ST. LOUIS -- It took Zack Greinke a few batters to settle in against the St. Louis Cardinals. Once he did, the Arizona Diamondbacks' ace was dominant.
Greinke gave up a run and three hits to the first three batters he faced. After that he gave up just one more hit in his seven innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the Cardinals on Saturday night.
"I was making a bunch of mistakes the first three batters," Greinke said. "I just didn't feel loose really. I was just having trouble making pitches. Then guys in scoring position all of a sudden my pitches started going where I wanted a little better, so that was nice."
Greinke (13-4) struck out nine and walked one and improved to 5-0 in his last six starts. He hasn't lost a game in more than a month. He escaped jams in the first and fifth innings.
"He did a good job really bearing down when he had to," teammate Paul Goldschmidt said. "They got those first three guys on and got a run and he was able to limit the damage. I think they had baserunners a few other innings where, a first and second no outs, and that game could have changed if they were able to get another run or two."
Goldschmidt, J.D. Martinez and Ketel Marte each homered to pace the Diamondbacks' offense. Goldschmidt drove in three runs and Jeff Mathis added two hits.
"Offensively we did a number of things that were outstanding," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "We had a really nice approach. I think we drew seven walks today. Runners on base all day long. Goldie and J.D. with the back-to-back home runs. But I thought the real key to the day was Zack setting the tone for us. Seven innings. You can't ask for anything more."
Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, his 22nd, and Martinez followed with a solo shot, his 21st, to give the Diamondbacks a 3-1 lead in the fourth.
Martinez has five home runs and 12 RBI in eight games since being acquired from Detroit on July 18.
"He's had some big homers for us," Goldschmidt said. "He had the grand slam. The day before that he had the two-homer game. Another one tonight too."
Cardinals starter Mike Leake (7-9), who threw seven shutout innings in a win over Colorado in his last start, allowed three runs and four hits over five innings.
Marte had a two-run homer, A.J. Pollock an RBI double and Goldschmidt a sacrifice fly in the Diamondbacks' four-run eighth against reliever Kevin Siegrist.
Paul DeJong's RBI single gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Greinke then retired the next 12 batters.
"We left a little more out there in the first that's for sure," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "That's the kind of pitcher that when he finds his grove he's going to be tough and that proved unfortunately to be true tonight again."
ROBBIE RAY UPDATE
Arizona left-hander Robbie Ray, who was struck in the head by a line drive on Friday night, was placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list Saturday.
"We saw Robbie today," Lovullo said before the game. "He came into the clubhouse and he looked really good. Obviously the wound was repaired with a couple staples in his head. He just said he felt a little bit sore. So everything is trending towards a very positive outcome and we're very thankful for that."
Lovullo said Ray had symptoms of a concussion, but the pitcher's cognitive testing and balance were good and he is expected remain with the team for the remainder of the road trip.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
The announced attendance on Saturday was 48,052, which is the largest crowd in Busch Stadium III history.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: With Ray going on the DL, Arizona recalled RHP Silvino Bracho from Triple-A Reno.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (mid-back tightness) is expected to throw a bullpen session on Monday. ... RF Stephen Piscotty (right groin strain) continues to rehab at Single-A Peoria. He went 1 for 4 with an RBI single on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Taijuan Walker (6-4, 3.47 ERA) will face the Cardinals for the first time on Sunday. He is 4-2 with a 2.70 ERA in eight road starts this season.
Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn (8-6, 3.21 ERA) is 4-0 with a 2.94 ERA in 10 career games, including eight starts, against Arizona.
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Greinke gave up a run and three hits to the first three batters he faced. After that he gave up just one more hit in his seven innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the Cardinals on Saturday night.
"I was making a bunch of mistakes the first three batters," Greinke said. "I just didn't feel loose really. I was just having trouble making pitches. Then guys in scoring position all of a sudden my pitches started going where I wanted a little better, so that was nice."
Greinke (13-4) struck out nine and walked one and improved to 5-0 in his last six starts. He hasn't lost a game in more than a month. He escaped jams in the first and fifth innings.
"He did a good job really bearing down when he had to," teammate Paul Goldschmidt said. "They got those first three guys on and got a run and he was able to limit the damage. I think they had baserunners a few other innings where, a first and second no outs, and that game could have changed if they were able to get another run or two."
Goldschmidt, J.D. Martinez and Ketel Marte each homered to pace the Diamondbacks' offense. Goldschmidt drove in three runs and Jeff Mathis added two hits.
"Offensively we did a number of things that were outstanding," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "We had a really nice approach. I think we drew seven walks today. Runners on base all day long. Goldie and J.D. with the back-to-back home runs. But I thought the real key to the day was Zack setting the tone for us. Seven innings. You can't ask for anything more."
Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, his 22nd, and Martinez followed with a solo shot, his 21st, to give the Diamondbacks a 3-1 lead in the fourth.
Martinez has five home runs and 12 RBI in eight games since being acquired from Detroit on July 18.
"He's had some big homers for us," Goldschmidt said. "He had the grand slam. The day before that he had the two-homer game. Another one tonight too."
Cardinals starter Mike Leake (7-9), who threw seven shutout innings in a win over Colorado in his last start, allowed three runs and four hits over five innings.
Marte had a two-run homer, A.J. Pollock an RBI double and Goldschmidt a sacrifice fly in the Diamondbacks' four-run eighth against reliever Kevin Siegrist.
Paul DeJong's RBI single gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Greinke then retired the next 12 batters.
