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- Updated: May 17, 2016
PHOENIX — Paul Goldschmidt started it off with a home run in the first inning and as the hits kept coming for the Arizona D-backs en route to a 12-2 win over the Yankees on Monday night, manager Chip Hale could sense a difference in the home dugout.
After struggling in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Giants, the D-backs offense finally flexed its muscle, delivering 15 hits, including six with runners in scoring position. That’s two more hits than they got in those situations in all four games against San Francisco.
And with that, a weight was lifted.
“If you watched the guys during the game, that was happening as the game was going on,” Hale said of the release of tension. “The guys really came out with good at-bats right out of the shoot. Obviously Goldy hitting the home run was big.”
Jake Lamb finished a triple shy of the cycle, but his biggest contribution was a three-run …
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