PHOENIX -- Yasmany Tomas is on some kind of tear of late.
With two home runs and a career-high six RBI in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 13-5 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night, eight of Tomas' last 13 hits have left the yard.
Tomas and Rickie Weeks Jr. both homered twice and drove in a combined 11 runs and Tomas had his major league-leading seventh multi-homer game of the season. Weeks tied a career high with five RBI and recorded his first multi-homer game in more than three years, the eighth of his career.
Tomas has eight home runs in 10 games has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 starts, with 23 RBI over that span. His solo shot in the fourth gave Arizona a 3-1 lead, right after Weeks' first home run, then he added a two-run triple in the seventh and three-run homer in the eighth.
"In the last three weeks, I've had a different routine," Tomas said in Spanish. "I'm recognizing the ball better right now and my swing is comfortable. I always try to be ready and if the pitch looks good to me, I swing."
Manager Chip Hale said Tomas is getting the right pitches to hit and has overcome a neck problem he dealt with recently.
"Just taking advantage of some pitches that are up in the zone. That's what good hitters do," Hale said.
Zack Godley (4-2) earned the win with 7 1/3 innings of five-hit ball. He allowed two runs, struck out four and walked two, holding the Mets to one hit over the first five innings.
Godley's outing was the longest of the 26-year-old's career. He sprinted off the mound when removed in the top of the eighth.
"Zack had really good stuff," Hale said. "They weren't squaring too many balls up on Zack. Sinker and cutter were both working, changeup had so much depth to it."
Mets starter Jonathon Niese didn't allow a hit for three innings until Paul Goldschmidt led off the fourth with a base hit. Weeks homered on a 2-2 pitch, and two pitches later, Tomas took Niese deep to left field.
Niese got the first two outs of the fifth after Godley's single, then gave way to reliever Erik Goeddel, who walked Goldschmidt and gave up Weeks' second homer. Goeddel faced four batters and did not register an out.
"Goeddel was pitching pretty good until tonight so it was the right move to make," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We just didn't get the outs."
Wednesday's game marked the second time in club history the Diamondbacks had two players with five or more RBI each. Justin Upton (6) and Miguel Montero (5) did so in 2011.
Weeks was able to take advantage of a rare start.
"Just being a veteran, honestly," he said. "Coming off the bench is not the ideal situation, but you have to go out there and try to do your job."
Niese (8-7) was making his first start since July 10 and had been working out of the bullpen since. He allowed four runs and four hits, walked two and struck out six.
Tomas hit his first triple of the season to drive in Goldschmidt and Weeks, giving the Diamondbacks an 8-1 lead. His three-run shot into the television camera opening in center field in the eighth made it 13-2.
Curtis Granderson homered and Rene Rivera hit a two-run shot in the ninth for the Mets.
GOLDEN ARM
Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix resident Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who took gold in mixed doubles tennis in Rio, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: OF Yoenis Cespedes went 2 for 3 with a double, RBI and run scored while playing six innings in left field Wednesday night for Single-A St. Lucie. "I felt comfortable at the plate. I'll be ready for Friday," Cespedes said. He is due to come off the DL on Friday from a quad injury. ... INF Asdrubal Cabrera (strained patella tendon) went 1 for 3 with a double, two RBI and scored a run while playing six innings at shortstop in the same game. ... OF Justin Ruggiano (hamstring strain) had two hits for Triple-A Las Vegas Tuesday night.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5) is scheduled to face the San Francisco Giants Thursday night. DeGrom has a 1.56 ERA since the All-Star break.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (4-8) faces the Padres in San Diego on Thursday. It will be his third career start at Petco Park.
New York Mets
With two home runs and a career-high six RBI in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 13-5 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night, eight of Tomas' last 13 hits have left the yard.
Tomas and Rickie Weeks Jr. both homered twice and drove in a combined 11 runs and Tomas had his major league-leading seventh multi-homer game of the season. Weeks tied a career high with five RBI and recorded his first multi-homer game in more than three years, the eighth of his career.
Tomas has eight home runs in 10 games has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 starts, with 23 RBI over that span. His solo shot in the fourth gave Arizona a 3-1 lead, right after Weeks' first home run, then he added a two-run triple in the seventh and three-run homer in the eighth.
"In the last three weeks, I've had a different routine," Tomas said in Spanish. "I'm recognizing the ball better right now and my swing is comfortable. I always try to be ready and if the pitch looks good to me, I swing."
