Arizona 11, Houston 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 28, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian Runge, 1B -
D.J. Reyburn, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Ted Barrett
Attendance:
31405
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Zach Duke hit a three-run homer and pitched seven shutout innings in his injury-delayed Arizona debut to lead the Diamondbacks to an 11-3 victory over the host Houston Astros on Saturday.
Duke (1-0) allowed just three hits and one walk as Arizona won its fifth straight game and 11th in its last 12.
Duke’s first career homer capped a four-run third inning that staked the Diamondbacks to a 6-0 lead.
Miguel Montero doubled home a run earlier in the frame to give Arizona a three-run advantage. Duke came to the plate with two on and two out and hit an 0-2 pitch from Bud Norris (2-4) over the left-field fence.
Duke struck out four in his initial outing for the Diamondbacks. The lefthander, who was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the offseason, suffered a broken pitching hand in spring training when struck by a line drive.
Gerardo Parra had three RBIs for the Diamondbacks. Stephen Drew was 4-for-5 and Montero was 3-for-5 as Arizona racked up 13 hits.
Houston scored three ninth-inning runs off reliever Zach Kroenke.
Norris allowed six runs – two earned – and seven hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked two.
Arizona added three runs in the eighth on Montero’s run-scoring double and Parra’s two-run homer and two in the ninth on Drew’s run-scoring single and a sacrifice fly by Chris Young.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Arizona |
|
Houston |
|
Zach Duke |
Player |
Bud Norris
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
3 |
Hits |
7 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
3.60 |
Hitting
| Arizona |
|
Houston |
|
Stephen Drew | Player |
Clint Barmes
|
|
4 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
2 |
|
.800 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
13 |
2 |
22 |
.342 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.206 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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