SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Patrick Corbin, who was limited to 16 starts last year after returning from Tommy John surgery, threw three scoreless innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks hit three home runs in the first three innings to defeat the Kansas City Royals 12-3 on Friday.
Corbin faced 10 batters and allowed two singles.
"I thought the toughest part of it last year was just the recovery part of it, just being off for 16 months and coming off an injury," Corbin said. "This year everything feels back to normal, a good soreness after you throw. My arm feels a lot better."
Manager Chip Hale said Corbin would start the third game of the season with Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller starting the first two against Colorado.
Chris Herrmann, Nick Ahmed and Evan Marzilli, the Diamondbacks 7-8-9 hitters, combined to go 6 for 10 with three home runs and six RBI.
Herrmann hit a three-run shot off Joakim Soria in the third after an Omar Infante fielding error. Ahmed and Marzilli hit back-to-back homers in the second off Chris Young, who allowed four runs on six hits.
"The results weren't as good as I'd like, but physically I felt good," Young said. "Actually, I felt like I threw the ball better than my last one."
Reymond Fuentes homered in the Royals' three-run eighth.
Paul Goldschmidt struck out in his first three at-bats before delivering a run-producing single in the Diamondbacks sixth.
STARTING TIME
Diamondbacks: Corbin had a three-ball count on only one hitter, RF Brett Eibner, who rolled into a double play in the second inning. Corbin threw 22 strikes in 34 pitches. "I felt like I wasn't amped up as the last time, the first time out there in a while," Corbin said. "Mechanically everything felt smooth. The changeup felt good. The location of my fastball was really good. I tried to throw strikes and work fast. I was just trying to be efficient, go after hitters and attack."
Royals: Young yielded home runs to Ahmed and Marzilli on three pitches in the second inning. Ahmed's homer was a fly that barely cleared the left-field fence. "The conditions here are a little different than what you may see during the season," Young said. "You've still got to make good pitches. I missed my spot a little bit. He didn't barrel it up by any means, but he hit it well enough to get it out. If I make a better pitch, maybe it's an out."
GEE SOLID
RHP Dillon Gee, a former Mets starter who is a Royals non-roster invitee, threw three innings, allowing a run on four hits and struck out three. "I maybe ran out of gas a little bit at the end, but that's why we're here," said Gee, who threw 50 pitches.
HITLESS AT SECOND
Infante and Christian Colon, who are competing for the Royals second base job, are a combined 0 for 26.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OFs A.J. Pollock (sore right elbow) and Yasmany Tomas (sore left knee) will likely not play before Wednesday. . C Mark Thomas suffered an ankle injury on 1B Balbino Fuenmayor's slide in the eighth and was replaced by Brett Hayes.
Royals: IF Cheslor Cuthbert (lower back spasms) remains sidelined.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa, who has an 11.25 ERA in his first two starts, will face the Royals at Salt River Fields. In a split-squad, RHP Archie Bradley will face the Giants.
Royals: RHP Kris Medlen, who retired all six batters he faced and struck out three in his first outing, will start against the Diamondbacks.
Corbin faced 10 batters and allowed two singles.
"I thought the toughest part of it last year was just the recovery part of it, just being off for 16 months and coming off an injury," Corbin said. "This year everything feels back to normal, a good soreness after you throw. My arm feels a lot better."
Manager Chip Hale said Corbin would start the third game of the season with Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller starting the first two against Colorado.
Chris Herrmann, Nick Ahmed and Evan Marzilli, the Diamondbacks 7-8-9 hitters, combined to go 6 for 10 with three home runs and six RBI.
Herrmann hit a three-run shot off Joakim Soria in the third after an Omar Infante fielding error. Ahmed and Marzilli hit back-to-back homers in the second off Chris Young, who allowed four runs on six hits.
"The results weren't as good as I'd like, but physically I felt good," Young said. "Actually, I felt like I threw the ball better than my last one."
Reymond Fuentes homered in the Royals' three-run eighth.
Paul Goldschmidt struck out in his first three at-bats before delivering a run-producing single in the Diamondbacks sixth.
STARTING TIME
Diamondbacks: Corbin had a three-ball count on only one hitter, RF Brett Eibner, who rolled into a double play in the second inning. Corbin threw 22 strikes in 34 pitches. "I felt like I wasn't amped up as the last time, the first time out there in a while," Corbin said. "Mechanically everything felt smooth. The changeup felt good. The location of my fastball was really good. I tried to throw strikes and work fast. I was just trying to be efficient, go after hitters and attack."
Royals: Young yielded home runs to Ahmed and Marzilli on three pitches in the second inning. Ahmed's homer was a fly that barely cleared the left-field fence. "The conditions here are a little different than what you may see during the season," Young said. "You've still got to make good pitches. I missed my spot a little bit. He didn't barrel it up by any means, but he hit it well enough to get it out. If I make a better pitch, maybe it's an out."
