Verlander allowed eight runs on eight hits in three innings and did not record a strikeout for the third time in 381 career regular-season starts.
Pavin Smith homered in his first three at-bats for his first multi-homer game and set a career-high with eight RBIs in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 12-6 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Smith fell one RBI shy of Arizona’s record set by Erubiel Durazo in 2002. Chris Iannetta also drove in eight for the Diamondbacks in a 2017 game.
Smith’s previous mark was six. Venezuelan Eugenio Suarez also hit one out of the park and reached 26 homers for the season.
Arizona moved within a half-game of San Diego for the first NL wild-card spot and extended its lead over New York and Atlanta to 1 1/2 games. Houston leads Seattle by 4 1/2 games in the AL West.
Smith’s first homer of the night followed back-to-back singles to start the second inning and hit the right-field foul pole.
Arizona had increased the lead to 4-0 when Smith came up with the bases loaded in the third inning and sent a 2-2 fastball from Justin Verlander (3-6) into the Crawford Boxes for his third career grand slam.
Verlander allowed eight runs on eight hits in three innings and did not record a strikeout for the third time in 381 career regular-season starts.
For the Diamondbacks, Venezuelans Eugenio Suárez went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and two RBIs and Luis Guillorme went 0-for-4 with one RBI. Dominican Geraldo Perdomo went 2-for-5 with one run scored.
For the Astros, Dominicans Yainer Díaz went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Jeremy Peña went 1-for-5. Venezuelan José Altuve went 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI.
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