Pavin Smith hits a 3-run homer, a grand slam and a solo shot to finish with eight RBIs against the Astros. External Source
HOUSTON — Pavin Smith homered in his first three at-bats for his first multi-homer game and set a career-high with eight RBIs as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 12-6 on Sunday night to snap 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.
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 lead off the second inning and hit off 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.
Venezuelans José Altuve 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI.
Via: MLB.com
