PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks blew away the Seattle Mariners 10-3 to capture a series win on Tuesday at Chase Field, and they did so with a dynamic defensive effort all over the diamond.
Ten runs on 12 hits helps, as the D-backs scored runs in five different innings to keep the pressure on.
They tallied two doubles, two triples, three home runs and two stolen bases in an all-around effort to bury Seattle after they left the door just cracked open enough to end up in extra innings on Monday.
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Corbin Carroll ignited the offense with his first of two RBI triples on Tuesday, as he became the first Diamondbacks player with two multi-triple games in a single season. His first gave the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the third, and his second an 8-2 lead.
The D-backs (33-34) had not won a game by seven runs since May 16 against the Colorado Rockies.
Defense makes a difference
Brandon Pfaadt wasn’t great on Tuesday, giving up consistent hard contact while missing over the middle of the plate. But he limited damage to hold the Mariners scoreless through five innings despite seven hits.
The key was the defense played behind him all over the diamond. Five plays over the first five innings in particular potentially kept runs off the board:
– Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo made a sliding, backhanded stop and threw out the lead runner at second base in the second inning. Had he simply knocked it down, the Mariners would have had runners on first and second with no outs.
– With a runner on first in the third, Mariners star Cal Raleigh shot a deep fly ball the other way. Left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. leaped at the wall and robbed Raleigh of a possible go-ahead home run or at least an extra-base hit.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. with a leaping catch at the wall to rob Cal Raleigh! pic.twitter.com/AK6TMIfQOB
— MLB (@MLB) June 11, 2025
– Two batters after Gurriel’s web gem, Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena chopped a ball up the middle with two on and one out. Second baseman Ketel Marte fielded the ball and was in-between flipping or getting to the bag. He took it himself and delivered an accurate throw for the 4-3 double play.
– With a runner on second base and one out in the fourth, third baseman Eugenio Suarez dove to pick a 108 mph ground ball from Ben Williamson and threw him out, holding the runner at second in the process.
– With one on and one out in the fifth, Raleigh laced a 111 mph liner to the right side, and first baseman Josh Naylor snagged it as he leaned to his backhand.
Five plays from five different defenders that if not made would have put Pfaadt in a real bind, but that is what the D-backs expect. That’s how to help your starter and survive pitching turbulence.
Pfaadt gave up back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning to end his outing, but by holding the Mariners to solo shots, he bent without breaking after giving up 14 runs over his previous two starts.
Recent call-ups Tayler Scott and Bryce Jarvis finished the game out on the mound, saving Arizona’s high-leverage arms.
Keep piling runs
This was also not a game in which the Diamondbacks put up a crooked number early and stopped.
Arizona scored in four straight innings to blow up a 2-0 lead into a 9-2 lead.
And it started with a walk from Alek Thomas in the third inning against Mariners starter Logan Evans. Carroll roped a lined into the right-field corner for an easy (for him) triple.
Corbin Three Bags ?? t.co/4SLoL8HfgQ pic.twitter.com/SP2cTOnQ1W
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 11, 2025
He scored on a Perdomo sacrifice fly.
Gurriel tacked on with a solo shot (10) in the fourth, hitting a fly ball with a few feet of his earlier robbery.
Naylor kept the parade going with an RBI ground-rule double in the fifth, which would have scored a second run had it not popped over the wall.
The Diamondbacks broke the game open in the sixth, starting with a Gurriel single.
Catcher Gabriel Moreno, in his first start since Friday after getting hit in the right thumb by a wild pitch, delivered the death blow, a three-run shot (5) to left field off Trent Thornton.
Gabi Goner ? t.co/4SLoL8GHri pic.twitter.com/e4HU8NFnyJ
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 11, 2025
And they kept piling on, as Thomas singled in front of Carroll, who then tripled to left-center field and scored on another Perdomo sacrifice fly.
Carroll leads MLB with eight triples this season. He led the league with 14 last year (tied for the franchise’s single-season record) and is on pace to break that mark.
He is one of three Diamondbacks ever to hit two triples in a game multiple times, joining Tony Womack and David Peralta. No D-back has hit three triples in a game before, and Carroll seems as good as anyone to do so at some point.
Thomas hit a solo shot (3) in the eighth inning, his third hit of the game. He is 10-for-27 (.370) in June.
Diamondbacks’ next game
The D-backs and Mariners (33-33) end their three-game set on Wednesday at 12:40 p.m.
Eduardo Rodriguez will make his second start since coming off the injured list. He threw five innings with two earned runs on Friday in Cincinnati.
Seattle will start right-hander Bryan Woo (3.07 ERA).
The game will air on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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