Eugenio Suárez homered twice for the second consecutive day and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St.

A year ago, the Diamondbacks ripped off a hot streak in the second half that vaulted them back into contention. Thinking back on that stretch, manager Torey Lovullo saw parallels to what his team did in a weekend sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals, a series punctuated with a 5-3 win on Sunday afternoon, July 20, at Chase Field.

Eugenio Suarez hit his 32nd and 33rd home runs of the season, and Corbin Carroll tripled twice with a double in a 10-1 win over St. Louis.

Eugenio Suárez hits two home runs, and Corbin Carroll adds two triples as the Arizona Diamondbacks dominate the St. Louis Cardinals 10-1 on Saturday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals return to Chase Field Saturday night for Game 2 of their weekend series.

Similarly to Gallen, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez showed flashes of a turnaround before falling back down to earth. After pitching to a 1.98 ERA in the month of June, Rodriguez has been knocked around for 13 runs in his last 8.1 innings.

The Cardinals dropped their second game of a three-game set in Arizona after starter Sonny Gray gave up a career-high nine runs and matched a career-high in earned runs allowed

Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson had a rough go last time out, giving up four runs in four innings against the Los Angeles Angels.