PHOENIX -- Tuffy Gosewich is known to be a very good defensive catcher. Offensive? Not so much.
On the day that Arizona signed another catcher to a minor league contract, Gosewich had one of his best hitting games, doubling three times to drive in a career-high four runs in the Diamondbacks' 11-0 rout of the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.
Gosewich had a terse response when asked if the signing of Jarrod Saltalamacchia served as incentive.
"I come to the park the same every day," Gosewich said. "It's the same approach I've had all year. I just had some better results tonight."
Paul Goldschmidt and Mark Trumbo homered and doubled in Arizona's third straight victory.
Rubby De La Rosa (3-2) allowed three hits over seven innings for the Diamondbacks, striking out seven and walking two.
Odrisamer Despaigne (2-1) allowed eight runs and 10 hits in five innings for the Padres, who were shut out for the third time in four games.
"He couldn't really get any rhythm, couldn't get any consistency with his pitches," San Diego manager Bud Black said, "and the end result was what it was."
Arizona swept a doubleheader at Colorado on Wednesday and has scored 29 runs in its last three games.
The Diamondbacks had eight doubles, tying the franchise record.
Gosewich entered the game with a meek .208 batting average. The three doubles were his first extra-base hits of the season.
"He's had really good bats all year," Goldschmidt said. "I know the numbers haven't been there for him. He's hit a lot of line drives right at guys and had some tough breaks and stuff like that. We all know what he's capable of."
In two of the last three games, manager Chip Hale made the unorthodox move of putting the power-hitting Trumbo in the No. 2 spot. The Diamondbacks scored 13 and 11 runs, respectively in those two contests.
"It probably has very little or nothing to do with it," Trumbo said of his move up the order.
The Diamondbacks jumped on Despaigne for four runs in the first. Trumbo homered with one out. David Peralta singled and scored on a passed ball, Chris Owings singled in a run and Gosewich, who has six hits in the last two games, doubled in another.
Despaigne got the start in place of Brandon Morrow, who went on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with right shoulder inflammation. Despaigne had won both of his previous starts this year, one of them against Arizona. In San Diego on April 14, he limited the Diamondbacks to one run and two hits through seven innings in a 5-1 victory.
San Diego didn't get a hit after Yangervis Solarte's one-out double in the fourth.
ALONSO HURT
San Diego 1B Yonder Alonso was injured diving for a grounder in the eighth inning. He stopped the ball but had to throw with his glove hand after injuring his right shoulder. Black said the team would know more about the injury on Friday. Alonso is among the league leaders with a .333 batting average.
TRAINING ROOM
Padres: Black says there's a good chance RH reliever Shawn Kelley, sidelined with a left calf strain, will come off the 15-day DL on Friday, the first day he's eligible to return. ... Black says RH setup man Joaquin Benoit is fully recovered from right shoulder inflammation. Benoit had not pitched in the last five games and seven of the last eight.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley, sidelined since being hit in the face by a line drive on April 28, is scheduled to return and start at Philadelphia on May 16. ... Patrick Corbin, coming back from Tommy John surgery, is to pitch an extended spring training game on Monday, then will be sent to the minors. He is expected to join the big league club in early May.
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP James Shields (3-0, 3.72 ERA) goes for his fourth consecutive victory, taking the mound in Game 2 of the four-game series in the desert. Shields is among the NL leaders in strikeouts with 48. He was the winning pitcher Sunday at Colorado, despite allowing five runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Diamondbacks: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-3, 5.20), off to a rough start in his stint in Arizona, makes his second start of the season against the Padres. He took the loss in Arizona's 5-1 defeat at San Diego on April 14. Hellickson also was the losing pitcher in his last outing, 6-4 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
On the day that Arizona signed another catcher to a minor league contract, Gosewich had one of his best hitting games, doubling three times to drive in a career-high four runs in the Diamondbacks' 11-0 rout of the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.
Gosewich had a terse response when asked if the signing of Jarrod Saltalamacchia served as incentive.
"I come to the park the same every day," Gosewich said. "It's the same approach I've had all year. I just had some better results tonight."
Paul Goldschmidt and Mark Trumbo homered and doubled in Arizona's third straight victory.
