PHOENIX -- Ketel Marte
is still trying to find his hitting stroke since being called up from
the minors in late June. He isn't a regular player and admitted he
wished he was doing better than his .220 average.
On Wednesday, however, Marte showed bat and speed prowess with a rare inside-the-park home run, helping the Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3.
"It's fun for the fans. Everyone knows I run well," Marte said in Spanish. "I never looked at the ball when it left the bat. I just ran hard and when I got to second base, I looked at the (third-base) coach and he sent me, so I just ran faster."
The Diamondbacks put on an offensive show, as J.D. Martinez homered twice, his second and third home runs in the past three days and two of his first three as a Diamondback. It was Martinez's third multi-home run game of the season, the first two as a Detroit Tiger.
Marte ripped a high drive off the right field corner fence with one out in the bottom of the third inning, and the ball ricocheted and rolled back toward the infield with Braves outfielder Sean Rodriguez unable to gather it in. Marte circled the bases and crossed home plate standing with his arms outstretched.
"It's one of those moments where you do something that you don't see very often, and you laugh about it, you joke about it," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "Then when you realize we scored two runs and we stretched the lead out, you realize the importance of it."
Daniel Descalso tripled in two runs earlier in the inning, backing starting pitcher Patrick Corbin (8-9).
Corbin wasn't always sharp, but got through six innings with two runs allowed and seven hits. He struck out five and walked four to go with a hit batter and wild pitch.
"Worked a little but harder than I wanted to," Corbin said. "Just kind of lost it a little bit, but then was able to lock it back in and minimize damage and work out of jams."
Braves right-hander Aaron Blair was done after three innings. Blair (0-1) allowed five runs and five hits with five walks and three strikeouts after being called up from Triple-A Gwinnett to make the start.
"I couldn't really locate the fastball when I needed to," Blair said. "I had the slider and curveball for strikes when I needed it. I just fell behind and when I needed to make a pitch it just wasn't there ... Five free passes in three innings is not going to help you at all."
Matt Kemp's groundout drove in Brandon Phillips with the game's first run in the top of the first, but the Diamondbacks responded in the bottom of the inning after two stolen bases by Gregor Blanco.
Blanco raced home on Jake Lamb's sacrifice fly to tie the score.
Descalso drove in Lamb and Paul Goldschmidt, who both walked to start the bottom of the third. Then came Marte's third home run of the season.
Martinez launched his first home run with two outs in the fourth off Braves reliever Luke Jackson. It drove in Goldschmidt, who doubled twice and scored three runs.
Martinez later took Ian Krol deep in the eighth with Goldschmidt aboard.
"He continues to grow and learn about National League pitching," Lovullo said of Martinez.
Phillips' sacrifice fly in the fourth accounted for Atlanta's second run, and Nick Markakis singled in Dansby Swanson in the eighth. Brandon Drury's pinch-hit single scored Marte in the seventh.
Swanson ended a career high 0-for-19 hitless streak with his two hits.
Arizona improved to 27-0 when scoring seven or more runs and scored 10 or more for the 15th time this season.
DANCING OFF SECOND
After Blanco stole second base in the first inning, he playfully hopped on and off the bag while Braves second baseman Phillips was bent over with the ball in his glove. Phillips, playing along, then faked a tag.
Moments later, Blanco avoided the tag of third baseman Johan Camargo and got another steal, even though the Braves appeared to have Blanco picked off second. Blanco was originally called out, but the Diamondbacks challenged the call and replays showed Camargo missed the tag as Blanco ran by him.
SUNS IN THE HOUSE
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and power forward Alan Williams, whom the team announced signed a multi-year contract earlier in the day, attended Wednesday's game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: P Rubby De La Rosa was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and pitched the ninth inning. Reliever J.J. Hoover was optioned to Triple-A Reno after Tuesday night's game.
UP NEXT
Braves: After a day off Thursday, the Braves open a four-game series at Philadelphia with RHP Julio Teheran (7-8) pitching the opener.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (3-4) is coming off a career-high 10-strikeout performance in his last start. He gets the call in a series opener at the St. Louis Cardinals.St. Louis Cardinals
On Wednesday, however, Marte showed bat and speed prowess with a rare inside-the-park home run, helping the Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 10-3.
"It's fun for the fans. Everyone knows I run well," Marte said in Spanish. "I never looked at the ball when it left the bat. I just ran hard and when I got to second base, I looked at the (third-base) coach and he sent me, so I just ran faster."
