ST. LOUIS -- Zack Greinke felt as if he was becoming a little too predictable. So the Arizona right-hander decided to mix things up on Sunday.
"I even threw my curve more than I usually do," Greinke said.
Greinke's new approach led to a strong eight-inning performance as the Diamondbacks rolled to a 7-2 win over the Cardinals.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in a pair of runs and Michael Bourn added three hits for Arizona, which has won four of six.
The Diamondbacks won a series in St. Louis for the first time since April 18-20, 2003.
"I felt like I was mixing things up (well), making better pitches," Greinke said.
Brandon Moss homered for the Cardinals, who fell to 3-3 on their nine-game homestand.
Greinke (5-3), who has won five of his past six starts, allowed five hits and one run. He struck out seven and walked one. Greinke used his fastball and changeup effectively as well. That balance kept the St. Louis hitters guessing all game.
The reigning NL ERA champion improved to 11-4 against St. Louis. He also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third.
"He's a tough pitcher to beat when he gets run support like that," Bourn said. "We kept adding on and making it a little easier for him."
Arizona scored three runs in the first off Jaime Garcia (3-4), who gave up five runs and 10 hits in 2 1/3 innings. Garcia failed to complete three innings for just the third time in 126 starts.
"I guess it was just one of those days, no excuse," Garcia said. "I just didn't have my stuff."
St. Louis manager Mike Matheny agreed.
"It was an outing he'd like to forget, right from the get go," he said.
Yasmany Tomas and Brandon Drury had run-scoring hits in the first. Goldschmidt pushed the lead to 4-0 with an RBI hit in the second.
Bourn, who has five hits over his past two games, singled in each of the first two innings. Arizona had 13 hits -- 11 singles.
The Diamondbacks, who had lost 11 of their previous 14 games at Busch Stadium, were pleased to get out of St. Louis with their first series win in 13 years.
"Year-in, year-out, they've got a great team and that makes this even better," Bourn said. `We came to play today and I think it showed."
Moss hit his eighth homer of the season in the fourth inning.
TOUGH OUTING
Garcia threw 54 pitches and recorded only one swing and miss. That came on his 46th pitch.
TRAINER'S ROOM:
Cardinals: Jhonny Peralta went 0-for-2 in a rehab assignment with Class A Peoria on Saturday. Peralta is recovering from thumb surgery in March.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (1-5, 6.64) will face LHP Francisco Liriano (3-3, 4.63) in the first of a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Miller has allowed three earned runs or fewer in six of his past seven starts.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (4-3, 5.92) takes on John Lackey (4-2, 3.31) in the first game of a three-game set on Monday. Wainwright has not allowed a run to the Cubs in his past three starts covering 20 innings.
"I even threw my curve more than I usually do," Greinke said.
Greinke's new approach led to a strong eight-inning performance as the Diamondbacks rolled to a 7-2 win over the Cardinals.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in a pair of runs and Michael Bourn added three hits for Arizona, which has won four of six.
The Diamondbacks won a series in St. Louis for the first time since April 18-20, 2003.
"I felt like I was mixing things up (well), making better pitches," Greinke said.
Brandon Moss homered for the Cardinals, who fell to 3-3 on their nine-game homestand.
Greinke (5-3), who has won five of his past six starts, allowed five hits and one run. He struck out seven and walked one. Greinke used his fastball and changeup effectively as well. That balance kept the St. Louis hitters guessing all game.
The reigning NL ERA champion improved to 11-4 against St. Louis. He also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third.
"He's a tough pitcher to beat when he gets run support like that," Bourn said. "We kept adding on and making it a little easier for him."
Arizona scored three runs in the first off Jaime Garcia (3-4), who gave up five runs and 10 hits in 2 1/3 innings. Garcia failed to complete three innings for just the third time in 126 starts.
"I guess it was just one of those days, no excuse," Garcia said. "I just didn't have my stuff."
St. Louis manager Mike Matheny agreed.
"It was an outing he'd like to forget, right from the get go," he said.
Yasmany Tomas and Brandon Drury had run-scoring hits in the first. Goldschmidt pushed the lead to 4-0 with an RBI hit in the second.
Bourn, who has five hits over his past two games, singled in each of the first two innings. Arizona had 13 hits -- 11 singles.
The Diamondbacks, who had lost 11 of their previous 14 games at Busch Stadium, were pleased to get out of St. Louis with their first series win in 13 years.
"Year-in, year-out, they've got a great team and that makes this even better," Bourn said. `We came to play today and I think it showed."
Moss hit his eighth homer of the season in the fourth inning.
TOUGH OUTING
Garcia threw 54 pitches and recorded only one swing and miss. That came on his 46th pitch.
