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Major League Baseball
Arizona 12, NY Yankees 2
When: 9:40 PM ET, Monday, May 16, 2016
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 32718

PHOENIX -- Arizona needed only one game to double their run total from all four games of a just-concluded series sweep by San Francisco.

Jake Lamb had a three-run homer and finished a triple short of the cycle, and five Diamondbacks had at least two hits in a 12-2 victory over the New York Yankees at Chase Field on Monday. The D-backs scored six runs in losing four straight to the Giants.

"We weren't stressing, but we were all kind of feeling it," Lamb said. "We weren't getting it done. To get a game like this, it's kind of like you take that deep breath. OK, we can hit."

Lamb's homer broke a tie at 2 in a five-run fifth inning and Paul Goldschmidt also homered to help Robbie Ray (2-2) to his first victory since April 19. Ray also collected his first major league RBI with a single to cap the fifth inning rally.

Jean Segura had two hits and three RBIs, Chris Herrmann had two hits and two RBIs and Nick Ahmed had two doubles and an RBI for Arizona (18-23), which scored 10 runs in its last four innings.

"Good at-bats right out of the chute," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "We talked before the game about being aggressive in the zone and not letting things from the past bother you. Look for the pitch you can handle. Most of the game we did."

Mark Teixeira had three hits and scored a run for the Yankees (16-21), who had won three of four.

Jacoby Ellsbury tripled and scored and Chase Headley had an RBI single for the Yankees. Headley has reached base in eight straight games.

Lamb homered on an eight-pitch at-bat for a 5-2 lead, after Michael Bourn reached when first baseman Teixeira failed to catch a throw on a grounder to the mound and Bourn walked.

"With two strikes, I'm still on the fastball and trying to fight off everything else," Lamb said. "He tried to come in with a fastball. I just tried to stay short and get the barrel to the ball. Because we've been struggling a little bit, you don't want to do too much in that situation."

Ray gave up six hits and two runs in seven innings, his longest appearance of the season. He struck out six and walked one, that intentionally to load the bases with two outs in the fourth inning. He struck opposing starter Chad Green (0-1), making his major league debut, to end the inning.

"That's as good as I've ever seen him," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "In the strike zone. Going after guys. He was beating them with his fastball. I could hear him grunting out there."

Center fielder Michael Bourn singled, walked and scored twice in his Arizona debut after being purchased from Double-A Mobile on Sunday. He made a leaping catch at the center field fence for the first out of the fourth inning, helping Ray get out of the inning.

Green gave up eight hits and six runs (four earned) in four-plus innings. He struck out five and walked one.

"After the first two innings he settled down," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Then he just got into a long count and Lamb hit a home run. He did OK. We know there is more there as he continues to develop he secondary stuff."

Goldschmidt hit his eighth homer of the season in the first off Green, and Segura doubled in a run in the second for a 2-0 lead.

"I was just tying to calm myself down and not get to amped up," Green said. "Tried not to over-throw pitches. I did over-throw a few of them."

NOTES: Yankees SS Alex Rodriguez (hamstring strain) took early batting practice Monday and manager Joe Girardi reported things went well. "He hit, he'll do some running, and he's on target," Girardi said. Rodriguez is expected to return when he is eligible to come off the disabled list Thursday, Girardi said. ... Arizona CF Michael Bourn hit second and played center while making his first start since being purchased from Double-A Mobile on Sunday. ... Yankees LHP CC Sabathia is scheduled to start Friday against Oakland, the first day he is eligible to come off the DL. ... The D-backs staged a tribute to Joe Garagiola before the game and unveiled a plaque that will hang permanently in left-center field. Garagiola, a two-time Hall of Fame inductee, passed away March 23 at age 90. ... Joe Torre and Bob Brenly, who opposed each other as managers in the 2001 World Series, escorted the managers to home plate to present the lineup cards before the game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Arizona
Chad Green Player Robbie Ray
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 6
9.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
NY Yankees   Arizona
Mark Teixeira Player Jake Lamb
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
4 TB 7
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 8 0 11 .235 12 10 1 1 0 2
Arizona 15 2 29 .385 21 8 11 5 3 1