CHICAGO -- Paul Goldschmidt hit three home runs, including a go-ahead solo shot in the ninth inning, and drove in a career-high six runs to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.J.D. Martinez also homered in the ninth off Chicago closer Wade Davis (2-1), who worked the ninth following a 30-minute rain delay, the third delay of the day.Fernando Rodney got the save by pitching a scoreless ninth for Arizona, which took two of three games from the defending World Series champions. Rodney walked two before striking out Ian Happ and Jason Heyward to close out the victory.Jake Barrett (1-0) pitched two-thirds of an inning to earn the win. Zack Greinke allowed six runs and nine hits while striking out eight in six innings while Cubs starter Jose Quintana yielded six runs and six hits with six strikeouts in five innings.Indians 5, Yankees 1CLEVELAND -- Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter for his third complete game of the season as Cleveland defeated New... [More]

1B Paul Goldschmidt is experiencing something of a falloff offensively in July following a standout month of June. Goldschmidt has two homers, nine RBIs and 26 strikeouts in July after having seven homers and 27 RBIs in June. Goldschmidt responded by going 2-for-2 with two doubles and three runs scored. "You're watching him get back to doing what he's done much of the year with his approach -- doubling the other way with a lot of force on the ball. When he does that, you know he's in a good hitting position."

1B Paul Goldschmidt took the start off on orders of manager Torey Lovullo. "I feel like it was the right thing, well timed for him," Lovullo said. "He went to the All Star game. He didn't have the four days that everybody else had off." Goldschmidt hit a sacrifice fly as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.

1B Paul Goldschmidt went 0-for-5 and struck out four times. Goldschmidt saw his overall hitting streak snapped at 11 games and his road streak stopped at 17, one short of tying the club record set in 2002 by Junior Spivey and tied in 2010 by Stephen Drew.

CINCINNATI -- J.D. Martinez walked into the Arizona Diamondbacks' clubhouse at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday afternoon and didn't know anyone, an odd occurrence for someone who has played in the major leagues for seven years, and for teams in both leagues.But, aside from left-handed starter Robbie Ray, with whom he played for one season in Detroit, Martinez was in a completely foreign environment."It'll take me a couple days and settle in," Martinez said, sitting in the visitors' dugout wearing his new D-backs warmup gear. "I look at these colors and it doesn't feel right. But, it's a blessing to be here. It's a chance to go to the playoffs, man. Some people go their whole career and never get that chance."Martinez, however, got off to a rough start with the Diamondbacks, leaving the Wednesday game against the Cincinnati Reds in the fourth inning with a contusion after being hit on the left hand by a pitch. X-rays were negative and he is officially listed as day-to-day.Martinez,... [More]

CINCINNATI -- J.D. Martinez walked into the Arizona Diamondbacks' clubhouse at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday afternoon and didn't know anyone, an odd occurrence for someone who has played in the major leagues for seven years, and for teams in both leagues. But, aside from left-handed starter Robbie Ray with whom he played for one season in Detroit, Martinez was in a completely foreign environment."It'll take me a couple days and settle in," Martinez said, sitting in the visitors' dugout wearing his new D-backs warmup gear. "I look at these colors and it doesn't feel right. But, it's a blessing to be here. It's a chance to go to the playoffs, man. Some people go their whole career and never get that chance."Martinez, who will wear uniform No. 28, batted .305 with 13 doubles, 16 home runs, and 39 RBIs in 57 games this season. Martinez was acquired from the Tigers on Tuesday night in exchange for minor league infield prospects Dawel Lugo, Sergio Alcantara and Jose King.Martinez began... [More]

1B Paul Goldschmidt went his fifth straight game without an RBI. Goldschmidt leads the NL with 66 RBIs.

1B Paul Goldschmidt's production was a big plus during a recent run of 13 wins in 15 games. But when he went cold on the Diamondbacks' 10-game homestand that ends Sunday, so did his team. Since taking a day off Monday against the Phillies, Goldschmidt is 2-for-18 with seven strikeouts and has looked to be susceptible to sliders and other breaking pitches down and away. Overall on the homestand, Goldschmidt is 5-for-28 with one homer, two RBIS, five walks and eight strikeouts. But his triple in the fourth Saturday keyed a two-run inning against the Rockies, and the Diamondbacks went on to win 6-2 and halt their three-game losing streak.

1B Paul Goldschmidt ranks among the National League leaders in June in a host of categories. He was tied for first in RBIs with 27, third in average at .367 and fifth in OPS (1.129).

1B Paul Goldschmidt was given his first day off of the season Monday, the third time he has not started this season after playing all previous 76 games. The D-backs are in a stretch of 16 games in 17 days that includes consecutive three-game series against St. Louis and fellow NL West contenders Colorado and the Dodgers beginning Tuesday. "I felt it made a lot of sense to get him off his feet and give him a good push for some important series that are coming up," manager Torey Lovullo said. Goldschmidt entered the day with a major league-high 65 RBIs, three more than teammate and No. 2 3B Jake Lamb.

