Final
Arizona leads 1-0 (as of 7/20)
| Game 1: Friday, July 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston | 8 | Final |
| Arizona | 13 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, July 21 | ||
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| Houston | 3 | Final |
| Arizona | 12 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, July 22 | ||
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| Houston | 2 | Final |
| Arizona | 8 | |
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Astros 8
(34-60, 10-39 away)
Diamondbacks 13
(45-48, 24-21 home)
Coverage: FOX ARIZ
9:40 PM ET, July 20, 2012
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
PHOENIX -- Exactly one year after he went down with a brutal ankle injury, Stephen Drew was back in the thick of things for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
And it felt good.Drew, subject of considerable trade speculation, drove in three runs with a double and a single, and the Diamondbacks opened a 10-game homestand with a 13-8 victory over the reeling Houston Astros on Friday night.He said his wife had reminded him that it was exactly a year ago that he broke his left ankle and tore the ligaments surrounding it in a slide at home plate. Drew didn't return until a month ago."I haven't played the game in almost a year," he said, "so I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things, and it felt good. It felt good to get guys in when they're in scoring position. I'm just glad to be a part of it."Justin Upton hit his 99th career home run for Arizona and drew a bases-loaded walk from Bud Norris for a third RBI."It was nice to get the bats going," Upton said. "We went out and got some good pitches to hit, drove some balls and got runners in scoring position, and we executed."Trevor Cahill (8-8) gave up four runs, three earned, in 5 1/3 innings to get the win."I would have liked for him to go more than 5 1/3 innings," manager Kirk Gibson said, "but he just lost it."Norris (5-8) allowed nine runs, six hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings for his seventh straight loss. The Astros have lost four straight and 17 of 19."I don't know what to say," Norris said. " It wasn't pretty. I am out there grinding, battling and trying to make pitches. I didn't miss many barrels today."Upton's two-run, opposite-field shot on Norris' 0-2 pitch broke a 2-all tie in the third inning.Cahill scattered nine hits while improving to 4-1 in his past six home starts. He had an RBI single in the Diamondbacks' five-run fifth. All five of the batters Norris walked scored.Arizona's Aaron Hill was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, and scored twice, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. Miguel Montero's bases-loaded single brought in two runs."If you look up and down the lineup, just great production from everybody," Gibson said. "We just kept the pressure on. We had 21 attempts with runners in scoring position, and 10 of them we got in."The Astros' Carlos Corporan hit his first major league home run. He also had an RBI double. Scott Moore hit a three-run homer off Arizona's Bryan Shaw with two outs in the ninth.Jordan Schafer opened the game with a bloop double, then scored on Marwin Gonzalez's single. Gonzalez took third on Matt Downs' bunt single and scored when J.D. Martinez grounded into a double play to give Houston a 2-0 lead.Arizona cut it to 2-1 in the first when Gerardo Parra drew a leadoff walk and scored on Drew's double.Drew walked with one out in the third, advanced to third on Hill's single and scored when Jason Kubel grounded out, tying the game at 2. Upton, 8-for-20 in his past five games, followed with his eighth homer of the season to put Arizona ahead for good.Parra doubled to start the Diamondbacks' big fifth inning. With one out, Norris walked three consecutive batters to bring in Arizona's fifth run. Montero's two-run single off the glove of the charging Schafer in center brought in two more, then RBI singles by Paul Goldschmidt and Cahill made it 9-2.The Diamondbacks gave up two in the sixth, one on Corporan's double.Drew singled in two in Arizona's four-run seventh.Game notes
LHP Dallas Keuchel has been called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City and will start for Houston on Saturday night in place of J.A. Happ, who was part of Friday's 10-player trade with Toronto. A roster move will be made Saturday to make room for Keuchel. LHP Wade Miley (10-5, 3.13 ERA) goes for Arizona. ... Norris' past five starts have been on the road. ... Arizona 3B Ryan Wheeler was 1-for-4 and committed an error in his major league debut. ... Montero twice threw out Schafer trying to steal second.
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Scoring Summary
| HOU | ARI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Gonzalez doubled to right, J Schafer scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | J Martinez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Gonzalez scored, M Downs out at second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | S Drew doubled to deep right center, G Parra scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 3rd | J Kubel grounded out to second, S Drew scored, A Hill to third. | 2 | 2 | |
| 3rd | J Upton homered to right (393 feet), A Hill scored. | 2 | 4 | |
| 5th | J Upton walked, G Parra scored, A Hill to third, J Kubel to second. | 2 | 5 | |
| 5th | M Montero singled to center, A Hill and J Kubel scored, J Upton to third. | 2 | 7 | |
| 5th | P Goldschmidt doubled to deep left, J Upton scored, M Montero to third. | 2 | 8 | |
| 5th | T Cahill singled to center, P Goldschmidt scored, R Wheeler thrown out at home. | 2 | 9 | |
| 6th | B Bixler safe at first on error by third baseman R Wheeler, B Bogusevic scored. | 3 | 9 | |
| 6th | C Corporan doubled to deep center, B Bixler scored. | 4 | 9 | |
| 7th | R Roberts singled to left center, M Montero scored, P Goldschmidt to third, R Wheeler to second. | 4 | 10 | |
| 7th | G Parra grounded into fielder's choice to first, P Goldschmidt scored, R Wheeler to third, R Roberts to second. | 4 | 11 | |
| 7th | S Drew singled to right, R Wheeler and R Roberts scored, G Parra to third. | 4 | 13 | |
| 8th | C Corporan homered to right center (419 feet). | 5 | 13 | |
| 9th | S Moore homered to right (422 feet), M Gonzalez and J Martinez scored. | 8 | 13 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 23,567 (48.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:39 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Paul Nauert, Second Base - Dana Demuth, Third Base - Doug Eddings |
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