GEE SOLID
RHP Dillon Gee, a former Mets starter who is a Royals non-roster invitee, threw three innings, allowing a run on four hits and struck out three. "I maybe ran out of gas a little bit at the end, but that's why we're here," said Gee, who threw 50 pitches.
HITLESS AT SECOND
Infante and Christian Colon, who are competing for the Royals second base job, are a combined 0 for 26.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OFs A.J. Pollock (sore right elbow) and Yasmany Tomas (sore left knee) will likely not play before Wednesday. . C Mark Thomas suffered an ankle injury on 1B Balbino Fuenmayor's slide in the eighth and was replaced by Brett Hayes.
Royals: IF Cheslor Cuthbert (lower back spasms) remains sidelined.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa, who has an 11.25 ERA in his first two starts, will face the Royals at Salt River Fields. In a split-squad, RHP Archie Bradley will face the Giants.
Royals: RHP Kris Medlen, who retired all six batters he faced and struck out three in his first outing, will start against the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks 12
(7-3, 4-1 away)
3:05PM,EST,March 11,2016
Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Young pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| C Owings doubled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| S Brito struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| C Owings stole third. | 0 | 0 |
| P Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| D Peralta singled to right, C Owings scored. | 1 | 0 |
| P O'Brien struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| A Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| M Moustakas flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| L Cain singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Morales grounded into fielder's choice to third, L Cain out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Young pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| J Lamb doubled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| C Herrmann flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| N Ahmed homered to left, J Lamb scored. | 3 | 0 |
| E Marzilli homered to right. | 4 | 0 |
| C Owings singled to center. | 4 | 0 |
| C Owings caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| S Brito fouled out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| S Perez flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| J Martinez grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| O Infante struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Joakim Soria pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| J Soria relieved C Young. | 4 | 0 |
| P Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| D Peralta grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 0 |
| P O'Brien singled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| J Lamb grounded into fielder's choice to second, P O'Brien safe at second on error by second baseman O Infante. | 4 | 0 |
| C Herrmann homered to right, P O'Brien and J Lamb scored. | 7 | 0 |
| N Ahmed reached on bunt single to third. | 7 | 0 |
| E Marzilli grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| J Bonifacio singled to right. | 7 | 0 |
| B Eibner grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Bonifacio out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| A Escobar lined out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dillon Gee pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| D Gee relieved J Soria. | 7 | 0 |
| C Owings grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| S Brito grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| P Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| Clippard relieved P Corbin. | 7 | 0 |
| M Moustakas singled to shallow left center. | 7 | 0 |
| L Cain singled to right, M Moustakas to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Morales struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| S Perez flied out to center. | 7 | 0 |
| J Martinez flied out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dillon Gee pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| D Peralta struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| P O'Brien struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| J Lamb singled to right. | 7 | 0 |
| C Herrmann grounded out to first. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| D Hudson relieved Clippard. | 7 | 0 |
| O Infante flied out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| J Bonifacio struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| B Eibner struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dillon Gee pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| B Starling in center field. | 7 | 0 |
| B Fuenmayor at first base. | 7 | 0 |
| R Mondesi at second base. | 7 | 0 |
| T Gore in left field. | 7 | 0 |
| R Fuentes in right field. | 7 | 0 |
| N Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| E Marzilli singled to center. | 7 | 0 |
| C Owings flied out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| S Brito reached on infield single to shortstop, E Marzilli to third. | 7 | 0 |
| P Goldschmidt singled to center, E Marzilli scored, S Brito to second. | 8 | 0 |
| Jensen ran for P Goldschmidt. | 8 | 0 |
| D Peralta walked, S Brito to third, Jensen to second. | 8 | 0 |
| P O'Brien grounded out to second. | 8 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| Noriega at second base. | 8 | 0 |
| Glaesmann in right field. | 8 | 0 |
| Jensen at first base. | 8 | 0 |
| Borenstein in left field. | 8 | 0 |
| Rivero at third base. | 8 | 0 |
| Reinheimer at shortstop. | 8 | 0 |
| G Guerrero in center field. | 8 | 0 |
| R Delgado relieved D Hudson. | 8 | 0 |
| A Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 0 |