TRAINER'S ROOM:
Cardinals: Jhonny Peralta went 0-for-2 in a rehab assignment with Class A Peoria on Saturday. Peralta is recovering from thumb surgery in March.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (1-5, 6.64) will face LHP Francisco Liriano (3-3, 4.63) in the first of a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Miller has allowed three earned runs or fewer in six of his past seven starts.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (4-3, 5.92) takes on John Lackey (4-2, 3.31) in the first game of a three-game set on Monday. Wainwright has not allowed a run to the Cubs in his past three starts covering 20 innings.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jaime Garcia pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Segura walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Bourn singled to right, Segura to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into double play, third to second to first, Segura scored, Bourn out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Castillo hit a ground rule double to deep left. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomás singled to left, Castillo scored, Tomás to second advancing on throw. | 2 | 0 |
| Drury singled to center, Tomás scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Owings singled to left center, Drury to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Greinke flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Carpenter grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Díaz flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Piscotty reached on infield single to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Adams fouled out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jaime Garcia pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Ahmed doubled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Segura flied out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Bourn reached on infield single to second, Ahmed to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to left, Ahmed scored, Bourn to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Castillo grounded out to second, Bourn to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Molina lined out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| Moss flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Grichuk popped out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jaime Garcia pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Drury singled to left center. | 4 | 0 |
| Owings singled to right, Drury to third, Owings thrown out at second attempting to advance on play. | 4 | 0 |
| Bowman relieved García. | 4 | 0 |
| Greinke hit sacrifice fly to right, Drury scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Wong doubled to deep right center. | 5 | 0 |
| Bowman sacrificed to pitcher, Wong to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Carpenter struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Díaz walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Piscotty flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bowman pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Segura lined out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Bourn grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Castillo grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Adams struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Molina struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Moss homered to right (397 feet). | 5 | 1 |
| Grichuk grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bowman pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Drury popped out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Owings grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Wong grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Bowman struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Carpenter singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Díaz fouled out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bowman pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Greinke singled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Ahmed singled to center, Greinke to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Segura grounded into fielder's choice to third, Greinke out at third, Ahmed to second, Ahmed to third on throwing error by third baseman Carpenter. | 5 | 1 |
| Bourn singled to right, Ahmed scored, Segura to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into fielder's choice to third, Segura scored, Bourn out at second. | 7 | 1 |
| Castillo grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Piscotty flied out to center. | 7 | 1 |
| Adams struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Molina grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jonathan Broxton pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Broxton relieved Bowman. | 7 | 1 |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Moss struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Grichuk struck out swinging. | 7 | 1 |
| Wong singled to left. | 7 | 1 |
| Hazelbaker hit for Broxton. | 7 | 1 |
| Hazelbaker grounded out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Lyons pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Fryer catching. | 7 | 1 |
| Tejada at third base. | 7 | 1 |
| Lyons relieved Broxton. | 7 | 1 |
| Hazelbaker in right field. | 7 | 1 |
| Greinke grounded out to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Ahmed fouled out to catcher. | 7 | 1 |
| Segura grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Zack Greinke pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Fryer grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Díaz flied out to right. | 7 | 1 |
| Tejada flied out to right. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Dean Kiekhefer pitching for St. Louis | ARI | STL |
| Kiekhefer relieved Lyons. | 7 | 1 |
| Bourn grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt hit by pitch. | 7 | 1 |
| Castillo lined out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Arizona | ARI | STL |
| Ziegler relieved Greinke. | 7 | 1 |
| Adams walked. | 7 | 1 |
| Kiekhefer grounded out to pitcher, Adams to second. | 7 | 1 |
| Moss grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 1 |
| Grichuk doubled to center, Adams scored. | 7 | 2 |
| Wong struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Segura 2B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .321 | .348 | .484 |
| Bourn RF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .375 | .412 | .438 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .245 | .412 | .445 |
| Castillo C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .288 | .329 | .508 |
| Tomás LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .286 | .348 | .464 |
| Drury 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .306 | .335 | .531 |
| Owings CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .294 | .338 | .419 |
| Greinke P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .292 | .308 | .333 |
Ziegler P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ahmed SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .205 | .259 | .315 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 136 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Castillo (8, García); Ahmed (7, García) RBI: Tomás (15), Drury (15), Goldschmidt 2 (26), Greinke (2), Bourn (3) SF: Greinke 2-out RBI: Tomás, Drury GIDP: Goldschmidt Diamondbacks RISP: 5-12 (Tomás 1-2, Bourn 2-2, Greinke 0-1, Goldschmidt 1-3, Segura 0-2, Castillo 0-1, Drury 1-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 43,829 (96.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:44 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Mike Winters |
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