Corbin Carroll walks off Rockies for D-backs’ fifth straight win
Corbin Carroll is on track for a career season with 46 games, and he just added his first hit of the season for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The All-Star outfielder left the Colorado Rockies to give the D-backs their fifth straight victory and second in three games after Starling Marte’s homer against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.
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With the game tied 1-1 and two outs, Rockies reliever Juan Mejia left a 2-2 sweeper in the middle of the zone. It turned out to be easy for Carroll to score Gabriel Moreno from second base. Final score: 2-1 D-backs.
Carroll drove in both of Arizona’s runs, putting them on the board with a groundout during a rally in the sixth inning. The Rockies tied the game when D-backs reliever Juan Morillo hit Tyler Freeman in a bases-loaded jam, but Kevin Ginkel entered the game and ended the threat.
All of this helped ensure that Eduard Rodriguez’s seven-inning scoreless start wasn’t for nothing.
After going 1 for 5 on Thursday, Carroll is now slashing .282/.390/.552 and leads MLB with six triples.
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After a rough stretch in late April and early May, the D-backs’ winning streak took their record to 26-23, good for a comfortable third place in the NL West. They are 4.5 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the final NL wild card spot.
