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Zack Greinke pitches Diamondbacks past Pittsburgh Pirates

Jun 23, 2018, 6:02 PM

Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first innin...

Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

PITTSBURGH — Zack Greinke pitched six scoreless innings, staying in through two rain delays, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 on Saturday for their third consecutive win.

Paul Goldschmidt homered for NL West-leading Arizona, and David Peralta drove in two runs. Goldschmidt also walked twice and scored three times.

Greinke (7-5) allowed two hits, struck out seven and walked none. He also doubled and scored on Jon Jay’s double in the fourth.

The Pirates hit just four balls out of the infield against Greinke.

Arizona grabbed control with five runs in the first four innings against Joe Musgrove (2-3).

Goldschmidt walked and scored on Peralta’s triple in the first. Peralta then scored when Sean Rodriguez’s relay throw landed in the Pirates’ dugout.

The duo combined for another run in the third when Goldschmidt walked again and scored on Peralta’s double. Chris Owings singled in Jake Lamb to make it 4-0.

Goldschmidt hit his 17th homer in the seventh, and Lamb added an RBI single in the ninth.

Musgrove’s day ended with the second rain stoppage. He allowed seven hits, struck out two and walked three.

The two delays combined to halt play for 1 hour, 21 minutes.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (strained right oblique) will make his third rehab start on Monday.

Pirates: C Francisco Cervelli, already on the seven-day disabled list, has been diagnosed with a concussion. There is no timeframe for his return. … LF Corey Dickerson returned from the Family Medical Emergency Leave List and started. INF/OF Adam Frazier was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.

UP NEXT

Diamondbacks: RHP Clay Buchholz (1-1, 2.94 ERA) is expected to start the series finale on Sunday. In three starts on the road, he has a 2.12 ERA and is holding opponents to a .180 batting average.

Pirates: RHP Trevor Williams (6-4, 4.00 ERA) is coming off one of his best outings of the season, when he struck out seven over seven one-hit inning Monday against Milwaukee.

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