Rubby De La Rosa (3-2) allowed three hits over seven innings for the Diamondbacks, striking out seven and walking two.
Odrisamer Despaigne (2-1) allowed eight runs and 10 hits in five innings for the Padres, who were shut out for the third time in four games.
"He couldn't really get any rhythm, couldn't get any consistency with his pitches," San Diego manager Bud Black said, "and the end result was what it was."
Arizona swept a doubleheader at Colorado on Wednesday and has scored 29 runs in its last three games.
The Diamondbacks had eight doubles, tying the franchise record.
Gosewich entered the game with a meek .208 batting average. The three doubles were his first extra-base hits of the season.
"He's had really good bats all year," Goldschmidt said. "I know the numbers haven't been there for him. He's hit a lot of line drives right at guys and had some tough breaks and stuff like that. We all know what he's capable of."
In two of the last three games, manager Chip Hale made the unorthodox move of putting the power-hitting Trumbo in the No. 2 spot. The Diamondbacks scored 13 and 11 runs, respectively in those two contests.
"It probably has very little or nothing to do with it," Trumbo said of his move up the order.
The Diamondbacks jumped on Despaigne for four runs in the first. Trumbo homered with one out. David Peralta singled and scored on a passed ball, Chris Owings singled in a run and Gosewich, who has six hits in the last two games, doubled in another.
Despaigne got the start in place of Brandon Morrow, who went on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with right shoulder inflammation. Despaigne had won both of his previous starts this year, one of them against Arizona. In San Diego on April 14, he limited the Diamondbacks to one run and two hits through seven innings in a 5-1 victory.
San Diego didn't get a hit after Yangervis Solarte's one-out double in the fourth.
ALONSO HURT
San Diego 1B Yonder Alonso was injured diving for a grounder in the eighth inning. He stopped the ball but had to throw with his glove hand after injuring his right shoulder. Black said the team would know more about the injury on Friday. Alonso is among the league leaders with a .333 batting average.
TRAINING ROOM
Padres: Black says there's a good chance RH reliever Shawn Kelley, sidelined with a left calf strain, will come off the 15-day DL on Friday, the first day he's eligible to return. ... Black says RH setup man Joaquin Benoit is fully recovered from right shoulder inflammation. Benoit had not pitched in the last five games and seven of the last eight.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley, sidelined since being hit in the face by a line drive on April 28, is scheduled to return and start at Philadelphia on May 16. ... Patrick Corbin, coming back from Tommy John surgery, is to pitch an extended spring training game on Monday, then will be sent to the minors. He is expected to join the big league club in early May.
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP James Shields (3-0, 3.72 ERA) goes for his fourth consecutive victory, taking the mound in Game 2 of the four-game series in the desert. Shields is among the NL leaders in strikeouts with 48. He was the winning pitcher Sunday at Colorado, despite allowing five runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Diamondbacks: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-3, 5.20), off to a rough start in his stint in Arizona, makes his second start of the season against the Padres. He took the loss in Arizona's 5-1 defeat at San Diego on April 14. Hellickson also was the losing pitcher in his last outing, 6-4 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| San Diego - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Myers grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Spangenberg flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kemp singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| J. Upton struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Inciarte flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo homered to left (404 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta singled to left center. | 0 | 1 |
| Tomás singled to left, Peralta to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta to third, Tomás to second on wild pitch by Despaigne. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta scored, Tomás to third on passed ball by Norris. | 0 | 2 |
| Owings singled to left, Tomás scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Gosewisch doubled to left, Owings scored. | 0 | 4 |
| Ahmed grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Solarte struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Norris doubled to deep right center. | 0 | 4 |
| Alonso flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Amarista grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| De La Rosa grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Trumbo grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Despaigne struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Myers walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Spangenberg sacrificed to catcher, Myers to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Kemp struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Goldschmidt homered to left (363 feet). | 0 | 5 |
| Peralta doubled to left. | 0 | 5 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Owings popped out to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Gosewisch doubled to deep center, Peralta scored. | 0 | 6 |
| Ahmed lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, -1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| J. Upton lined out to right. | 0 | 6 |
