PHOENIX -- Arizona manager Chip Hale said it was one of the more satisfying victories of the season, and it was easy to see why.
A.J. Pollock homered for the second consecutive game, and the Diamondbacks rallied for a wild 9-8 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.
Arizona played without slugger Mark Trumbo and reliever Vidal Nuno, who were traded to Seattle for catcher Welington Castillo, pitcher Dominic Leone and two minor leaguers in a six-player deal announced after the game. But the Diamondbacks still managed to erase an early 6-0 deficit while picking up their second straight win.
"The guys just kept fighting and battling," Hale said. "You've just got to keep playing and we kept playing."
Arizona chased Mike Foltynewicz in the sixth and grabbed the lead for good with three runs in the seventh. Yasmany Tomas and Chris Owings each had an RBI single, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia made it 8-7 with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly. David Peralta's slide at home plate beat Cameron Maybin's throw from mid-center field.
"We weren't looking for the five-run inning right away," said Pollock, who had a solo shot in the fifth. "We were just looking to put a run on and put some pressure on the other team, and the bullpen did a good job keeping us there."
Tomas had three hits, and four relievers combined for four innings of four-hit ball. Andrew Chafin (4-0) got the win, and Brad Ziegler allowed A.J. Pierzynski's pinch-hit homer in the ninth before finishing for his fifth save in six tries.
"We never give up. That's the key," Peralta said.
Freddie Freeman went deep twice for the Braves, who dropped consecutive games after winning two in a row. Maybin and Nick Markakis had three hits apiece.
Freeman hit a three-run shot in Atlanta's five-run second, and then had a solo shot in the fourth. The slugger is batting .357 with five homers and 10 RBI in his last seven games.
"I felt good all series," Freeman said. "Hope I can carry that over after the next series."
Atlanta reliever Jim Johnson (1-3) was charged with two runs and two hits in one inning of work. Johnson's errant throw while trying to catch Nick Ahmed in a rundown in the eighth went over third baseman Chris Johnson's head, allowing Ahmed to score Arizona's ninth run.
The Braves scored each of their runs in the second with two outs. Maybin had a two-run single against Rubby De La Rosa before Freeman's ninth homer sailed into the right-field seats.
De La Rosa was charged with a season-high seven runs in five innings. He matched a career high with eight strikeouts and walked two.
De La Rosa was 2-0 with a 3.71 ERA in his previous five starts.
Foltynewicz allowed four earned runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.
"Our 10-game road trip, some areas of our bullpen got exposed a little bit," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We need to fix that. I need to figure out a combination to get the ball to (Jason) Grilli's hands somehow. It's tough losing games like that."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Braves: Maybin was back in the lineup in center field after missing the past two games with a quad/groin injury. "The last two days definitely helped," Maybin said.
Diamondbacks: Peralta (left middle finger bruise) returned to the lineup in left field after missing the past two games due to soreness from being hit by a pitch on a bunt attempt Sunday in Milwaukee. . P David Hernandez continues his comeback from elbow surgery and pitched a scoreless inning on Tuesday for Double-A Mobile. He was scheduled to pitch Wednesday as well.
UP NEXT
Braves: After an off day, Williams Perez gets the ball at home against Pittsburgh on Friday. Perez (1-0, 2.66 ERA) is facing the Pirates for the first time in his career.
Diamondbacks: Jeremy Hellickson (3-3, 5.08 ERA) is on the mound to face the New York Mets on Thursday in Phoenix. Hellickson is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in his last three starts and has one previous start against the Mets in his career.
A.J. Pollock homered for the second consecutive game, and the Diamondbacks rallied for a wild 9-8 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.
Arizona played without slugger Mark Trumbo and reliever Vidal Nuno, who were traded to Seattle for catcher Welington Castillo, pitcher Dominic Leone and two minor leaguers in a six-player deal announced after the game. But the Diamondbacks still managed to erase an early 6-0 deficit while picking up their second straight win.
"The guys just kept fighting and battling," Hale said. "You've just got to keep playing and we kept playing."
Arizona chased Mike Foltynewicz in the sixth and grabbed the lead for good with three runs in the seventh. Yasmany Tomas and Chris Owings each had an RBI single, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia made it 8-7 with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly. David Peralta's slide at home plate beat Cameron Maybin's throw from mid-center field.
"We weren't looking for the five-run inning right away," said Pollock, who had a solo shot in the fifth. "We were just looking to put a run on and put some pressure on the other team, and the bullpen did a good job keeping us there."
