doubled and scored on Liam Hicks’ groundout.
Arizona extended their lead to 5-1 in the third on Naylor’s homer to right field — almost the same spot as Perdomo’s shot.
The Diamondbacks chased Gillispie on Gabriel Moreno’s RBI single in the sixth. Three batters later, Carroll blasted his 434-foot grand slam to right-center.
The homer, Carroll’s sixth of the season, ties him with the New York Yankees Aaron Judge as the only players to hit a grand slam in each of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons, MLB.com said.
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said he was “very impressed” by Carroll’s hit.
“We’re all sitting in the dugout, you could tell that that ball was struck very well,” MLB.com quoted him as saying. “He’s an unbelievable worker. He’s piece by piece eliminating swings-and-misses in parts of the zone. It’s fun when he’s coming to the plate. He’s locked in ... and the hard work is paying off.”
Also on Tuesday, the Washington Nationals blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0, the Philadelphia Phillies fell the San Francisco Giants 6-4, the Boston Red Sox reeled in the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4, the Cincinnati Reds outplayed the Seattle Mariners 8-4, the Cleveland Guardians downed the Baltimore Orioles 6-3, the Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 and the Toronto Blue Jays overpowered the Atlanta Braves 6-3.
The Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Detroit Tigers 5-0, the Minneapolis Twins defeated the New York Mets 6-3, the Houston Astros took out the St Louis Cardinals 2-0, the Athletics dominated the Chicago White Sox 12-3, the Texas Rangers downed the Los Angeles Angels 4-0, the Chicago Cubs survived the San Diego Padres 2-1 in 10 innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-2.
Additional reporting by staff writer, with AP
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