1B Paul Goldschmidt continues to help his all-star candidacy. He leads the NL with 64 RBIs -- a category he last led in 2013, with 125 RBIs -- and also leads in on-base percentage. Over his last 16 games, he is hitting .433 (26-for-60) with six doubles, five homers and 21 RBIs. He's also reached base safely in a club-record 39 consecutive games at Chase Field.

LOS ANGELES -- The homer-happy Los Angeles Dodgers blasted three more Thursday night and ran their winning streak to a season-high seven games as they finished a four-game sweep of the New York Mets, 6-3. Justin Turner, Enrique Hernandez and Joc Pederson all homered for Los Angeles. It was the 14th straight game that the Dodgers have hit a home run, tying a franchise record set last season. Los Angeles hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in the series against the injury-depleted New York pitching staff. The Dodgers moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Colorado and Arizona in the National League West.Los Angeles' Hyun-Jin Ryu went five innings, allowing home runs to Curtis Granderson and Travis d'Arnaud. The Dodgers needed five relievers to close it out. Kenley Jansen got four outs for his 16th save of the season.Cubs 11, Marlins 1MIAMI -- Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta turned in a vintage all-around performance and Kris Bryant crushed a three-run homer to lead Chicago over Miami.It was Bryant's... [More]

1B Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, four RBIs and two runs scored Thursday to extend his hitting streak to nine games. He has twice recorded consecutive three-hit games in the streak June 11 against Milwaukee and June 12 at Detroit and Tuesday and Wednesday at Colorado. During his hitting streak, Goldschmidt is batting .463 with four doubles, five homers, 17 RBIs and 12 runs scored. He hit safely in 61 of his past 63 games against Colorado, going 93-for-245 in that span.

LOS ANGELES -- The homer-happy Los Angeles Dodgers blasted three more Thursday night and ran their winning streak to a season-high seven games as they finished a four-game sweep of the New York Mets, 6-3. Justin Turner, Enrique Hernandez and Joc Pederson all homered for Los Angeles. It was the 14th straight game that the Dodgers have hit a home run, tying a franchise record set last season. Los Angeles hit 15 home runs and scored 36 runs in the series against the injury-depleted New York pitching staff. The Dodgers moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Colorado and Arizona in the National League West.Los Angeles' Hyun-Jin Ryu went five innings, allowing home runs to Curtis Granderson and Travis d'Arnaud. The Dodgers needed five relievers to close it out. Kenley Jansen got four outs for his 16th save of the season.Cubs 11, Marlins 1MIAMI -- Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta turned in a vintage all-around performance and Kris Bryant crushed a three-run homer to lead Chicago over Miami.It was Bryant's... [More]

MIAMI -- Former Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta turned in a vintage all-around performance and Kris Bryant crushed a three-run homer to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 11-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night at Marlins Park.It was Bryant's 16th homer of the season, and it propelled Chicago to its fourth win in their past five games. Arrieta (7-5) allowed one run and six hits in seven innings and was 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI, helping spark two rallies.Wilson Contreras hit a two-run homer, and Addison Russell and Ian Happ each went 4-for-5 with two RBIs for the Cubs. Chicago's Mark Zagunis made his major-league debut and got an RBI in his first at-bat, grounding out to shortstop. He finished 0-for-5.Marcell Ozuna hit his 20th homer of the season, a solo shot, to lead Miami. Marlins starter Jeff Locke (0-3) has yet to win during his brief career in Miami, allowing five runs, seven hits and three walks in four innings.Indians 6, Orioles 3BALTIMORE -- Austin Jackson had three... [More]

1B Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with his 17th home run. He has reached base safely in 59 of his past 61 games against the Rockies. During that span, Goldschmidt is hitting .374. On the Diamondbacks' eight-game road trip that ends Thursday, Goldschmidt is 10-for-26 with a double, three homers, seven RBIs and six runs scored in six games.

1B Paul Goldschmidt had another multi-hit game in a 5-4 Arizona win Sunday in Philadelphia. Goldschmidt was 2-for-5 with two RBIs on a two-run homer in the first inning. Goldschmidt has hits in six consecutive games and has multi-hit games in four of those.

1B Paul Goldschmidt delivered the crushing blow in a 5-1 Diamondbacks win in Philadelphia on Saturday. With the Diamondbacks ahead 2-1, Goldschmidt launched a two-run double to give Arizona some breathing room. He also made a great catch in the field in the seventh to preserve the win. Goldschmidt was 2-for-5 on the day and also scored a run.

DH Paul Goldschmidt will return to his first base post Wednesday after spending a game as a designated hitter. Because the D-Backs are playing in an American League city, they must find someone to bat for the pitcher. Manager Torey Lovullo chose Goldschmidt because it gave him a chance to keep the first baseman off the field two days in a row. Arizona was off Monday. Goldschmidt had two singles plus a two-run home run.

1B Paul Goldschmidt moved into second place on Arizona's career homers list by hitting the 154th of his career in the eighth inning, a grand slam off Milwaukee's Rob Scahill. It was Goldschmidt's fifth career homer with the bases loaded and his first at home. "I never really counted on getting to the big leagues, so to have that is pretty cool," Goldschmidt said of being second behind Luis Gonzalez (224 homers). "But I don't want to think about it too much."