Phillies 9, Diamondbacks 5: Roy Halladay tossed six solid innings in his return from the disabled list and John Mayberry Jr. belted a two-run homer as host Philadelphia rebounded from a marathon loss by seizing the rubber match of the three-game series.
Cody Asche and Roger Bernadina ripped two-run doubles while pinch hitter Chase Utley and Darin Ruf added RBI singles for the Phillies, who have won six of their last eight. The setback wrapped up a 4-6 road trip for the Diamondbacks, who remained seven games behind Cincinnati in the race for the second wild card in the National League.
After finishing a 7-hour, 6-minute marathon on Saturday, the teams wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. Tony Campana led off the contest with a triple and scored on a groundout, but Halladay (3-4) yielded just one more run and three additional hits before exiting to a standing ovation. The two-time Cy Young Award winner was making his first start since May 5 before undergoing right shoulder surgery 11 days later.
Asche gave Philadelphia a 3-1 advantage in the first inning by depositing a 1-2 slider from Patrick Corbin (13-4) into right field to plate Michael Young and Erik Kratz. The teams traded run-scoring outs before Mayberry drilled a 2-0 fastball over the wall in left for his 10th homer in the fourth.
A.J. Pollock capped a three-hit performance with a three-run homer in the eighth inning to trim the Diamondbacks' deficit to 9-5. Jake Diekman struck out two in the ninth to preserve the victory.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Utley's pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth ended the day for Corbin, who was charged with a career-high nine runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. ... Bernadina denied Diamondbacks 3B Matt Davidson of a home run by making a leaping catch at the center-field wall in the third inning. ... Philadelphia opens a seven-game road trip by playing the first of four contests against the NL East-rival New York Mets on Monday. Arizona begins a nine-game homestand on Monday with a three-game set versus San Diego.
Arizona | Philadelphia | |
Patrick Corbin | Player | Roy Halladay |
Loss | W/L | Win |
5.1 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 2 |
7 | Hits | 4 |
13.50 | ERA | 3.00 |
Arizona | Philadelphia | |
A.J. Pollock | Player | Cody Asche |
3 | Hits | 2 |
3 | RBI | 2 |
1 | HR | 0 |
6 | TB | 3 |
.750 | Avg | .500 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Arizona | 8 | 1 | 13 | .235 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Philadelphia | 8 | 1 | 13 | .250 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |