MIAMI -- Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale got the matchup he was looking for and A.J. Pollock delivered in a big way.
Pollock had a pinch-hit, tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift Arizona to a 4-2 win over the struggling Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
Marlins left-handed reliever Mike Dunn (0-3) issued the pivotal homer to Pollock, who pinch-hit for left-handed hitter David Peralta.
"We were watching the pen real carefully and there was no righty up at the time," Hale said. "That was the only way I was going to use him for Peralta. If there had been a righty up I probably wouldn't have done it."
Pollock hit the first pitch he saw from Dunn just over the left-field wall down the line.
"I actually didn't (think it was going to go out), I was hoping," Pollock said. "I knew it was going to be a double, I knew I hit it well. ... It was clearly going to be fair, it was just a matter of home run or double. Home runs are much nicer than doubles."
Miami lost its fifth straight and second in two days under new manager Dan Jennings.
"I went with the gut feeling and the gut feeling did not work," Jennings said of his move to go with Dunn.
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit his 12th home run of the season and fourth in the last five games.
Daniel Hudson (1-1) pitched two innings to earn the victory and Enrique Burgos got his second save one day after picking up his first.
Burgos allowed two base runners in the ninth before striking out Mike Morse to end the game.
"When you're throwing 98 with a really snap dragon-type slider it's very difficult to dig in there as a hitter because you don't know where the ball is going to go," Hale said. "So every now and again he does miss the zone and walks a guy. That's the way it goes and we have to live with it. We live with the good, the strikeouts, and we have to live with the bad, sometimes the walks and we know over time that will improve."
A throwing error by Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon resulted in the game's first run and Nick Ahmed laid down a successful squeeze bunt to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 advantage in the fourth.
Gordon led off the sixth with an infield hit and scored on Stanton's two-run homer to left field, tying the score at 2-2.
"It put us right there with the opportunity to finish off right," Stanton said. "It just didn't happen."
Jeremy Hellickson pitched six innings and allowed two runs for the Diamondbacks.
Marlins starter Tom Koehler allowed two unearned runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.
"It's tough because we still lost," Koehler said. "I'm not a guy that feels good about outings when we end up losing."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 3B Jake Lamb (left foot) could return to the team by June 1, according to Hale. "I think we're looking at him being back in the big leagues by the first of next month," Hale said. "He's close." ... RHP David Hernandez (elbow) could be reinstated from the disabled list when the team returns home from their road trip on Friday.
Marlins: RHP Jarred Cosart (vertigo) was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 14, and RHP Carter Capps was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. "I started taking the medicine this morning," Cosart said. "I'll have two days of no activity, then hopefully I'll feel better and start throwing again and then figure out from there what goes on." Cosart is 1/3 with a 4.08 ERA in seven starts.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Chase Anderson (0-1, 2.81 ERA) has allowed two earned runs over his last three starts, spanning 18 1/3 innings.
Marlins: RHP David Phelps (2-0, 2.68) looks to continue his success as a starter as he has a 2-0 record with a 1.75 ERA in six starts this season.
Pollock had a pinch-hit, tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift Arizona to a 4-2 win over the struggling Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
Marlins left-handed reliever Mike Dunn (0-3) issued the pivotal homer to Pollock, who pinch-hit for left-handed hitter David Peralta.
"We were watching the pen real carefully and there was no righty up at the time," Hale said. "That was the only way I was going to use him for Peralta. If there had been a righty up I probably wouldn't have done it."
Pollock hit the first pitch he saw from Dunn just over the left-field wall down the line.
"I actually didn't (think it was going to go out), I was hoping," Pollock said. "I knew it was going to be a double, I knew I hit it well. ... It was clearly going to be fair, it was just a matter of home run or double. Home runs are much nicer than doubles."
Miami lost its fifth straight and second in two days under new manager Dan Jennings.
"I went with the gut feeling and the gut feeling did not work," Jennings said of his move to go with Dunn.
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit his 12th home run of the season and fourth in the last five games.
Daniel Hudson (1-1) pitched two innings to earn the victory and Enrique Burgos got his second save one day after picking up his first.
Burgos allowed two base runners in the ninth before striking out Mike Morse to end the game.
"When you're throwing 98 with a really snap dragon-type slider it's very difficult to dig in there as a hitter because you don't know where the ball is going to go," Hale said. "So every now and again he does miss the zone and walks a guy. That's the way it goes and we have to live with it. We live with the good, the strikeouts, and we have to live with the bad, sometimes the walks and we know over time that will improve."
A throwing error by Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon resulted in the game's first run and Nick Ahmed laid down a successful squeeze bunt to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 advantage in the fourth.
Gordon led off the sixth with an infield hit and scored on Stanton's two-run homer to left field, tying the score at 2-2.
"It put us right there with the opportunity to finish off right," Stanton said. "It just didn't happen."
Jeremy Hellickson pitched six innings and allowed two runs for the Diamondbacks.
Marlins starter Tom Koehler allowed two unearned runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.
"It's tough because we still lost," Koehler said. "I'm not a guy that feels good about outings when we end up losing."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 3B Jake Lamb (left foot) could return to the team by June 1, according to Hale. "I think we're looking at him being back in the big leagues by the first of next month," Hale said. "He's close." ... RHP David Hernandez (elbow) could be reinstated from the disabled list when the team returns home from their road trip on Friday.
Marlins: RHP Jarred Cosart (vertigo) was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 14, and RHP Carter Capps was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. "I started taking the medicine this morning," Cosart said. "I'll have two days of no activity, then hopefully I'll feel better and start throwing again and then figure out from there what goes on." Cosart is 1/3 with a 4.08 ERA in seven starts.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Chase Anderson (0-1, 2.81 ERA) has allowed two earned runs over his last three starts, spanning 18 1/3 innings.
Marlins: RHP David Phelps (2-0, 2.68) looks to continue his success as a starter as he has a 2-0 record with a 1.75 ERA in six starts this season.
Diamondbacks 4
(17-21, 8-9 away)
7:10PM,EDT,May 19,2015
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Inciarte singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Gordon struck out bunting foul. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Peralta grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Gosewisch grounded into fielder's choice to second, Tomás out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Ozuna grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Realmuto flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Hellickson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo grounded into fielder's choice to third, Inciarte out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Morse singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Hechavarría flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Koehler sacrificed to first, Morse to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon lined out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Goldschmidt popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás doubled to deep center, Peralta to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Gosewisch safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Gordon, Peralta scored, Tomás to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Ahmed reached on bunt single to third, Tomás scored, Gosewisch to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Hellickson flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Prado singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Stanton flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Ozuna walked, Prado to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Realmuto flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Yelich flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Inciarte lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Morse grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Hechavarría flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Koehler struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Peralta grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Gordon reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Stanton homered to left (403 feet), Gordon scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Ozuna flied out to center. | 2 | 2 |
| Realmuto grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Gosewisch grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Ahmed singled to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Hill flied out to center. | 2 | 2 |
| Dunn relieved Koehler. | 2 | 2 |
| Suzuki in center field. | 2 | 2 |
| Inciarte lined out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Yelich struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| Morse lined out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Hechavarría singled to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Hechavarría caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Trumbo singled to center. | 2 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Pollock hit for Peralta. | 2 | 2 |
| Pollock homered to left (366 feet), Trumbo scored. | 4 | 2 |
| Tomás singled to right. | 4 | 2 |
| Morris relieved Dunn. | 4 | 2 |
| Owings grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Tomás out at second. | 4 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Suzuki struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Gordon grounded out to first. | 4 | 2 |
| Prado flied out to right. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Morris pitching for Miami | ARI | MIA |
| Gosewisch singled to right. | 4 | 2 |
| Ahmed sacrificed to first, Gosewisch to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Pennington grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 2 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Enrique Burgos pitching for Arizona | ARI | MIA |
| Stanton lined out to first. | 4 | 2 |
| Bour walked. | 4 | 2 |
| Realmuto struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Bour to second on fielder's indifference. | 4 | 2 |
| Yelich singled to center, Bour to third. | 4 | 2 |
| Morse struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte CF-LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .309 | .335 | .409 |
| Trumbo RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .280 | .318 | .520 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .319 | .418 | .610 |
| Peralta LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .266 | .324 | .500 |
b-Pollock PH-CF
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 | .331 | .409 |
| Tomás 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .342 | .390 | .434 |
| Owings 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .259 | .281 | .378 |
| Gosewisch C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .229 | .268 | .276 |
| Ahmed SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .181 | .260 | .191 |
| Hellickson P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
a-Hill PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .272 | .316 | .424 |
Hudson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Pennington PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .150 | .306 | .175 |
Burgos P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 126 | |||
| a-flied out to center for J Hellickson in the 7th b-homered to left for D Peralta in the 8th c-grounded to shortstop for D Hudson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Tomás (4, Koehler) HR: Pollock (4, 8th inning off Dunn 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Ahmed (5), Pollock 2 (15) S: Ahmed 2-out RBI: Ahmed GIDP: Owings Diamondbacks RISP: 1-6 (Owings 0-1, Pennington 0-1, Inciarte 0-1, Ahmed 1-1, Gosewisch 0-1, Hellickson 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Inciarte (3, 2nd base by Koehler) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Marlins Park, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 16,034 (42.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:46 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Bellino, First Base - Bruce Dreckman, Second Base - Tom Hallion, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez |
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