PHILADELPHIA -- Gregor Blanco wants everyone to take notice when he hits a rare home run.
Blanco hit a tying two-run homer in the seventh and Jake Lamb drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly later in the inning to rally the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
According to MLB StatCast, Blanco's 23rd career homer -- and second this season -- against Aaron Nola (3-5) had an estimated distance of 424 feet into the concourse in right field.
"I hit one like that in Miami a couple years ago off Jose Fernandez that went into the upper deck," Blanco said. "I don't hit many, but when I hit a homer, I hit it far."
Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hazelbaker starter off the seventh with an infield single, and Blanco followed with hhis tying shot on a 2-2 pitch.
"It wasn't an easy at bat," Blanco said. "Nola was doing a good job mixing up his pitches. In that situation I was just trying to put a good swing on the ball. He left it a little up and I was able to hit it out."
David Peralta tripled among his three hits, including a single that followed Blanco's homer. Peralta advanced to third on Paul Goldschmidt's single off Pat Neshek and scored on Lamb's fly ball to center field.
"We do well responding to a lot of negative moments and I think that's what good teams do," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "They learn how to win and stay together. The big blow was Gregor's home run to tie it, but inside of the game after that we had a lot of (good) little moments."
Patrick Corbin (6-6) gave up four runs -- two earned -- and five hits while striking out five in six innings to get the win. Fernando Rodney got the last three outs for his 19th save.
The Diamondbacks have won five straight and eight of their last nine to improve to match their franchise-best mark through the first 68 games at 42-26.
Odubel Herrera had two hits and scored twice for the Phillies, and Maikel Franco drove in two runs.
The Phillies had a chance to tie it again in the bottom of the seventh when reliever Andrew Chafin put two runners on with two walks sandwiched around a sacrifice. He then struck out Herrera and Archie Bradley fanned Howie Kendrick.
"I was supposed to be ready for Kendrick and I was able to come in and retire him," said Bradley, who has thrived as a setup man after struggling as a starter in Arizona. "I've really embraced what I'm doing. We all do. We're all doing it for the sake of the team. This is fun. It's fun to win and we want to keep it rolling."
Nola gave was charged with all five runs and nine hits -- eight singles -- in six-plus innings. He walked two and struck out six.
"Nola pitched pretty well," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. "After six innings, two runs, he pitched pretty well. Then in the seventh he just hung a curveball to Blanco, which is a mistake, and he got burned."
Arizona scored twice in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. With runners on first and second, Phillies third baseman Franco bobbled an easy double-play ball and was only able to secure one out with the runners advancing. Daniel Descalso followed with a run-scoring grounder and Jeff Mathis had an RBI single.
Kendrick had an RBI grounder in the bottom of the inning to pull the Phillies within one, and Cameron Rupp hpomerd to tie the score in the fifth with his fifth of the season.
Franco gave Philadelphia with a two-run double in the sixth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollock will begin a rehab assignment Saturday at Triple A Reno. Pollock ran the bases without any issue Friday. He has been sidelined with a groin injury since being placed on the disabled list on May 15. If all goes well for Pollock he should be back with the team when Arizona returns home next weekend.
HERO'S WELCOME
Ty Kelly drove in the lone run of the Phillies 1-0 win over Boston on Thursday with a pinch hit double off Red Sox ace Chris Sale. When he showed up for work on Friday he learned he was in the starting lineup for just the fourth time this year and 14th time in his two-year career with the Mets and Phillies.
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Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (2-1, 2.44) has been a pleasant surprise for the Diamondbacks and has had six consecutive quality starts since becoming a regular part of the starting rotation in early May.
Phillies: RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-7, 5.09) is still searching for his first win in what will be his 14th start of the season, but he hasn't gotten much help from his teammates. The Phillies have scored fewer than two runs in five of his 13 starts and his 2.96 run support per game is the lowest in the National League.
rizona Diamondbacks
Blanco hit a tying two-run homer in the seventh and Jake Lamb drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly later in the inning to rally the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
According to MLB StatCast, Blanco's 23rd career homer -- and second this season -- against Aaron Nola (3-5) had an estimated distance of 424 feet into the concourse in right field.
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Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hazelbaker starter off the seventh with an infield single, and Blanco followed with hhis tying shot on a 2-2 pitch.
"It wasn't an easy at bat," Blanco said. "Nola was doing a good job mixing up his pitches. In that situation I was just trying to put a good swing on the ball. He left it a little up and I was able to hit it out."
David Peralta tripled among his three hits, including a single that followed Blanco's homer. Peralta advanced to third on Paul Goldschmidt's single off Pat Neshek and scored on Lamb's fly ball to center field.
"We do well responding to a lot of negative moments and I think that's what good teams do," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "They learn how to win and stay together. The big blow was Gregor's home run to tie it, but inside of the game after that we had a lot of (good) little moments."
Patrick Corbin (6-6) gave up four runs -- two earned -- and five hits while striking out five in six innings to get the win. Fernando Rodney got the last three outs for his 19th save.
The Diamondbacks have won five straight and eight of their last nine to improve to match their franchise-best mark through the first 68 games at 42-26.
Odubel Herrera had two hits and scored twice for the Phillies, and Maikel Franco drove in two runs.
The Phillies had a chance to tie it again in the bottom of the seventh when reliever Andrew Chafin put two runners on with two walks sandwiched around a sacrifice. He then struck out Herrera and Archie Bradley fanned Howie Kendrick.
"I was supposed to be ready for Kendrick and I was able to come in and retire him," said Bradley, who has thrived as a setup man after struggling as a starter in Arizona. "I've really embraced what I'm doing. We all do. We're all doing it for the sake of the team. This is fun. It's fun to win and we want to keep it rolling."
Nola gave was charged with all five runs and nine hits -- eight singles -- in six-plus innings. He walked two and struck out six.
"Nola pitched pretty well," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. "After six innings, two runs, he pitched pretty well. Then in the seventh he just hung a curveball to Blanco, which is a mistake, and he got burned."
Arizona scored twice in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. With runners on first and second, Phillies third baseman Franco bobbled an easy double-play ball and was only able to secure one out with the runners advancing. Daniel Descalso followed with a run-scoring grounder and Jeff Mathis had an RBI single.
Kendrick had an RBI grounder in the bottom of the inning to pull the Phillies within one, and Cameron Rupp hpomerd to tie the score in the fifth with his fifth of the season.
Franco gave Philadelphia with a two-run double in the sixth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollock will begin a rehab assignment Saturday at Triple A Reno. Pollock ran the bases without any issue Friday. He has been sidelined with a groin injury since being placed on the disabled list on May 15. If all goes well for Pollock he should be back with the team when Arizona returns home next weekend.
HERO'S WELCOME
Ty Kelly drove in the lone run of the Phillies 1-0 win over Boston on Thursday with a pinch hit double off Red Sox ace Chris Sale. When he showed up for work on Friday he learned he was in the starting lineup for just the fourth time this year and 14th time in his two-year career with the Mets and Phillies.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (2-1, 2.44) has been a pleasant surprise for the Diamondbacks and has had six consecutive quality starts since becoming a regular part of the starting rotation in early May.
Phillies: RHP Jerad Eickhoff (0-7, 5.09) is still searching for his first win in what will be his 14th start of the season, but he hasn't gotten much help from his teammates. The Phillies have scored fewer than two runs in five of his 13 starts and his 2.96 run support per game is the lowest in the National League.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Blanco singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Blanco out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Herrera struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Altherr grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Lamb walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lamb safe at second on error by shortstop Galvis. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Mathis out on batter's interference to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Joseph grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Franco grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Corbin walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Blanco lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to second, Corbin to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Rupp flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Galvis struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Nola grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Lamb singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings singled to left, Lamb to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury grounded out to third, Lamb to third, Owings to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso grounded out to first, Lamb scored, Owings to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Mathis singled to center, Owings scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Corbin struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Herrera tripled to deep right center. | 2 | 0 |
| Kendrick grounded out to second, Herrera scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Altherr struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph singled to deep right. | 2 | 1 |
| Franco struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Blanco struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Peralta singled to deep left. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Kelly struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Rupp homered to right (364 feet). | 2 | 2 |
| Galvis flied out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Nola grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Owings flied out to center. | 2 | 2 |
| Drury singled to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Descalso grounded out to pitcher, Drury to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Mathis struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Herrera reached on infield single to pitcher. | 2 | 2 |
| Kendrick flied out to center, Herrera to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Altherr safe at first on error by third baseman Lamb, Herrera to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Joseph flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Franco doubled to deep left center, Herrera and Altherr scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Kelly grounded out to second. | 2 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Aaron Nola pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Hazelbaker hit for Corbin. | 2 | 4 |
| Hazelbaker reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| Blanco homered to right (424 feet), Hazelbaker scored. | 4 | 4 |
| Peralta singled to center. | 4 | 4 |
| Neshek relieved Nola. | 4 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt singled to left, Peralta to third. | 4 | 4 |
| Lamb hit sacrifice fly to center, Peralta scored. | 5 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt caught stealing second, pitcher to second to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Chafin relieved Corbin. | 5 | 4 |
| Rupp walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Galvis sacrificed to first, Rupp to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Blanco hit for Neshek. | 5 | 4 |
| Blanco walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Herrera struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Bradley relieved Chafin. | 5 | 4 |
| Rupp stole third. | 5 | 4 |
| Kendrick struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joaquin Benoit pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Benoit relieved Neshek. | 5 | 4 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Mathis singled to right center. | 5 | 4 |
| Bradley grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Blanco in right field. | 5 | 4 |
| Peralta in left field. | 5 | 4 |
| Fuentes in center field. | 5 | 4 |
| Altherr grounded out to first. | 5 | 4 |
| Joseph lined out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Franco struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Edubray Ramos pitching for Philadelphia | ARI | PHI |
| Ramos relieved Benoit. | 5 | 4 |
| Blanco struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Peralta tripled to deep right center. | 5 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Lamb walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Arizona | ARI | PHI |
| Rodney relieved Bradley. | 5 | 4 |
| Kelly grounded out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Rupp struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Galvis popped out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
rizona Diamondbacks
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanco CF-LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .273 | .373 | .409 |
| Peralta RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .321 | .368 | .484 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .321 | .444 | .588 |
| Lamb 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | .281 | .378 | .558 |
| Owings SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .294 | .327 | .460 |
| Drury 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .296 | .341 | .498 |
| Descalso LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .205 | .316 | .376 |
Fuentes CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .250 | .306 |
| Mathis C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .163 | .202 | .288 |
| Corbin P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .077 | .172 | .077 |
a-Hazelbaker PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .405 | .545 |
Chafin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Bradley P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Rodney P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 159 | |||
| a-reached on infield single to shortstop for P Corbin in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Peralta (2, Ramos) HR: Blanco (2, 7th inning off Nola 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Descalso (20), Mathis (6), Blanco 2 (6), Lamb (58) SF: Lamb 2-out RBI: Mathis GIDP: Peralta Diamondbacks RISP: 1-10 (Mathis 1-3, Goldschmidt 0-2, Owings 0-1, Drury 0-2, Descalso 0-2) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Goldschmidt (4, 2nd base by Neshek) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Lamb (6, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA |
| Attendance | 18,140 (41.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:12 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Carlos Torres, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - Chris Guccione |
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