MLB Game Summary - Arizona at Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN (SportsNetwork.com) - Mark Trumbo's two-run homer highlighted a five-run Arizona fifth inning as the Diamondbacks defeated the Minnesota Twins, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game set.
Didi Gregorius had three doubles, an RBI and a run scored for Arizona, which snapped a six-game losing streak. A.J. Pollock also posted three hits and scored a run.
Josh Collmenter (11-8) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk over 6 1/3 innings to notch the win.
"He's got good baseball savvy," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said of Collmenter. "He just has a sense of what to throw."
Ricky Nolasco (5-12) surrendered five runs on nine hits and a walk over 4 2/3 frames for the Twins, who have dropped three straight games.
"Just never got into any kind of rhythm," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of Nolasco.
The Twins led 1-0 before the D-backs surged ahead in the fifth.
Jake Lamb and Chris Owings singled to begin the frame before Gregorius' double down the right-field line brought home Lamb. Owings scored on Ender Inciarte's groundout, and a wild pitch during Pollock's at-bat allowed Gregorius to scamper home from third.
Pollock then singled up the middle before Trumbo golfed his two-run shot into the flowers over the big wall in right-center.
Pinch-hitter Josmil Pinto's RBI single in the seventh trimmed the margin to 5-2, but Owings' RBI groundout in the eighth gave Arizona a 6-2 cushion.