Tomas had three hits, and four relievers combined for four innings of four-hit ball. Andrew Chafin (4-0) got the win, and Brad Ziegler allowed A.J. Pierzynski's pinch-hit homer in the ninth before finishing for his fifth save in six tries.
"We never give up. That's the key," Peralta said.
Freddie Freeman went deep twice for the Braves, who dropped consecutive games after winning two in a row. Maybin and Nick Markakis had three hits apiece.
Freeman hit a three-run shot in Atlanta's five-run second, and then had a solo shot in the fourth. The slugger is batting .357 with five homers and 10 RBI in his last seven games.
"I felt good all series," Freeman said. "Hope I can carry that over after the next series."
Atlanta reliever Jim Johnson (1-3) was charged with two runs and two hits in one inning of work. Johnson's errant throw while trying to catch Nick Ahmed in a rundown in the eighth went over third baseman Chris Johnson's head, allowing Ahmed to score Arizona's ninth run.
The Braves scored each of their runs in the second with two outs. Maybin had a two-run single against Rubby De La Rosa before Freeman's ninth homer sailed into the right-field seats.
De La Rosa was charged with a season-high seven runs in five innings. He matched a career high with eight strikeouts and walked two.
De La Rosa was 2-0 with a 3.71 ERA in his previous five starts.
Foltynewicz allowed four earned runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.
"Our 10-game road trip, some areas of our bullpen got exposed a little bit," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We need to fix that. I need to figure out a combination to get the ball to (Jason) Grilli's hands somehow. It's tough losing games like that."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Braves: Maybin was back in the lineup in center field after missing the past two games with a quad/groin injury. "The last two days definitely helped," Maybin said.
Diamondbacks: Peralta (left middle finger bruise) returned to the lineup in left field after missing the past two games due to soreness from being hit by a pitch on a bunt attempt Sunday in Milwaukee. . P David Hernandez continues his comeback from elbow surgery and pitched a scoreless inning on Tuesday for Double-A Mobile. He was scheduled to pitch Wednesday as well.
UP NEXT
Braves: After an off day, Williams Perez gets the ball at home against Pittsburgh on Friday. Perez (1-0, 2.66 ERA) is facing the Pirates for the first time in his career.
Diamondbacks: Jeremy Hellickson (3-3, 5.08 ERA) is on the mound to face the New York Mets on Thursday in Phoenix. Hellickson is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in his last three starts and has one previous start against the Mets in his career.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Atlanta - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Peterson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Maybin reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Freeman struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Markakis doubled to left, Maybin scored. | 1 | 0 |
| C. Johnson struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Inciarte struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Pollock walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomás struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| A. Simmons walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Cunningham singled to right, A. Simmons to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Bethancourt struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Foltynewicz sacrificed to pitcher, Cunningham to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Peterson walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Maybin singled to right, A. Simmons and Cunningham scored, Peterson to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Freeman homered to right (420 feet), Peterson and Maybin scored. | 6 | 0 |
| Markakis struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| 5 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Peralta lined out to left. | 6 | 0 |
| Owings reached on infield single to third. | 6 | 0 |
| Saltalamacchia singled to right, Owings to second. | 6 | 0 |
| Owings to third, Saltalamacchia to second on passed ball by Bethancourt. | 6 | 0 |
| Pennington grounded out to first, Owings scored, Saltalamacchia to third. | 6 | 1 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to catcher. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| C. Johnson struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| A. Simmons grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 1 |
| Cunningham singled to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Bethancourt singled to left center, Cunningham to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Foltynewicz struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Inciarte struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Pollock struck out looking. | 6 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Tomás doubled to deep left, Goldschmidt to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Peralta doubled to deep left center, Goldschmidt and Tomás scored. | 6 | 3 |
| Peralta to third on balk by Foltynewicz. | 6 | 3 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Peterson flied out to right. | 6 | 3 |
| Maybin grounded out to second. | 6 | 3 |
| Freeman homered to left (373 feet). | 7 | 3 |
| Markakis doubled to deep left center. | 7 | 3 |
| C. Johnson struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Saltalamacchia flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Pennington flied out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to first. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| A. Simmons grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| Cunningham hit by pitch. | 7 | 3 |
| Cunningham caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Bethancourt grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Inciarte lined out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Pollock homered to left center (402 feet). | 7 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to right. | 7 | 4 |