| M Moustakas struck out swinging. | 8 | 0 |
| B Starling grounded out to third. | 8 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| R Torres at shortstop. | 8 | 0 |
| W Merrifield at third base. | 8 | 0 |
| C Gallagher catching. | 8 | 0 |
| C Wang relieved D Gee. | 8 | 0 |
| Rivero reached on infield single to third. | 8 | 0 |
| C Herrmann singled to center, Rivero to second. | 8 | 0 |
| Reinheimer grounded out to pitcher, Rivero to third, C Herrmann to second. | 8 | 0 |
| G Guerrero grounded out to shortstop, Rivero scored, C Herrmann to third. | 9 | 0 |
| Noriega struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| Thomas catching. | 9 | 0 |
| B Fuenmayor singled to right. | 9 | 0 |
| C Gallagher walked, B Fuenmayor to second. | 9 | 0 |
| J Martinez struck out looking. | 9 | 0 |
| R Mondesi struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| T Gore grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Fuenmayor out at third, C Gallagher to second. | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| Glaesmann grounded out to third. | 9 | 0 |
| Jensen walked. | 9 | 0 |
| Hayes hit for D Peralta. | 9 | 0 |
| Hayes struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| Borenstein reached on infield single to first, Jensen to second. | 9 | 0 |
| Jensen to third, Borenstein to second on wild pitch by C Wang. | 9 | 0 |
| Rivero fouled out to right. | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Koch pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| M Koch relieved R Delgado. | 9 | 0 |
| R Fuentes homered to right. | 9 | 1 |
| R Torres grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 1 |
| W Merrifield doubled to deep right. | 9 | 1 |
| B Starling lined out to right. | 9 | 1 |
| B Fuenmayor singled to shallow right center, W Merrifield scored. | 9 | 2 |
| C Gallagher doubled to deep left center, B Fuenmayor scored. | 9 | 3 |
| Hayes catching. | 9 | 3 |
| J Martinez struck out looking. | 9 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Peter Moylan pitching for Kansas City | ARI | KC |
| P Moylan relieved C Wang. | 9 | 3 |
| M Koch walked. | 9 | 3 |
| Reinheimer singled to center, M Koch to second. | 9 | 3 |
| G Guerrero doubled to deep right, M Koch scored, Reinheimer to third. | 10 | 3 |
| Noriega grounded out to second, Reinheimer scored, G Guerrero to third. | 11 | 3 |
| Glaesmann grounded out to third, G Guerrero scored. | 12 | 3 |
| Jensen walked. | 12 | 3 |
| Hayes popped out to third. | 12 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Koch pitching for Arizona | ARI | KC |
| R Mondesi singled to center. | 12 | 3 |
| T Gore grounded into fielder's choice to right, R Mondesi out at second. | 12 | 3 |
| R Fuentes grounded out to first, T Gore to second. | 12 | 3 |
| R Torres lined out to center. | 12 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| C Owings 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .333 | .368 | .167 |
Noriega 2B
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| S Brito RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .500 | .500 | .313 |
Glaesmann RF
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .429 | .444 | .286 |
| P Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .250 | .300 | .188 |
Jensen PR-1B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .125 | .364 | .500 |
| D Peralta DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .235 | .316 | .176 |
a-Hayes PH-C-DH
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| P O'Brien LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .217 | .250 | .217 |
Borenstein LF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .444 | .563 |
| J Lamb 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .353 | .421 | .647 |
Rivero 3B
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .313 | .313 | .438 |
| C Herrmann C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .357 | .438 | .429 |
Thomas C
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .429 | .000 |
M Koch P
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 |
| N Ahmed SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .444 | .421 | .944 |
Reinheimer SS
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .375 | .375 | .438 |
| E Marzilli CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .353 | .389 | .588 |
G Guerrero CF
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .278 | .278 | .389 |
| Totals | 45 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 179 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for D Peralta in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Owings (1, C Young); J Lamb (3, C Young); G Guerrero (1, P Moylan) HR: N Ahmed (1, 2nd inning off C Young 1 on, 1 Out); E Marzilli (1, 2nd inning off C Young 0 on, 1 Out); C Herrmann (1, 3rd inning off J Soria 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Peralta (1), N Ahmed 2 (6), E Marzilli (3), C Herrmann 3 (3), P Goldschmidt (3), G Guerrero 2 (6), Noriega (1), Glaesmann (2) 2-out RBI: D Peralta, C Herrmann 3, P Goldschmidt Diamondbacks RISP: 5-15 (S Brito 0-1, D Peralta 1-1, G Guerrero 1-2, Glaesmann 0-1, Noriega 0-2, C Herrmann 1-2, N Ahmed 1-1, Reinheimer 0-1, P Goldschmidt 1-2, P O'Brien 0-1, Rivero 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Owings (2, 3rd base off C Young/S Perez) CS: C Owings (1, 2nd base by C Young/S Perez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (N Ahmed-C Owings-P Goldschmidt). Outfield Assist: Glaesmann (R Mondesi at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Surprise Stadium, Surprise, AZ |
| Attendance | 10,110 (26.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:54 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Segal, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Carlos Torres |
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