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D-backs add to MLB-best homer total in win
- Updated: April 29, 2016
PHOENIX — Baseballs have been jumping out of Chase Field so far this season, which has been tough for D-backs pitchers, but a boon for their hitters.
Thursday night, the D-backs used a pair of home runs and an outstanding pitching performance by Rubby De La Rosa to beat the Cardinals, 3-0, and earn a split of the four-game series.
Catcher Chris Herrmann’s two-run homer in the second and Brandon Drury’s solo shot in the fourth provided the game’s only offense.
The home runs gave the D-backs 36 home runs this year, most in the Majors.
Herrmann was in the starting lineup because D-backs manager Chip Hale likes the way he works with De La Rosa, and Herrmann was a duel threat in the game — both calling a good game while delivering at the plate.
Herrmann was behind in the count, 1-2, when Cardinals starter Michael Wacha threw a pitch that was down and seemed to fool Herrmann a little bit because he was out on his …
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