Advertising

Advertising

Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 15, Florida 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, May 30, 2011
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 23465

Miguel Montero belted a three-run homer and drove in five runs and Kelly Johnson added a pair of solo shots and an RBI triple as the rampaging Arizona Diamondbacks extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games with a 15-4 battering of the visiting Florida Marlins on Monday night.

Justin Upton went 5-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs as Arizona collected 19 hits to win for the 13th time in 14 games and remain one-half game ahead of the San Francisco Giants atop the National League West.

Joe Saunders (2-5) won his second straight start, allowing four runs in six innings, as the Diamondbacks won seven in a row for the first time since April 2008.

Upton, who was mired in a 5-for-34 slump, had his first five-hit game since Sept. 16, 2009. Johnson had four hits to extend his hitting streak to six games and Montero capped a five-run sixth inning with his three-run shot to break it open.

Gaby Sanchez homered and drove in three runs for Florida, which lost for the third time in four games.

Marlins starter Chris Volstad (2-4) lasted just 3 1/3 innings, getting raked for five runs on eight hits to suffer his third straight loss and remain winless since April 26.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Florida   Arizona
Chris Volstad Player Joe Saunders
Loss W/L Win
3.1 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 7
8 Hits 7
13.50 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Florida   Arizona
Omar Infante Player Justin Upton
3 Hits 5
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 9
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Florida 9 1 12 .257 26 8 4 5 0 1
Arizona 19 5 38 .452 11 7 14 4 3 0