D-backs tie club record for extra-base hits vs. Rangers

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks tied a franchise record with 13 extra-base hits in a 14-4 win to sweep the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

Both Ketel Marte and Eugenio Suarez came up one triple short of the cycle, as Suarez hit two home runs to left field to rack up his season total to 28.

Randal Grichuk and Adrian Del Castillo added home runs to the tally, while Corbin Carroll smacked a triple and one of Arizona’s seven doubles. Grichuk hit his 200th career home run, while Carroll roped his 13th triple of the season. Tony Womack owns the franchise record with 14 triples in 2000.

The last time Arizona collected double-digit extra-base hits in a game was back in 2020, and Wednesday was only the second instance in club history the D-backs piled on 13 (2014 against the Los Angeles Dodgers). The Diamondbacks finished Wednesday’s game with 16 hits total and have scored 32 runs over the past three games, all victories.

Carroll’s triple gave Arizona a 1-0 lead in the first inning off Rangers starter Cody Bradford, and Grichuk followed with a two-run shot. Suarez’s first homer extended the lead to 4-0 in the second inning, and Marte broke the game open with a three-run homer for an 8-2 lead in the fourth.

Del Castillo’s three-run homer in the fifth proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back after Texas scratched across two runs, as Arizona took an 11-4 lead on the rookie’s fourth career dinger.

Suarez capped the five-homer day with another solo shot in the seventh.

The veteran third baseman has four home runs in his last four games, and he leads MLB with 22 long balls since July 1.

Suarez is batting an astounding .500 in the month of September (19-for-38), as he has been a constant source of offense from the middle or bottom-third of the lineup after a very slow first three months.

The Diamondbacks only received four innings out of starter Merrill Kelly, who walked off the mound with the athletic trainer in the fifth frame. Jordan Montgomery threw three scoreless innings to end the game.

The Diamondbacks (82-64) get Thursday off before returning to Chase Field Friday to start a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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