| Tomás reached on infield single to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 7 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| J.C. Ramirez pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Ramírez relieved De La Rosa. | 7 | 4 |
| Foltynewicz struck out looking. | 7 | 4 |
| Peterson grounded out to first. | 7 | 4 |
| Maybin reached on infield single to shortstop. | 7 | 4 |
| Freeman struck out looking. | 7 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mike Foltynewicz pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Owings lined out to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Saltalamacchia doubled to deep right. | 7 | 4 |
| Pennington grounded out to second, Saltalamacchia to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Hill hit for Ramírez. | 7 | 4 |
| Hill singled to left center, Saltalamacchia scored. | 7 | 5 |
| Avilán relieved Foltynewicz. | 7 | 5 |
| Inciarte grounded out to first. | 7 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Ramírez. | 7 | 5 |
| Markakis singled to left center. | 7 | 5 |
| C. Johnson singled to right, Markakis to second. | 7 | 5 |
| A. Simmons grounded into fielder's choice to second, C. Johnson out at second, Markakis to third. | 7 | 5 |
| Gomes hit for Cunningham. | 7 | 5 |
| Gomes popped out to second. | 7 | 5 |
| Bethancourt struck out swinging. | 7 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cody Martin pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Gomes in left field. | 7 | 5 |
| Martin relieved Avilán. | 7 | 5 |
| Pollock doubled to left center. | 7 | 5 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to second, Pollock to third. | 7 | 5 |
| Tomás singled to deep right, Pollock scored. | 7 | 6 |
| J. Johnson relieved Martin. | 7 | 6 |
| Young Jr. in left field. | 7 | 6 |
| Peralta singled to center, Tomás to third. | 7 | 6 |
| Owings singled to right, Tomás scored, Peralta to third. | 7 | 7 |
| Saltalamacchia hit sacrifice fly to center, Peralta scored. | 7 | 8 |
| Owings stole second. | 7 | 8 |
| Pennington grounded out to first. | 7 | 8 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Reed relieved Chafin. | 7 | 8 |
| Young Jr. struck out swinging. | 7 | 8 |
| Peterson grounded out to second. | 7 | 8 |
| Maybin grounded out to first. | 7 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jim Johnson pitching for Atlanta | ATL | ARI |
| Ahmed hit for Reed. | 7 | 8 |
| Ahmed walked. | 7 | 8 |
| Inciarte grounded out to second, Ahmed to second. | 7 | 8 |
| Pollock grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Ahmed scored, Pollock to second on throwing error by pitcher J. Johnson. | 7 | 9 |
| Goldschmidt intentionally walked. | 7 | 9 |
| Cunniff relieved J. Johnson. | 7 | 9 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 7 | 9 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 7 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Atlanta - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | ATL | ARI |
| Ziegler relieved Reed. | 7 | 9 |
| Pennington at third base. | 7 | 9 |
| Ahmed at shortstop. | 7 | 9 |
| Freeman grounded out to first. | 7 | 9 |
| Markakis grounded out to second. | 7 | 9 |
| Pierzynski hit for C. Johnson. | 7 | 9 |
| Pierzynski homered to right (401 feet). | 8 | 9 |
| A. Simmons grounded out to pitcher. | 8 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Atlanta Braves | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Peterson 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | .262 | .335 | .337 |
| Maybin CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .268 | .353 | .413 |
| Freeman 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .299 | .362 | .525 |
| Markakis RF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .307 | .392 | .377 |
| C. Johnson 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .268 | .323 | .339 |
b-Pierzynski PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .267 | .313 | .422 |
| A. Simmons SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .265 | .318 | .387 |
| Cunningham LF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .306 | .370 | .388 |
a-Gomes PH-LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .202 | .270 | .343 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Cunniff P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bethancourt C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .179 | .207 | .250 |
| Foltynewicz P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .133 | .125 | .200 |
Avilán P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Martin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Young Jr. LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .169 | .229 | .273 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 168 | |||
| a-popped out to second for T Cunningham in the 7th b-homered to right for C Johnson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Markakis 2 (14, De La Rosa 2) HR: Freeman 2 (10, 2nd inning off De La Rosa 2 on, 2 Out; 4th inning off De La Rosa 0 on, 2 Out); Pierzynski (4, 9th inning off Ziegler 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Markakis (15), Maybin 2 (24), Freeman 4 (33), Pierzynski (20) S: Foltynewicz 2-out RBI: Markakis, Maybin 2, Freeman 4, Pierzynski Braves RISP: 2-9 (A. Simmons 0-1, Bethancourt 0-2, Foltynewicz 0-1, Maybin 1-1, Gomes 0-1, C. Johnson 0-2, Freeman 1-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Cunningham (1, 2nd base by De La Rosa/Saltalamacchia) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J. Johnson (1, throw) PB: Bethancourt. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 17,717 (36.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:17 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Manny Gonzalez, First Base - Paul Schrieber, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Jim Reynolds |
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