ANAHEIM, Calif. -- For the third time in four days, an Arizona starter held an opponent hitless through the first five innings.
Chase Anderson and Allen Webster did it during a three-game sweep in San Francisco, and Robbie Ray followed in the opener against the Los Angeles Angels.
Ray allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings in his 10th major league start, and the Diamondbacks got home runs from Paul Goldschmidt and Yasmany Tomas in a 7-3 victory over the defending AL West champions on Monday night.
"Robbie did a great job tonight," Goldschmidt said. "When a guy's putting up a lot of zeros, you're going to get a chance offensively because it puts pressure on their pitcher to be perfect as well. And when we have the lead, Robbie can be a lot more aggressive and not worry about solo homers and stuff like that."
Ray (2-1) struck out three and walked two in his fourth start of the season, dropping his ERA to 1.09. The 23-year-old left-hander allowed only one batter to reach base through the first 5 2/3 innings. That was on a four-pitch walk in the fourth to reigning AL MVP Mike Trout, who was quickly erased on an inning-ending double-play grounder by Albert Pujols.
"I didn't throw many off-speed pitches and I just stayed on the fastball and attacked hitters," Ray said. "Me and my catcher (Wellington Castillo) had a game plan going, we stuck to it, and the team was making plays behind me."
Ray retired his first two batters in the sixth on popups to first base before No. 9 hitter Daniel Robertson -- the only player Angels player who had faced him before -- broke up the no-hit bid with a clean single to right-center field. Erick Aybar then singled inside third base, but was thrown out at second by left fielder Cliff Pennington.
Pennington was in the game because D-backs right fielder and leadoff hitter Ender Inciarte was taken out with a right hamstring strain, after trying to beat out a first-inning grounder to first that Pujols fielded wide of the bag before tossing to pitcher Jered Weaver. Inciarte was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game.
"I've never had a hamstring issue, so it's really disappointing," Inciarte said. "Nobody wants to go on the DL. ... But they're doing what they know is best for me, so I'll do whatever they say. ... Hopefully I'll get better soon and start playing games again in 15 days."
Weaver (4-7) was charged with five runs -- four earned -- and eight hits in seven innings, including Goldschmidt's 18th homer and Tomas' third, which helped Arizona build a 5-0 lead.
"I don't know what it is. Maybe my stuff is a little flat. Maybe I'm going with too many off-speed pitches," said Weaver, who has given up 16 homers this season and seven in his last four starts. "It's obviously frustrating. ... I've just gotta find my way out of it and keep grinding."
The Angels pulled to 5-3 with three runs in the eighth. Kyle Kubitza scored on Addison Reed's bases-loaded wild pitch to Trout, who doubled home two more against the right-hander before Pujols' bid for a tying two-run homer was caught on the warning track by center fielder A.J. Pollock.
The D-backs tacked on two runs in the ninth on Pennington's suicide-squeeze bunt single and Pollock's sacrifice fly, but Reed got the last four outs for his third save of the season.
Goldschmidt gave Arizona a 3-0 lead in the third with a towering drive to center field after Weaver gave up a leadoff walk to Castillo and a two-out walk to Pollock. Goldschmidt, a two-time All-Star, had three hits to ncrease his major league-leading average to. 366 and has reached base safely in 25 straight games.
Goldschmidt, who leads the D-backs with 53 RBI, was denied another one in the seventh when Robertson fielded his two-out single and threw out Pennington at the plate. Robertson was playing in his second game with the Angels, who acquired him from Texas last November.
Weaver called trainer Rick Smith to the mound in the fourth inning to attend to a problem he was having with his thumb after giving up a one-out single by Jake Lamb, but was given the green light to continue.
Weaver came in 16-5 with a 2.68 ERA in his 31 previous interleague starts, including a 12-3 win against the D-backs at Chase Field on June 26, 2009.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: 3B David Freese was limited to DH duty for the second straight game because of a hamstring issue. Manager Mike Scioscia said he would be back at third on Wednesday and Thursday nights, when the Angels play at Arizona and there is no DH.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-3) has failed to pitch seven full innings in any of his last 21 starts since Aug. 6, 2014. He is 3-0 in his last four outings despite a 4.84 ERA during that stretch.
Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (6-4) is coming off a 6-2 road victory against Tampa Bay in which he allowed two runs over seven innings and struck out seven.
Chase Anderson and Allen Webster did it during a three-game sweep in San Francisco, and Robbie Ray followed in the opener against the Los Angeles Angels.
Ray allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings in his 10th major league start, and the Diamondbacks got home runs from Paul Goldschmidt and Yasmany Tomas in a 7-3 victory over the defending AL West champions on Monday night.
"Robbie did a great job tonight," Goldschmidt said. "When a guy's putting up a lot of zeros, you're going to get a chance offensively because it puts pressure on their pitcher to be perfect as well. And when we have the lead, Robbie can be a lot more aggressive and not worry about solo homers and stuff like that."
Ray (2-1) struck out three and walked two in his fourth start of the season, dropping his ERA to 1.09. The 23-year-old left-hander allowed only one batter to reach base through the first 5 2/3 innings. That was on a four-pitch walk in the fourth to reigning AL MVP Mike Trout, who was quickly erased on an inning-ending double-play grounder by Albert Pujols.
"I didn't throw many off-speed pitches and I just stayed on the fastball and attacked hitters," Ray said. "Me and my catcher (Wellington Castillo) had a game plan going, we stuck to it, and the team was making plays behind me."
Ray retired his first two batters in the sixth on popups to first base before No. 9 hitter Daniel Robertson -- the only player Angels player who had faced him before -- broke up the no-hit bid with a clean single to right-center field. Erick Aybar then singled inside third base, but was thrown out at second by left fielder Cliff Pennington.
Pennington was in the game because D-backs right fielder and leadoff hitter Ender Inciarte was taken out with a right hamstring strain, after trying to beat out a first-inning grounder to first that Pujols fielded wide of the bag before tossing to pitcher Jered Weaver. Inciarte was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game.
"I've never had a hamstring issue, so it's really disappointing," Inciarte said. "Nobody wants to go on the DL. ... But they're doing what they know is best for me, so I'll do whatever they say. ... Hopefully I'll get better soon and start playing games again in 15 days."
Weaver (4-7) was charged with five runs -- four earned -- and eight hits in seven innings, including Goldschmidt's 18th homer and Tomas' third, which helped Arizona build a 5-0 lead.
"I don't know what it is. Maybe my stuff is a little flat. Maybe I'm going with too many off-speed pitches," said Weaver, who has given up 16 homers this season and seven in his last four starts. "It's obviously frustrating. ... I've just gotta find my way out of it and keep grinding."
The Angels pulled to 5-3 with three runs in the eighth. Kyle Kubitza scored on Addison Reed's bases-loaded wild pitch to Trout, who doubled home two more against the right-hander before Pujols' bid for a tying two-run homer was caught on the warning track by center fielder A.J. Pollock.
The D-backs tacked on two runs in the ninth on Pennington's suicide-squeeze bunt single and Pollock's sacrifice fly, but Reed got the last four outs for his third save of the season.
Goldschmidt gave Arizona a 3-0 lead in the third with a towering drive to center field after Weaver gave up a leadoff walk to Castillo and a two-out walk to Pollock. Goldschmidt, a two-time All-Star, had three hits to ncrease his major league-leading average to. 366 and has reached base safely in 25 straight games.
Goldschmidt, who leads the D-backs with 53 RBI, was denied another one in the seventh when Robertson fielded his two-out single and threw out Pennington at the plate. Robertson was playing in his second game with the Angels, who acquired him from Texas last November.
Weaver called trainer Rick Smith to the mound in the fourth inning to attend to a problem he was having with his thumb after giving up a one-out single by Jake Lamb, but was given the green light to continue.
Weaver came in 16-5 with a 2.68 ERA in his 31 previous interleague starts, including a 12-3 win against the D-backs at Chase Field on June 26, 2009.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: 3B David Freese was limited to DH duty for the second straight game because of a hamstring issue. Manager Mike Scioscia said he would be back at third on Wednesday and Thursday nights, when the Angels play at Arizona and there is no DH.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Jeremy Hellickson (4-3) has failed to pitch seven full innings in any of his last 21 starts since Aug. 6, 2014. He is 3-0 in his last four outings despite a 4.84 ERA during that stretch.
Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (6-4) is coming off a 6-2 road victory against Tampa Bay in which he allowed two runs over seven innings and struck out seven.
Diamondbacks 7
(31-32, 16-16 away)
10:05PM,EDT,June 15,2015
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Inciarte grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Pennington in left field. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta in right field. | 0 | 0 |
| Aybar bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Tomás popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Freese lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Giavotella flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Castillo walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Pennington fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock walked, Castillo to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt homered to center (412 feet), Castillo and Pollock scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Pérez lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Kubitza struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Robertson flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Tomás popped out to catcher. | 3 | 0 |
| Lamb reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Lamb stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Owings lined out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Castillo grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Aybar flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Trout walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Trout out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Ahmed doubled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Pennington sacrificed to catcher, Ahmed to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Ahmed scored on error by third baseman Kubitza. | 4 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Freese grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Calhoun flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Giavotella struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Tomás homered to left center (398 feet). | 5 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Owings flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Pérez fouled out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Kubitza popped out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Robertson singled to shallow right center. | 5 | 0 |
| Aybar singled to left, Aybar tagged out at second, Robertson to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Castillo flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Ahmed flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Pennington singled to shallow right center. | 5 | 0 |
| Pollock singled to left, Pennington to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to left, Pennington tagged out at home, Pollock to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Trout grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Pujols walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Freese flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Cesar Ramos pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| David Hernandez pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Giavotella walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Pérez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Giavotella out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Kubitza singled to shallow center. | 5 | 0 |
| Iannetta hit for Joyce. | 5 | 0 |
| Iannetta safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Lamb, Kubitza to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Featherston ran for Iannetta. | 5 | 0 |
| Aybar walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Reed relieved Pérez. | 5 | 0 |
| Kubitza scored, Featherston to third, Aybar to second on wild pitch by Reed. | 5 | 1 |
| Trout doubled to deep center, Featherston and Aybar scored. | 5 | 3 |
| Pujols lined out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Salas pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAA |
| Owings doubled to deep left center. | 5 | 3 |
| Castillo flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Ahmed singled to left, Owings to third. | 5 | 3 |
| Pennington reached on bunt single to second, Owings scored, Ahmed to second, Ahmed to third on throwing error by first baseman Pujols. | 6 | 3 |
| Pollock hit sacrifice fly to right, Ahmed scored, Pennington to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt intentionally walked. | 7 | 3 |
| Peralta walked, Pennington to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Tomás struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAA |
| Freese flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Calhoun grounded out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Giavotella grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .287 | .316 | .371 |
Pennington LF
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .178 | .291 | .205 |
| Pollock CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .320 | .363 | .490 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .366 | .484 | .678 |
| Peralta LF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .255 | .322 | .438 |
| Tomás DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .325 | .360 | .434 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .321 | .410 | .509 |
| Owings 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .238 | .257 | .329 |
| Castillo C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .182 | .260 | .364 |
| Ahmed SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .224 | .302 | .318 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 139 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Goldschmidt (15, Weaver); Ahmed (5, Weaver); Owings (9, Salas) HR: Goldschmidt (18, 3rd inning off Weaver 2 on, 2 Out); Tomás (3, 6th inning off Weaver 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Goldschmidt 3 (53), Tomás (24), Pennington (5), Pollock (30) S: Pennington SF: Pollock 2-out RBI: Goldschmidt 3 Diamondbacks RISP: 4-9 (Castillo 0-2, Owings 0-1, Pennington 1-1, Ahmed 1-1, Tomás 0-1, Goldschmidt 2-2, Peralta 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Lamb (2, 2nd base off Weaver/Pérez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Lamb (1, throw) DP: 2 (Owings-Ahmed-Goldschmidt, Ahmed-Owings-Goldschmidt). Outfield Assist: Pennington (Aybar at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| RF INCIARTE (RIGHT HAMSTRING) LEFT GAME TOP 1ST |
Game Information
| Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA |
| Attendance | 35,193 (77.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:58 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Miller, First Base - Doug Eddings, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Adrian Johnson |
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