Manager Chip Hale said Tomas is getting the right pitches to hit and has overcome a neck problem he dealt with recently.
"Just taking advantage of some pitches that are up in the zone. That's what good hitters do," Hale said.
Zack Godley (4-2) earned the win with 7 1/3 innings of five-hit ball. He allowed two runs, struck out four and walked two, holding the Mets to one hit over the first five innings.
Godley's outing was the longest of the 26-year-old's career. He sprinted off the mound when removed in the top of the eighth.
"Zack had really good stuff," Hale said. "They weren't squaring too many balls up on Zack. Sinker and cutter were both working, changeup had so much depth to it."
Mets starter Jonathon Niese didn't allow a hit for three innings until Paul Goldschmidt led off the fourth with a base hit. Weeks homered on a 2-2 pitch, and two pitches later, Tomas took Niese deep to left field.
Niese got the first two outs of the fifth after Godley's single, then gave way to reliever Erik Goeddel, who walked Goldschmidt and gave up Weeks' second homer. Goeddel faced four batters and did not register an out.
"Goeddel was pitching pretty good until tonight so it was the right move to make," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We just didn't get the outs."
Wednesday's game marked the second time in club history the Diamondbacks had two players with five or more RBI each. Justin Upton (6) and Miguel Montero (5) did so in 2011.
Weeks was able to take advantage of a rare start.
"Just being a veteran, honestly," he said. "Coming off the bench is not the ideal situation, but you have to go out there and try to do your job."
Niese (8-7) was making his first start since July 10 and had been working out of the bullpen since. He allowed four runs and four hits, walked two and struck out six.
Tomas hit his first triple of the season to drive in Goldschmidt and Weeks, giving the Diamondbacks an 8-1 lead. His three-run shot into the television camera opening in center field in the eighth made it 13-2.
Curtis Granderson homered and Rene Rivera hit a two-run shot in the ninth for the Mets.
GOLDEN ARM
Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix resident Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who took gold in mixed doubles tennis in Rio, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's game.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: OF Yoenis Cespedes went 2 for 3 with a double, RBI and run scored while playing six innings in left field Wednesday night for Single-A St. Lucie. "I felt comfortable at the plate. I'll be ready for Friday," Cespedes said. He is due to come off the DL on Friday from a quad injury. ... INF Asdrubal Cabrera (strained patella tendon) went 1 for 3 with a double, two RBI and scored a run while playing six innings at shortstop in the same game. ... OF Justin Ruggiano (hamstring strain) had two hits for Triple-A Las Vegas Tuesday night.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5) is scheduled to face the San Francisco Giants Thursday night. DeGrom has a 1.56 ERA since the All-Star break.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (4-8) faces the Padres in San Diego on Thursday. It will be his third career start at Petco Park.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Reyes singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson lined out to first, Reyes to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce grounded out to second, Reyes to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Reyes scored on Godley's wild pitch. | 1 | 0 |
| Loney struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jonathon Niese pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Segura flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Haniger struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Goldschmidt out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| T.J. Rivera grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| d'Arnaud grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jonathon Niese pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Owings grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Drury walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Gosewisch fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| De Aza walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Niese sacrificed to pitcher, De Aza to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Reyes grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, De Aza out at third, Reyes to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jonathon Niese pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Godley struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Segura struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Haniger struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Bruce grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Loney grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| T.J. Rivera popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jonathon Niese pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Goldschmidt singled to left center. | 1 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt to second on wild pitch by Niese. | 1 | 0 |
| Weeks Jr. homered to left (378 feet), Goldschmidt scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Tomás homered to left (426 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| Owings lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Drury lined out to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| d'Arnaud flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| De Aza struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jonathon Niese pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Godley singled to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Segura flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Haniger struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Goeddel relieved Niese. | 1 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Godley to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Weeks Jr. homered to left center (391 feet), Godley and Goldschmidt scored. | 1 | 6 |
