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66-55, 1st in NL West
Goldschmidt homers, Corbin sharp in D-backs 6-4 win at Texas
Paul Goldschmidt hit his 27th homer to put Arizona ahead to stay, All-Star lefty Patrick Corbin worked seven innings for his 10th victory and the NL West-leading Diamondbacks beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Avila adds insurance with long ball (0:17)
Goldschmidt hammers solo shot (0:22)
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Record-setting Colon wins again as Rangers top D-backs 5-3
Bartolo Colon won his first start since setting the record for victories by a Latin American pitcher, going five innings to help the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Monday night.
Goldschmidt homers twice as Diamondbacks beat Reds 9-2
Paul Goldschmidt hit two of Arizona's five homers, and the Diamondbacks avoided a sweep by pounding the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday.
Reds rally with 4 in 8th, beat Diamondbacks 6-3
Pinch-hitter Tucker Barnhart's two-run double highlighted a four-run rally in the eighth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 Saturday night.
Anthony DeSclafani shuts down D-Backs in Reds' 3-0 win
Anthony DeSclafani struck out a season-high nine to outduel Clay Buchholz and scored one of Cincinnati's two runs on Billy Hamilton's suicide-squeeze bunt to help the Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 on Friday night.
The wackiest stat of the season for every MLB team
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Corbin strikes out 9, Diamondbacks beat Phillies 6-0
Patrick Corbin struck out nine in a combined four-hitter, David Peralta had four hits and two RBI, and the Arizona Diamondbacks rolled over the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Wednesday.
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Pivetta, Williams lead Phillies past Diamondbacks 5-2
Nick Pivetta threw six scoreless innings, Nick Williams homered and the Philadelphia Phillies bounced back from their marathon loss the previous night to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Tuesday night.
BBTN: Yanks back in the win column, Roberto Osuna debuts for the Astros, David Peralta saves the Dbacks and more
John Brickley recaps Monday's MLB action, including the Yankees getting back in the win column, Roberto Osuna makes his debut for the Astros, David Peralta saves the Diamondbacks and more.
Peralta's homer in 14th lifts Dbacks over Phillies 3-2
David Peralta hit his second solo homer off the game off the top of the wall in the 14th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a two-run deficit in the ninth to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Monday night.
Longoria's late homer leads Giants past Diamondbacks
Evan Longoria's solo home run in the eighth inning led the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Ahmed homers twice, Diamondbacks beat Giants 9-3
Nick Ahmed homered twice and had four RBI, Steven Souza Jr. drove in three more runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks jumped on the San Francisco Giants early for a 9-3 victory on Saturday night.
Goldschmidt, Peralta homer in D-backs' win over Giants
Paul Goldschmidt hit the 200th homer of his career as part of a five-run first inning for Arizona and the Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Friday night.
D-backs manager Lovullo out due to illness
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo missed Friday night's game against the San Francisco Giants due to illness.
Bumgarner leads Giants to 8-1 win over Diamondbacks
Madison Bumgarner worked through traffic in five innings to out-pitch Zack Greinke in a duel of aces, lifting the San Francisco Giants to an 8-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
Ziegler is first D-back to use bullpen cart
Brad Ziegler drew cheers from the Arizona fans when he used the bullpen cart to enter the game against the Giants on Thursday night.
Surgery likely to end D-backs 3B Lamb's season
Diamondbacks third baseman Jake Lamb will undergo surgery on his left shoulder and is expected to miss the rest of the 2018 season, the team announced Thursday.
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Adding Brian Dozier after landing Manny Machado? The Dodgers clearly got better in the past week. Who added the most value with their deadline moves?
Olney's grades: Plenty of A's, B's and C's -- and one big, fat F
No team added more talent than the Yankees, while the crosstown rival Mets utterly failed to unload any. It's t to hand out the report cards.
Tristan H. Cockcroft ESPN Senior Writer
In Zack Godley's past 5 starts, he has 6.5% walk and 53.8% ground ball rates and has allowed 85.4 mph average exit velocity, which are much closer to his 2017 numbers as a starter (8.5/57.6/86.3). Small sample, yes, but it hints that his top-40 SP form has perhaps returned.
2018 NL West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 66 | 55 | .545 | - | W1 |
| Colorado | 64 | 56 | .533 | 1.5 | L1 |
| Los Angeles | 65 | 57 | .533 | 1.5 | W1 |
| San Francisco | 61 | 61 | .500 | 5.5 | L1 |
| San Diego | 48 | 75 | .390 | 19 | L3 |
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Team Leaders 2018
- Batting
- Pitching
Batting Average
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Earned Run Average
Wins
Strikeouts
Team Stats
- Batting
- Pitching
Runs54217th
Batting Average.23827th
On Base Percentage.31520th
Slugging Percentage.40419th
Earned Run Average3.604th
Quality Starts668th
WHIP1.227th
BAA.2378th