Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 5, St. Louis 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 27, 2014
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bob Davidson, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Hal Gibson III, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 39843

Diamondbacks 5, Cardinals 2: Mark Trumbo belted a pair of homers, including a tiebreaking three-run shot in the seventh, as host Arizona denied St. Louis' bid to clinch the National League Central title.

David Peralta homered among three hits for the Diamondbacks, who rebounded from a 10-inning loss one night earlier. Randall Delgado (4-4) struck out four in three scoreless innings of relief before Addison Reed got the final three outs for his 32nd save.

Seth Maness (6-4) served up Trumbo's decisive blast after Lance Lynn gave up two runs over six innings for the Cardinals, who remained one game ahead of Pittsburgh with one to play. Matt Carpenter collected two hits and Jhonny Peralta had a sacrifice fly.

Lynn got a break when Ender Inciarte was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple in the first, which loomed especially large when David Peralta lined a shot into the seats in right and Trumbo followed with a deep blast to left-center. St. Louis loaded the bases in the third on a pair of singles and a walk before Jhonny Peralta plated one run on a sacrifice fly and Randal Grichuk dashed home from second base on a wild pitch to tie it.

The Diamondbacks forged ahead against St. Louis' bullpen in the seventh, with A.J. Pollock and David Peralta producing back-to-back singles off Maness before Trumbo untied it by lacing a pitch into the seats in left to make it 5-2. Arizona starter Wade Miley struck out six and allowed two runs over five innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cardinals LF Matt Holliday exited the game in the bottom of the sixth inning due to flu-like symptoms, with Jon Jay moving to left and Peter Bourjos taking over in center. ... Inciarte doubled in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest current stretch in the majors. ... Cardinals ace RHP Adam Wainwright will take the mound Sunday seeking his career-best 21st win.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Arizona
Lance Lynn Player Wade Miley
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 6
9 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 3.60
Hitting
St. Louis   Arizona
Matt Carpenter Player David Peralta
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.400 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 7 0 7 .212 10 12 1 3 0 2
Arizona 13 3 23 .351 16 5 5 1 0 0