| Tomás walked. | 1 | 6 |
| Owings singled to left center, Tomás to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Granderson in center field. | 1 | 6 |
| Lugo relieved Goeddel. | 1 | 6 |
| Kelly in left field. | 1 | 6 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Kelly reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Reyes grounded into fielder's choice to second, Kelly out at second. | 1 | 6 |
| Johnson singled to center, Reyes to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Bruce flied out to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Loney flied out to left. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Seth Lugo pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Godley struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Segura doubled to deep center. | 1 | 6 |
| Haniger singled to left, Segura thrown out at home. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| T.J. Rivera doubled to deep center. | 1 | 6 |
| Granderson lined out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| d'Arnaud flied out to center. | 1 | 6 |
| Flores hit for Lugo. | 1 | 6 |
| Flores grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Gabriel Ynoa pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Ynoa relieved Lugo. | 1 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt singled to left center. | 1 | 6 |
| Weeks Jr. walked, Goldschmidt to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Tomás tripled to deep center, Goldschmidt and Weeks Jr. scored. | 1 | 8 |
| Owings hit by pitch. | 1 | 8 |
| Drury hit sacrifice fly to right, Tomás scored. | 1 | 9 |
| Gosewisch grounded into double play, third to second to first, Owings out at second. | 1 | 9 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Kelly walked. | 1 | 9 |
| Reyes flied out to left. | 1 | 9 |
| Johnson singled to center, Kelly to second. | 1 | 9 |
| Hathaway relieved Godley. | 1 | 9 |
| Bruce doubled to deep right, Kelly scored, Johnson to third. | 2 | 9 |
| Loney struck out looking. | 2 | 9 |
| Barrett relieved Hathaway. | 2 | 9 |
| T.J. Rivera grounded out to third. | 2 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Josh Edgin pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Edgin relieved Ynoa. | 2 | 9 |
| Gosselin hit for Barrett. | 2 | 9 |
| Gosselin lined out to shortstop. | 2 | 9 |
| Segura singled to center. | 2 | 9 |
| Haniger walked, Segura to second. | 2 | 9 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Segura to third, Haniger to second. | 2 | 9 |
| Segura scored, Haniger to third, Goldschmidt to second on wild pitch by Edgin. | 2 | 10 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out looking. | 2 | 10 |
| Tomás homered to center (434 feet), Haniger and Goldschmidt scored. | 2 | 13 |
| Owings grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 13 |
| 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Dominic Leone pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Leone relieved Barrett. | 2 | 13 |
| Gosselin at second base. | 2 | 13 |
| Granderson homered to right (426 feet). | 3 | 13 |
| d'Arnaud hit by pitch. | 3 | 13 |
| R. Rivera hit for Edgin. | 3 | 13 |
| R. Rivera homered to center (444 feet), d'Arnaud scored. | 5 | 13 |
| Kelly doubled to deep right. | 5 | 13 |
| Reyes flied out to left. | 5 | 13 |
| Johnson singled to center, Kelly to third. | 5 | 13 |
| Delgado relieved Leone. | 5 | 13 |
| Bruce struck out swinging. | 5 | 13 |
| Loney grounded out to second. | 5 | 13 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
New York Mets
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .250 | .302 | .466 |
| Johnson 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .251 | .311 | .403 |
| Bruce RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .254 | .310 | .527 |
| Loney 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .264 | .309 | .393 |
| T.J. Rivera 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .346 | .333 | .423 |
| Granderson LF-CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .224 | .313 | .421 |
| d'Arnaud C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .251 | .298 | .349 |
| De Aza CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .193 | .291 | .295 |
Lugo P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Flores PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .258 | .315 | .443 |
Ynoa P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Edgin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-R. Rivera PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .216 | .285 | .371 |
| Niese P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .156 | .133 |
Goeddel P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Kelly LF
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .222 | .321 | .311 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 132 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for S Lugo in the 7th b-homered to center for J Edgin in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: T.J. Rivera (2, Godley); Bruce (24, Hathaway); Kelly (1, Leone) HR: Granderson (19, 9th inning off Leone 0 on, 0 Out); R. Rivera (5, 9th inning off Leone 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Bruce (86), Granderson (33), R. Rivera 2 (21) S: Niese Mets RISP: 2-15 (Loney 0-3, Flores 0-1, d'Arnaud 0-1, T.J. Rivera 0-1, Bruce 1-4, Johnson 1-2, Granderson 0-1, Reyes 0-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Johnson-T.J. Rivera-Loney). Outfield Assist: Kelly (Segura at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 18,469 (38.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:53 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chad Fairchild, First Base - James Hoye, Second Base - Tom Woodring, Third Base - Marvin Hudson |
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