Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: Taking seat against lefty
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Smith isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against Milwaukee.
Smith has been white-hot to start the season, slashing .400/.486/.667 through his first 35 plate appearances, but the D-backs won't risk him cooling down against the left-handed Jose Quintana on Friday. Randal Grichuk will serve as the team's DH instead and bat third.
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Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: Idle vs. southpaw
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Thomas is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
The Brewers will send out left-hander Jose Quintana to make his season debut Friday, so the D-backs will keep the left-handed bat of Thomas on the bench. Jake McCarthy will fill in as Arizona's center fielder and bat eighth.
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Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa: Resting Friday
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Tawa isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers.
Tawa will head to the bench for Friday's series opener after going 1-for-4 and driving in two runs in Wednesday's win over Baltimore. Garrett Hampson will get the nod at second base instead and bat ninth.
Tawa went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Tawa capped the Diamondbacks' five-run fifth inning with a two-run single that plated Alek Thomas and Jake McCarthy. Tawa started at second base for the third time in five games since Ketel Marte (hamstring) was added to the 10-day injured list. He and Garrett Hampson have alternated starts. With Marte expected to miss a "series of weeks," per manager Torey Lovullo, Tawa is in position to see ample opportunities through the end of the month.
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Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Logs first hit
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McCarthy started in left field and went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over Baltimore.
McCarthy snapped an 0-for-24 skid to open the season with a fifth-inning double and scored his first run in 2025. He and Alek Thomas have largely shared center field, but both were in the lineup Wednesday, when McCarthy filled in for Lourdes Gurriel in left field. Both McCarthy (.038) and Thomas (.308) have 26 at-bats.
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Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: Joins the homer party
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Smith started at first base and went 3-for-5 with a double, a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Smith was one of four members of the Diamondbacks that went deep in the win. His two-run shot in the fifth inning, his first homer of the season, was the first of back-to-back homers. The Diamondbacks are finally seeing a string of right-handed starters, which has given Smith starts in four consecutive games. During that stretch, the lefty hitter is 7-for-13 with three extra-base hits, three RBI and four runs scored.
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Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo: Swats solo homer
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Perdomo batted second and went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over Baltimore.
Perdomo capped the Diamondbacks' four-homer night with a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, his second home run of the season. A recent move to the top of the order, where he's replacing Ketel Marte (hamstring), should boost Perdomo's production, but he was just 1-for-12 in the first four games following his promotion before breaking out Wednesday. The shortstop is batting .333/.389/.511 with four extra-base hits and a team-leading 13 RBI through 55 plate appearances (13 games).
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Diamondbacks' Josh Naylor: Three hits, homer in win
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Naylor went 3-for-4 with a home run and three total RBI in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Naylor opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the first inning before extending the lead to 5-0 with a homer off Dean Kremer in the fifth. While the home run was Naylor's first this season, he's gotten off to a nice start with Arizona, going 16-for-47 (.340) with a .929 OPS, nine RBI and three stolen bases through 13 games.
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Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll: Homers again Wednesday
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Carroll went 2-for-4 with a home run and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Orioles.
Carroll extended Arizona's lead to 2-0 in the third inning with a 413-foot blast off Dean Kremer, his fifth long ball of the year and his second in as many days. Carroll has been red hot at the plate recently, going 8-for-16 with five extra-base hits in his last four games. He's now slashing .320/.424/.740 with 11 runs scored and eight RBI through 13 contests this season.
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Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt: Blanks Baltimore in win
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Pfaadt (2-1) earned the win Wednesday over the Orioles, allowing four hits and two walks over six scoreless innings. He struck out three.
It was an impressive outing from Pfaadt, who's now won back-to-back starts while lowering his ERA to 3.50 through his first 18 innings. While the 26-year-old Pfaadt has yet to log more than five strikeouts in a start this year, he's posted an encouraging 2.1 percent walk rate. Pfaadt's currently lined up to face the Marlins on the road next week in his next outing.
Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Getting Wednesday off
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Gurriel is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Gurriel will sit for just the second time in 13 games as the Diamondbacks give him some time to clear his head following an 0-for-15 stretch at the plate over the past four contests. The Diamondbacks will roll out an outfield of Jake McCarthy, Alek Thomas and Corbin Carroll from left to right in the series finale.
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Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno: Getting afternoon off
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Moreno is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Jose Herrera will get the nod behind the dish for the day game after Moreno started the first two contests of the series. Moreno is hitting a respectable .267 so far this season, but he hasn't supplemented the batting average with useful counting statistics (five runs, one RBI in 11 games).
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Diamondbacks' Justin Martinez: Notches second save
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Martinez struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning Tuesday to record his second save of the season in a 4-3 win over the Orioles.
A.J. Puk collected the hold in the eighth before turning things over to Martinez, who plunked Tyler O'Neill with a pitch but was otherwise untouchable. Martinez has a 0.00 ERA and 7:0 K:BB through 4.2 innings while sharing closing duties with Puk.
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Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: Rallies for second win
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Kelly (2-1) picked up the win in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Orioles, allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and two walks over six-plus innings. He struck out four.
The veteran right-hander was tagged for a pair of runs in the first inning, an ominous sign after Kelly got ambushed by the Yankees his last time out, but he steadied the ship after that and produced his first quality start of the season on 89 pitches (61 strikes). Kelly's 7.20 ERA still shows the scars of that trip to the Bronx, and his 7:9 K:BB in 15 innings hasn't been fantasy-friendly, but he may be trending in the right direction. He's scheduled to make his next start on the road early next week in Miami.
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Diamondbacks' Blaze Alexander: Kicks off rehab assignment
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Alexander (oblique) began a rehab assignment Tuesday with Triple-A Reno, going 0-for-1 with two hit-by-pitches and a run scored.
Alexander played four innings at shortstop before checking out of the contest. The 25-year-old missed most of the Cactus League while recovering from a right oblique strain and will likely remain on assignment at Triple-A through the weekend before the Diamondbacks consider bringing him back from the injured list. Tim Tawa has recently taken over as Arizona's primary second baseman since Ketel Marte (hamstring) landed on the IL, but Alexander could emerge as a candidate to fill in at the keystone once he completes his rehab assignment and if Tawa is struggling to produce.
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Diamondbacks' A.J. Puk: Earns eighth-inning hold
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Puk allowed one hit and struck out one over one inning to earn a hold in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Orioles.
Puk worked around a hit and a stolen base to record his second hold of the season. He entered the eighth inning with two lefties due up and served as the bridge to Justin Martinez, who recorded the save. It was the second straight save situation where Puk worked the eighth and Martinez the ninth. Arizona manager Torey Lovullo still hasn't named a closer and appears to be calling on the lefty Puk or righty Martinez depending on the matchups.
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Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll: Goes deep in win
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Carroll went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Baltimore. He was also hit by a pitch.
Carroll tied the game at 2-2 with a leadoff home run in the third inning. The homer was the outfielder's fourth of the season and his sixth extra-base hit over the last five contests. Carroll has reached base safely in all 12 games, either by hit, walk or HBP.
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