PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks scored in the first inning for the sixth game in a row Sunday, the longest such streak in the majors this season. They later set a franchise record with nine consecutive hits.
Arizona’s nine hits in a row — all with two outs — came when scoring eight runs in the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies while completing a three-game series sweep with a 13-6 win.
Adrian , his first of the season, put the Diamondbacks up 3-0.
That homer also extended Arizona’s streak to seven games in a row of scoring multiple runs within the first three innings of a game. That matches NL East-leading Philadelphia for the longest in the majors this season.
The Diamondbacks had two quick outs in the fifth before nine batters in a row got hits. They loaded the bases before Alek Thomas had an RBI single. James McCann followed with a two-run single and Blaze Alexander added another RBI single before the Rockies pulled starting pitcher Tanner Gordon.
Corbin Carrol greeted reliever Ryan Rolison with an RBI single. Ketel Marte, whose flyout opened the inning, then had a two-run double and Geraldo Perdomo, after his pop-out earlier in the inning, had an RBI single to make it 12-3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who had the first single in the outburst, grounded out to end the inning.
Several teams this season had four-game streaks of scoring in the first inning. The Diamondbacks exceeded that Saturday night when Gurriel had an RBI single in the first inning. They on Gurriel’s RBI double in the ninth.
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