Pavin Smith has 6-RBI game, Diamondbacks demolish Cardinals 14-1

Pavin Smith recorded a six-RBI perfromance, including hitting a grand slam, as the Arizona Diamondbacks crushed the St. Louis Cardinals 14-1 on Tuesday night.

After being sent down to Triple-A Reno last week and called up Tuesday, Tommy Henry improved to 1-1 on the season and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 3-for-5 for the D-backs (12-13). Arizona totaled 15 hits and every batter in the lineup had at least one.

Phoenix native Nolan Gorman was 2-for-4 and Wilson Contreras homered for the only Cardinals (10-14) run. Steven Matz and Zack Thompson both surrended seven runs apiece in the loss.

Pure Diamondback Domination

On the second batter Henry faced, Contreras crushed a home run to center field for St. Louis to go up 1-0. Contreras came out of the game after the fifth inning as he was visibly experiencing hand discomfort.

From there on out though, a combination of an offenive explosion and Henry dialing in powered the Diamondbacks to the win.

In the third, Gurriel Jr. hit an RBI single before Christain Walker powered a three-run homer to left center as the Diamondbacks tied and took the lead, 4-1.

Matz and Thomspon would be roughed up in the fifth inning with Gabriel Moreno and Randal Grichuk both driving home an RBI each.

With the score already sitting at 6-1, Smith and Kevin Newman blew the game wide-open.

Smith connected on a two-run double and Newman smashed a two-run blast to the left field’s third deck for a 10-1 score.