| Solarte doubled to right. | 0 | 6 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| Alonso walked. | 0 | 6 |
| Amarista struck out swinging. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| De La Rosa grounded out to second. | 0 | 6 |
| Inciarte grounded out to first. | 0 | 6 |
| Trumbo grounded out to third. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Despaigne grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Myers grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 6 |
| Spangenberg flied out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Goldschmidt flied out to right. | 0 | 6 |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 0 | 6 |
| Tomás singled to center. | 0 | 6 |
| Owings walked, Tomás to second. | 0 | 6 |
| Gosewisch doubled to deep center, Tomás and Owings scored. | 0 | 8 |
| Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 8 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Kemp grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 8 |
| J. Upton flied out to center. | 0 | 8 |
| Solarte flied out to left. | 0 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Nick Vincent pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Spangenberg at third base. | 0 | 8 |
| Vincent relieved Despaigne. | 0 | 8 |
| Gyorko at second base. | 0 | 8 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 0 | 8 |
| Inciarte struck out swinging. | 0 | 8 |
| Trumbo doubled to left. | 0 | 8 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep center, Trumbo scored. | 0 | 9 |
| Peralta singled to center, Goldschmidt scored. | 0 | 10 |
| Tomás popped out to second. | 0 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Inciarte in right field. | 0 | 10 |
| Pollock in center field. | 0 | 10 |
| Norris grounded out to third. | 0 | 10 |
| Alonso struck out swinging. | 0 | 10 |
| Amarista flied out to center. | 0 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Quackenbush pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Venable in right field. | 0 | 10 |
| Barmes at shortstop. | 0 | 10 |
| Quackenbush relieved Vincent. | 0 | 10 |
| Amarista in left field. | 0 | 10 |
| Owings doubled to deep center. | 0 | 10 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 10 |
| Ahmed lined out to right. | 0 | 10 |
| Dorn hit for De La Rosa. | 0 | 10 |
| Dorn struck out swinging. | 0 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Hudson relieved De La Rosa. | 0 | 10 |
| Dorn at first base. | 0 | 10 |
| Gyorko lined out to center. | 0 | 10 |
| Myers struck out swinging. | 0 | 10 |
| Spangenberg flied out to left. | 0 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dale Thayer pitching for San Diego | SD | ARI |
| Thayer relieved Quackenbush. | 0 | 10 |
| Inciarte doubled to deep left. | 0 | 10 |
| Pollock flied out to center, Inciarte to third. | 0 | 10 |
| Pennington hit for Hudson. | 0 | 10 |
| Pennington grounded out to second, Inciarte scored. | 0 | 11 |
| Peralta singled to right. | 0 | 11 |
| Tomás reached on infield single to first, Peralta to third. | 0 | 11 |
| Middlebrooks at first base. | 0 | 11 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 0 | 11 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Evan Marshall pitching for Arizona | SD | ARI |
| Marshall relieved Hudson. | 0 | 11 |
| Venable grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 11 |
| Barmes flied out to left. | 0 | 11 |
| Hedges hit for Thayer. | 0 | 11 |
| Hedges grounded out to third. | 0 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego Padres | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Myers CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .267 | .318 | .442 |
| Spangenberg 2B-3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .268 | .286 | .341 |
| Kemp RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .292 | .328 | .417 |
Venable RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .161 | .333 |
| J. Upton LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .286 | .350 | .552 |
Barmes SS
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .265 | .324 | .412 |
| Solarte 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .300 | .356 | .438 |
Vincent P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Thayer P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Hedges PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .143 | .167 |
| Norris C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .311 | .330 | .485 |
| Alonso 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .333 | .427 | .437 |
Middlebrooks 1B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .230 | .340 |
| Amarista SS-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .197 | .305 | .296 |
| Despaigne P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .091 | .091 | .091 |
Gyorko 2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .179 | .247 | .284 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 138 | |||
| a-grounded to third for D Thayer in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Norris (12, De La Rosa); Solarte (5, De La Rosa) S: Spangenberg Padres RISP: 0-5 (Norris 0-1, Amarista 0-2, Kemp 0-1, Alonso 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: Norris. | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 1B ALONSO (RIGHT SHOULDER) LEFT GAME BOT 8TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 16,929 (34.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:52 |
| Weather | 84 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 12 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Marvin Hudson |
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