Goldschmidt, Young Redeem Offensive Face Plant In Stunning 2-1 Comeback Over Cardinals

Two pitches, two home runs; that's all it took the Diamondbacks Thursday in the ninth inning to give this series a feeling of slight redemption with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Young each hit consecutive solo home runs off Jason Motte in the ninth to give Arizona their first lead of this road trip before J.J. Putz came in to close the door in the ninth.

If you watched the entire game though, you would have thought the D-backs' bats evaporated with the rain following the game's brief delay. Kyle Lohse (6.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5 K) absolutely stupefied Arizona's offense, making Trevor Cahill's solid start (6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4 K) almost entirely irrelevant before the ninth inning heroics kicked in.

In the bottom of the fifth, it seemed the Cardinals would get the only run they'd need when Gerardo Parra's throw would go wide of the plate on an Allen Craig RBI single. From there, Mark Rzepcynski and Mitchell Boggs would continue the shutout before handing the ball over to the usually unflappable Motte.

Motte would strikeout Miguel Montero before Goldschmidt worked the count to until he saw a pitch to his liking, crushing the Motte's miscue to dead center field for a tie game. And before the closer could even recuperate, Young smashed the very next pitch he tossed down the left field line, nearly giving the fans in the upper deck a souvenir in the process.

With the win, the D-backs even up their record (59-59), cutting their NL West deficit back to 5.5 games behind the Dodgers. Wade Miley (12-8, 3.02 ERA) now steps up tomorrow as Arizona looks to carry their momentum to Houston to face Dallas Keuchel (1-4, 5.29 ERA).

And that momentum couldn't come at a better time with the D-backs' next ten games being against teams with sub-.500 records (Astros, Marlins, Padres) after facing teams with winning records (Pirates, Nationals, Cardinals) in their previous ten.

Diamondbacks vs. Cardinals: Trevor Cahill Looks To Avoid Sweep

The Arizona Diamondbacks are running out of time to make a run in the National League West. The club fell below .500 with another loss on Wednesday night, and will now turn to Trevor Cahill to avoid suffering a series sweep at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Cahill has been solid on the mound lately, going 1-1 with a 3.79 ERA in his last three starts. He's made just one start in his career against the Cardinals, giving up two runs over six innings while striking out seven.

St. Louis will counter with Kyle Lohse on the mound. Lohse has been one of the winningest pitchers in baseball this season, featuring an impressive record of 12-2. He's allowed one run in 13 innings over two starts in the month of August, good for a 0.69 ERA.

There is some good news for the D-backs this evening: Lohse has not pitched well against them throughout his career. He has a 5.03 ERA over the course of 53.2 innings, striking out just 26 batters in that span.

First pitch from Busch Stadium is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. PT.

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Cardinals Win 5-2, Send Diamondbacks Under .500

The Paul Goldschmidt's 17th home run of the season gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a shot, but Joe Saunders couldn't keep the St. Louis Cardinals from adding to their lead and the Cardinals bullpen shut down Arizona for the game's final three innings in a 5-2 win at Busch Stadium Wednesday night.

The Diamondbacks dropped to 0-5 against St. Louis this season and can only hope to avoid another series sweep Thursday. Arizona also fell under .500 (58-59) for the first time in almost three weeks and has lost eight of the last 11 games.

David Freese hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, Allen Craig homered in the fifth and Rafael Furcal tripled and drove in two runs. Craig and Furcal drove in three of the Cardinals' runs with two out.

The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Goldschmidt's home run, but Freese's homer in the bottom of the inning gave St. Louis a 2-1 lead.

The Diamondbacks missed a chance for a big inning in the sixth, though a run did score on a double-play groundout.

Saunders (6-9) had been very good on the road of late, but Wednesday wasn't his night. He allowed five runs on seven hits in six innings.

The Diamondbacks, according to this report, fell to 3-44 when scoring three or fewer runs in a game. Miguel Montero had two of the D-backs' five hits in the game.

D-backs vs. Cardinals: Joe Saunders Takes On Adam Wainwright In Game Two

The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to get back on track against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. After dropping the series opener on Tuesday evening at Busch Stadium, the D-backs will turn to Joe Saunders. The Cardinals will counter with Adam Wainwright, who has been on quite the roll lately.

In his last three starters, Wainwright is 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 22 innings. He has typically pitched well against Arizona throughout his career, going 4-3 with a 2.48 ERA over 40 innings of work.

Saunders hasn't been horrible the last few weeks, going 1-2 with a 3.59 ERA over 20 innings of work in his last three times on the mound. He's pitched just 8.1 innings in his career against the Cardinals, and he's gotten knocked around a bit.

First pitch from St. Louis is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. CST / 5:15 p.m. PST.

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Diamondbacks Begin Road Trip With 8-2 Loss In St. Louis

St. Louis starting pitcher Joe Kelly stifled the Diamondbacks Tuesday night, leading the Cardinals to a 8-2 victory in the opener of a three game series. Kelly picked up his third victory of the season as the right-hander went 6 1/3 innings, only allowing two runs and striking out six.

Ian Kennedy matched Kelly pitch-for-pitch in the early innings, as the game remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning. Allen Craig led off the inning with a single and Matt Holliday followed by depositing two-run home run into the left-field seats.

After the Diamondbacks cut the St. Louis lead to one run, the Cardinals picked up two runs in the bottom of the seventh aided by two Diamondback errors.

St. Louis broke the game open in the bottom of the eight with three more runs off a two-run double from pitch-hitter Matt Carpenter and an RBI single from John Jay.

The Diamondbacks will look to even the series tomorrow when they send Joe Saunders to the mound against Adam Wainwright from St. Louis.

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Takashi Saito Placed On 15-Day DL; D'Backs Recall Mike Zagurski

Days after Mike Zagurski was designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team says it has recalled the left-handed pitcher after placing right hander Takashi Saito on the 15-day disabled list.

The Diamondbacks' Twitter account reported Tuesday that Saito is suffering from a strained left hamstring. The team had sent Zagurski to the minors following an ugly outing in which the relief pitcher gave up four earned runs in the ninth inning against Washington in a 9-1 loss for Arizona.

Zagurski, who was signed off waivers from the Phillies in September 2011, has a 6.18 ERA in 32 games with the Diamondbacks.

Meanwhile, Saito heads to the DL with a 6.14 ERA on the season through 7.1 innings pitched in 10 appearances. The 42-year-old's experience of 333.1 innings pitched over six-plus MLB seasons will be missed as Arizona (58-57) attempts to stay about the .500 mark.

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