Corbin Carroll has one game left before he’ll fully realize he’s an All-Star in his first full season.
Carroll hopes to end first half on a high note as he and Arizona Diamondbacks three sweeps Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday’s series finale in Phoenix
His walk-off single in Game 10 on Saturday afternoon lifted the rattlesnake Won 3-2 after trailing by a point going into innings
This is the latest highlight of Carroll’s fantastic rookie season.
Last week, he was named the starter for Tuesday’s All-Star game in Seattle.
“I’m excited for Seattle’s game, but we’ve got to deal with things (Sunday),” said Carroll, who hit . 292 with 18 homers and 48 RBIs.
Carroll was happy in Thursday’s 9-0 loss to the New York Mets as he suffered shoulder pain while swinging and fumbled in the seventh.
Fortunately, an MRI showed that Carroll was back in the lineup in Friday’s 7-3 win. pirate in the series opener
“I thought my season was over off the court,” Carroll said. “Our medical team did a great job. Within 10 minutes, they were assuring me that I would be fine. I think it just teaches you to appreciate every second of being here.”
this pirate Will try to snap a four-game losing streak and head into the All-Star Game on a high note
this rattlesnake Seven pitchers were used in Saturday’s win, and they combined for 96 of 144 strikes, resulting in 15 strikeouts
“They’ve been leading,” Pittsburgh coach Derek Shelton said of Arizona. “When you’re in the lead, you’re able to do the low-velocity put-to-shelf mission.”
Jack Suwinski hit an RBI double in the sixth to earn pirate 1-0 lead, strikeouts in the other three sets
“He’s got to be aggressive, to be able to hit two strikes with that much force,” Shelton said.
Pittsburgh plans to go the bullpen route in the series finale, with Carmen Mlozinski serving as the opener.
Mlozinski (1-1, 2.61 ERA) has made all nine appearances this season in the bullpen. He never faced Arizona.
Zach Davis (1-4, 6.52) will try to find a way out of a season-long slump when he has the ball. rattlesnake
He got off to his best start of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 28, pitching a seven-inning tiebreaker in a 2-3 loss, but without a win. In his most recent fight on Tuesday, he took another step back.
He allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 2/3 innings and received no verdict after giving up a season-high two homers in an 8-5 loss to the Mets.
Davis went 2-5 in 27 starts in his first season with the team rattlesnake Last year, he was far from having the best season of his career in 2017, when he went 17-9 with a 3.90 ERA in 33 starts for the Milwaukee Brewers.
19 starts in his career against teams pirateScore 6-6, ERA 4.64
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