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 "I had a bad at-bat the first time," said Peralta, who grounded out
to shortstop with a runner in scoring position in the first inning,
"and I was like, 'Forget about it. Just get them next time.'"
Peralta's opposite field grand slam homer in his next plate
appearance was the big blow in an 11-run second inning as the
Diamondbacks rolled to a 13-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies
at Chase Field.
"As soon as I hit the ball, I knew it was gone," said Peralta, who
has 11 homers. "It feels good when you do something to help the team
win. We're doing really well right now, and we just want to keep
doing it."
Peralta had a five-hit game Sunday and has 10 hits and eight RBIs in
his last 14 at-bats. His batting average to a season-high .301, and
his 60 RBIs are second on the team behind first baseman Paul
Goldschmidt's 81.
"David is hot right now," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "He's able
to hit for power the other way, which with his strength he should be
able to do."
Second baseman Aaron Hill homered and singled in the second inning,
one of four Diamondbacks with two hits in the second. All were off
right-hander David Buchanan (2-7), who was charged with 11 earned
runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Arizona shortstop Chris Owings had two doubles, right fielder
Yasmany Tomas had a double and a single and right-hander Jeremy
Hellickson had two run-scoring singles, driving in three.
Hill and center fielder A.J. Pollock had three hits and catcher
Jarrod Saltalamacchia had his fourth homer as the Diamondbacks
(56-56) reached .500 for the second time since April 24. They were
42-42 on July 8.
Arizona scored 13 runs in a row for the second straight game for the
first time since September, 2001, when they scored 15 and 13 in
consecutive games against Milwaukee.
"There is a confidence when you hit," Hale said. "It's like when we
pitch well for a bunch of games. When guys start to hit, the other
guys feel good about it. They are getting a lot of at-bats instead
of waiting a half-hour, 45 minutes for their next at-bat. It's just
contagious."
Second baseman Chase Utley and catcher Cameron Rupp had two hits for
the Phillies (45-69), who have been outscored 26-4 in the first two
games of the series.
Despite the two straight losses, the Phillies are 16-7 since the
All-Star break, tied with St. Louis for the best record in the NL.
Philadelphia third baseman and NL rookie of the year candidate
Maikel Franco left the game after being struck in the left wrist by
a pitch in the first inning. X-rays were negative, the Phillies
said.
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"We'll see if it will feel better tomorrow." Franco said. "When the
ball hit me I thought it was broken."
Hellickson pitched eight innings for the first time since May 23,
2013, giving up one unearned run and seven hits. He struck out six
and did not walk a batter.
Owings drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double to start the
scoring in the second inning, when the Diamondbacks sent 15 batters
to the plate. Hellickson followed with a two-run single before
Peralta cleared the bases with his 11th homer of the season. It was
8-1.
"Once the game started the ball was elevated, and that's when you
get hurt," Buchanan said. "Try to keep pitching, try to get guys
out, but the ball was elevated and I had to get the ball down."
Hill hit his fifth homer later in the inning, and Saltalamacchia
homered in the sixth.
NOTES: Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt had his 382nd RBI Monday,
breaking a tie with original Diamondback and Washington manager Matt
Williams for fifth in franchise history. Luis Gonzalez (774) holds
the franchise record. ... With 24 intentional walks, Goldschmidt
tied Gonzalez's franchise record set in 2001. ... Philadelphia 3B
Maikel Franco's home run to dead center field at Chase Field on
Monday was measured at 455 feet, the longest Phillies' homer since
Jim Thome's 459-footer at Minnesota on June 14, 2012. Franco's
homered into a cutout where cameras are stationed in the batter's
eye. ... Arizona's Chris Owings made his seventh start of the season
at shortstop to give starter Nick Ahmed a day off. Owings is the
primary backup after INF Cliff Pennington was traded to Toronto. ...
Philadelphia RF Domonic Brown (stomach illness) was held out.
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