Zac Gallen pitched six sharp innings and Corbin Carroll hit a two-run single in a five-run fifth to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0. Gallen threw 90 pitches, giving up four hits and walking two. He struck out seven, two of them coming with a runner on third and one out.
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen throws against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Phoenix. Arizona Diamondbacks ’ Corbin Carroll watches the flight of his two-run single against the St. Louis Cardinals during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Phoenix.
The right-hander caught Brandon Crawford looking on a full count with the bases loaded in the second and then got a grounder to escape the jam. Gallen also whiffed Ivan Herrera on a 3-2 curve in the fourth before retiring Crawford on a popup.Christian Walker, who had three hits, led off with a single. He went to third on Joc Pederson’s double down the right-field line and scored on Jace Peterson’s sacrifice fly to left, just beating Brendan Donovan’s throw to the plate.
Joe Mantiply and Bryce Jarvis combined for three hitless innings to finish the shutout for Gallen, who was the Cardinals’ third-round pick in the 2016 draft but was traded to Atlanta while still in the minors. Carroll and McCarthy nearly collided while chasing Willson Contreras’ drive to the wall in deep center in the sixth. As they ran by each other, Carroll appeared to trip over McCarthy, who caught the ball, and fell hard to the ground, but remained in the game.
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