The Diamondbacks put on an offensive show, as J.D. Martinez homered twice, his second and third home runs in the past three days and two of his first three as a Diamondback. It was Martinez's third multi-home run game of the season, the first two as a Detroit Tiger.
Marte ripped a high drive off the right field corner fence with one out in the bottom of the third inning, and the ball ricocheted and rolled back toward the infield with Braves outfielder Sean Rodriguez unable to gather it in. Marte circled the bases and crossed home plate standing with his arms outstretched.
"It's one of those moments where you do something that you don't see very often, and you laugh about it, you joke about it," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "Then when you realize we scored two runs and we stretched the lead out, you realize the importance of it."
Daniel Descalso tripled in two runs earlier in the inning, backing starting pitcher Patrick Corbin (8-9).
Corbin wasn't always sharp, but got through six innings with two runs allowed and seven hits. He struck out five and walked four to go with a hit batter and wild pitch.
"Worked a little but harder than I wanted to," Corbin said. "Just kind of lost it a little bit, but then was able to lock it back in and minimize damage and work out of jams."
Braves right-hander Aaron Blair was done after three innings. Blair (0-1) allowed five runs and five hits with five walks and three strikeouts after being called up from Triple-A Gwinnett to make the start.
"I couldn't really locate the fastball when I needed to," Blair said. "I had the slider and curveball for strikes when I needed it. I just fell behind and when I needed to make a pitch it just wasn't there ... Five free passes in three innings is not going to help you at all."
Matt Kemp's groundout drove in Brandon Phillips with the game's first run in the top of the first, but the Diamondbacks responded in the bottom of the inning after two stolen bases by Gregor Blanco.
Blanco raced home on Jake Lamb's sacrifice fly to tie the score.
Descalso drove in Lamb and Paul Goldschmidt, who both walked to start the bottom of the third. Then came Marte's third home run of the season.
Martinez launched his first home run with two outs in the fourth off Braves reliever Luke Jackson. It drove in Goldschmidt, who doubled twice and scored three runs.
Martinez later took Ian Krol deep in the eighth with Goldschmidt aboard.
"He continues to grow and learn about National League pitching," Lovullo said of Martinez.
Phillips' sacrifice fly in the fourth accounted for Atlanta's second run, and Nick Markakis singled in Dansby Swanson in the eighth. Brandon Drury's pinch-hit single scored Marte in the seventh.
Swanson ended a career high 0-for-19 hitless streak with his two hits.
Arizona improved to 27-0 when scoring seven or more runs and scored 10 or more for the 15th time this season.
DANCING OFF SECOND
After Blanco stole second base in the first inning, he playfully hopped on and off the bag while Braves second baseman Phillips was bent over with the ball in his glove. Phillips, playing along, then faked a tag.
Moments later, Blanco avoided the tag of third baseman Johan Camargo and got another steal, even though the Braves appeared to have Blanco picked off second. Blanco was originally called out, but the Diamondbacks challenged the call and replays showed Camargo missed the tag as Blanco ran by him.
SUNS IN THE HOUSE
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and power forward Alan Williams, whom the team announced signed a multi-year contract earlier in the day, attended Wednesday's game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: P Rubby De La Rosa was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and pitched the ninth inning. Reliever J.J. Hoover was optioned to Triple-A Reno after Tuesday night's game.