"We left a little more out there in the first that's for sure," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "That's the kind of pitcher that when he finds his grove he's going to be tough and that proved unfortunately to be true tonight again."
ROBBIE RAY UPDATE
Arizona left-hander Robbie Ray, who was struck in the head by a line drive on Friday night, was placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list Saturday.
"We saw Robbie today," Lovullo said before the game. "He came into the clubhouse and he looked really good. Obviously the wound was repaired with a couple staples in his head. He just said he felt a little bit sore. So everything is trending towards a very positive outcome and we're very thankful for that."
Lovullo said Ray had symptoms of a concussion, but the pitcher's cognitive testing and balance were good and he is expected remain with the team for the remainder of the road trip.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
The announced attendance on Saturday was 48,052, which is the largest crowd in Busch Stadium III history.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: With Ray going on the DL, Arizona recalled RHP Silvino Bracho from Triple-A Reno.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (mid-back tightness) is expected to throw a bullpen session on Monday. ... RF Stephen Piscotty (right groin strain) continues to rehab at Single-A Peoria. He went 1 for 4 with an RBI single on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Taijuan Walker (6-4, 3.47 ERA) will face the Cardinals for the first time on Sunday. He is 4-2 with a 2.70 ERA in eight road starts this season.
Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn (8-6, 3.21 ERA) is 4-0 with a 2.94 ERA in 10 career games, including eight starts, against Arizona.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pollock out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb to second on passed ball by Molina. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Carpenter hit a ground rule double to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Pham singled to deep right center, Carpenter to third. | 0 | 0 |
| DeJong singled to center, Carpenter scored, Pham to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Gyorko flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Pham to third, DeJong to second on wild pitch by Greinke. | 0 | 1 |
| Molina struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Wong struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Marte walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Grichuk struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Bader struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Leake grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Greinke lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Pollock fouled out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Carpenter struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Pham flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| DeJong struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Lamb hit by pitch. | 0 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt homered to right (371 feet), Lamb scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Martinez homered to center (466 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Descalso lined out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Marte walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Mathis flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Greinke singled to center, Marte to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Gyorko lined out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Molina struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Wong lined out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Lamb grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Grichuk doubled to deep left. | 3 | 1 |
| Bader walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Voit hit for Leake. | 3 | 1 |
| Voit struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Carpenter grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bader out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| John Brebbia pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Brebbia relieved Leake. | 3 | 1 |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 3 | 1 |
| Marte flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Mathis doubled to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Greinke flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Pham safe at second on error by second baseman Descalso. | 3 | 1 |
| DeJong grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Gyorko grounded out to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Molina grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zach Duke pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Duke relieved Brebbia. | 3 | 1 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Pollock hit by pitch. | 3 | 1 |
| Lamb walked, Pollock to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Bowman relieved Duke. | 3 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Pollock to third, Lamb to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Pollock scored, Goldschmidt out at second, Lamb to third. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Wong grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| Grichuk flied out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Bader struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Siegrist pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Siegrist relieved Bowman. | 3 | 1 |
| Descalso walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Marte homered to left (354 feet), Descalso scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Mathis singled to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Drury hit for Greinke. | 5 | 1 |
| Drury walked, Mathis to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Pollock doubled to left, Mathis scored, Drury to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Lamb walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Lyons relieved Siegrist. | 6 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt hit sacrifice fly to right, Drury scored, Pollock to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Barrett relieved Greinke. | 7 | 1 |
| Garcia hit for Lyons. | 7 | 1 |
| Garcia struck out looking. | 7 | 1 |
| Carpenter hit a ground rule double to deep left center. | 7 | 1 |
| Pham struck out looking. | 7 | 1 |
| DeJong grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brett Cecil pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Gyorko at first base. | 7 | 1 |
| Kelly catching. | 7 | 1 |
| Garcia at third base. | 7 | 1 |
| Cecil relieved Lyons. | 7 | 1 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Marte flied out to left. | 7 | 1 |
| Mathis grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Silvino Bracho pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Bracho relieved Barrett. | 7 | 1 |
| Gyorko popped out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| Kelly popped out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Wong flied out to left. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Peralta LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .307 | .354 | .466 |
| Pollock CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .303 | .351 | .504 |
| Lamb 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | .264 | .374 | .533 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .320 | .441 | .577 |
| Martinez RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .207 | .258 | .724 |
| Descalso 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .244 | .350 | .411 |
| Marte SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | .241 | .318 | .500 |
| Mathis C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .219 | .275 | .348 |
| Greinke P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .222 | .190 |
a-Drury PH
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .278 | .330 | .441 |
Barrett P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Bracho P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 181 | |||
| a-walked for Z Greinke in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Mathis (10, Brebbia); Pollock (21, Siegrist) HR: Goldschmidt (22, 4th inning off Leake 1 on, 0 Out); Martinez (5, 4th inning off Leake 0 on, 0 Out); Marte (4, 8th inning off Siegrist 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Goldschmidt 3 (78), Martinez (12), Marte 2 (10), Pollock (19) SF: Goldschmidt GIDP: Martinez Diamondbacks RISP: 1-7 (Peralta 0-2, Pollock 1-1, Greinke 0-1, Martinez 0-2, Goldschmidt 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Descalso (7, pop up) DP: 1 (Descalso-Marte-Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 48,052 (105.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:12 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 13 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Wolf, First Base - D.J. Reyburn, Second Base - Sam Holbrook, Third Base - Greg Gibson |
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