Dan Haren tossed seven innings while only allowing four hits and one run.  Haren picked up the win and is now 7-4 on the season.  Haren struck out eight batters and also lowered his era to 3.26 on the season.  Juan Cruz tossed the eighth inning and struck out the side.  Chad Qualls then came in and pitched the ninth inning to record one more strick out for the D-backs.  Great job by all three pitchers!

Chris Young and Stephen Drew both hit home runs at the plate for the Diamondbacks.  Young’s was a three run shot while Drew hit a two run homer.  Young and Haren led the Diamondbacks with three rbi each while Drew and Chad Tracy both had two rbi in the game.  We can’t forget about Jeff Salazar who also had one rbi in the game.

So will the great pitching and hot hitting carry over to Thursday when they Diamondbacks and Athletics play the rubber match of the three game series?  For Diamondbacks fans, they are sure hoping so.

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Dan Harren started the game for the Diamondbacks, he went six innings giving up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts.  The Diamondbacks’ bullpen gave up two more runs in the bottom of the seventh with Doug Slaten on the mound.  Slaten hit Damion Easley with a pitch; Ramon Castro hit a long fly ball to center that was misplayed by Chris Young, Easley would advance to third on the double.  Both Castro and Easly would score on an RBI single to center off the bat of Fernando Tatis.  Jose Reyes hit a double that advanced Tatis to third, Endy Chavez drew a walk and with one out and the bases loaded, Edgar Gonzalez came in to the game-he would get David Wright to hit a popup in foul territory on the first base side that was caught by Conner Jackson.  However, Gonzalez would have to face Carlos Beltran again, this time with the bases load, but Gonzalez won the battle when he got Beltran to fly out to centerfield.

The Diamondbacks scored two runs in the top of the eighth and Joe Smith on the mound, with one out Augie Ojeda drew a walk, but would be erased on a fielder’s choice, Orlando Hudson was safe at first, Connor Jackson hit a single to center advancing Hudson to second.  Mark Reynolds hit a triple that just missed going over the fence in center field.  Both Hudson and Jackson would score to make it 4-2.   

The top of the ninth inning started when Billy Wagner walked lead off man Miguel Montero, Wagner then gave up a single to Stephen Drew.  Chris Young doubled to left, scoring Montero, and allowing Drew to advance to third.  Augie Ojeda walked to load the bases, Orlando Hudson grounded to Jose Reyes who threw Drew out at the plate.  Connor Jackson hit a grounder to Jose Reyes, who flipped the ball to second base to get the force out, but Drew would score and tie the game at four.  Wagner was able to strike out Mark Reynolds on a called third strike to end the inning, but the damage was done.  With the game tied at 4 in the top of the tenth Aaron Heilman started the inning by giving up a double to Justin Upton, Jeff Salazar moved the runner to third on a sac bunt, and Upton would score on a sac fly by Miguel Montero.  Brandon Lyon shut the Mets down in the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings recording his second win of the season. 

The Diamondbacks return home to start interleague play.  The Kansas City Royals will be in town.  The Diamondbacks will have Doug Davis on the mound and he will be opposed by Zack Greinke.  First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. 

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At the plate for the Diamondbacks, Jeff Salazar hits a two run home run in the second inning to finish with two RBI.  Conor Jackson also finished with two RBI as he got the Diamondbacks on the scoreboard in the first inning with a RBI single and then a fielders choice in the fifth inning.  B.J. Upton also had a sac fly in the eighth inning.

On the mound for the Diamondbacks, Edgar Gonzalez picked up his first win of the season.  Gonzalez tossed 5.1 innings and gave up seven hits and three runs.  Chad Qualls gave up the other run to the Dodgers as he pitched in the seventh inning.  Brandon Lyon picked up the save which was his sixth of the season.

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