UP NEXT
Braves: After a day off Thursday, the Braves open a four-game series at Philadelphia with RHP Julio Teheran (7-8) pitching the opener.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (3-4) is coming off a career-high 10-strikeout performance in his last start. He gets the call in a series opener at the St. Louis Cardinals.St. Louis Cardinals
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Atlanta - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Inciarte grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Phillips singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| F. Freeman doubled to deep left, Phillips to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Kemp grounded out to shortstop, Phillips scored. | 1 | 0 |
| F. Freeman to third on wild pitch by Corbin. | 1 | 0 |
| Flowers walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Rodríguez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Aaron Blair pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Blanco singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Blanco stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Blanco stole third. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb hit sacrifice fly to right, Blanco scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right. | 1 | 1 |
| Martinez walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Camargo grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Swanson flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Blair singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Inciarte singled to center, Blair to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Phillips struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Aaron Blair pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Marte lined out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Corbin singled to shallow right center. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanco walked, Corbin to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Corbin to third, Blanco to second on wild pitch by Blair. | 1 | 1 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| F. Freeman flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Kemp grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Flowers singled to left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Rodríguez singled to left, Flowers to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Camargo struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Aaron Blair pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Lamb walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Lamb to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso tripled to deep center, Lamb and Goldschmidt scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Marte inside-the-park home run to deep right (359 feet), Descalso scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Mathis walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Corbin sacrificed to pitcher, Mathis to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Blanco grounded out to first. | 1 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Swanson singled to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Blair walked, Swanson to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Inciarte walked, Swanson to third, Blair to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Phillips hit sacrifice fly to center, Swanson scored. | 2 | 5 |
| F. Freeman hit by pitch, Blair to third, Inciarte to second. | 2 | 5 |
| Kemp struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| Flowers flied out to right. | 2 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Luke Jackson pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Jackson relieved Blair. | 2 | 5 |
| Pollock lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 5 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 2 | 5 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right. | 2 | 5 |
| Martinez homered to left (441 feet), Goldschmidt scored. | 2 | 7 |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 2 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Rodríguez walked. | 2 | 7 |
| Camargo struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Swanson flied out to right. | 2 | 7 |
| Santana hit for Jackson. | 2 | 7 |
| Santana lined out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Akeel Morris pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Morris relieved Jackson. | 2 | 7 |
| Marte popped out to third. | 2 | 7 |
| Mathis doubled to deep center. | 2 | 7 |
| Corbin struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Blanco popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Inciarte flied out to center. | 2 | 7 |
| Phillips grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| F. Freeman grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Akeel Morris pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Pollock lined out to center. | 2 | 7 |
| Lamb grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 2 | 7 |
| Martinez grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Barrett relieved Corbin. | 2 | 7 |
| Kemp grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Flowers doubled to deep left. | 2 | 7 |
| Rodríguez struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Camargo grounded out to first. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Akeel Morris pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Descalso struck out looking. | 2 | 7 |
| Marte doubled to deep center. | 2 | 7 |
| Mathis walked. | 2 | 7 |
| Drury hit for Barrett. | 2 | 7 |
| Drury singled to center, Marte scored, Mathis to second. | 2 | 8 |
| Rodríguez at third base. | 2 | 8 |
| Markakis in right field. | 2 | 8 |
| Krol relieved Morris. | 2 | 8 |
| Blanco singled to right, Mathis to third, Drury to second. | 2 | 8 |
| Pollock popped out to first. | 2 | 8 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 2 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| J. De La Rosa relieved Barrett. | 2 | 8 |
| Swanson doubled to left. | 2 | 8 |
| Markakis singled to center, Swanson scored. | 3 | 8 |
| Inciarte grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Markakis out at second. | 3 | 8 |
| Phillips grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ian Krol pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 3 | 8 |
| Goldschmidt to second on wild pitch by Krol. | 3 | 8 |
| Martinez homered to right (410 feet), Goldschmidt scored. | 3 | 10 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 3 | 10 |
| Marte walked. | 3 | 10 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 3 | 10 |
| Herrmann hit for J. De La Rosa. | 3 | 10 |
| Herrmann lined out to center. | 3 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| R. De La Rosa relieved J. De La Rosa. | 3 | 10 |
| F. Freeman singled to center. | 3 | 10 |
| Kemp struck out swinging. | 3 | 10 |
| Flowers grounded into fielder's choice to third, F. Freeman out at second. | 3 | 10 |
| Rodríguez flied out to right. | 3 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta Braves | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .298 | .346 | .402 |
| Phillips 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .286 | .328 | .434 |
| F. Freeman 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .332 | .435 | .683 |
| Kemp LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .289 | .335 | .477 |
| Flowers C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .301 | .391 | .456 |
| Rodríguez RF-3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .150 | .370 | .300 |
| Camargo 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .305 | .325 | .477 |
Krol P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Swanson SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .213 | .287 | .312 |
| Blair P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Jackson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Santana PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 | .257 | .363 |
Morris P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Markakis RF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .353 | .378 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 145 | |||
| a-lined out to second for L Jackson in the 5th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: F. Freeman (17, Corbin); Flowers (11, Barrett); Swanson (14, J. De La Rosa) RBI: Kemp (48), Phillips (37), Markakis (48) SF: Phillips GIDP: Inciarte Braves RISP: 1-9 (Rodríguez 0-2, Phillips 0-1, Kemp 0-2, Markakis 1-1, Flowers 0-1, Camargo 0-2) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 25,836 (53.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:17 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Alfonso Marquez, Third Base - Chad Whitson |
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