Diamondbacks ride four homers to win over Marlins

Josh Naylor, Pavin Smith, Tim Tawa and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. smashed homers, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.The first three were solo sho

Diamondbacks ride four homers to win over Marlins

Josh Naylor, Pavin Smith, Tim Tawa and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. smashed homers, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.

The first three were solo shots before Gurriel added a two-run blast as the Diamondbacks won for the sixth time in seven games, including two victories to start the current three-game series. Arizona went deep three times in a 10-4 win over Miami in the series opener on Tuesday.

For Tawa, a former Stanford standout, it was his first major league homer.

Matt Mervis led Miami by slugging a solo home run on his 27th birthday.

Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt (3-1) lasted 5 2/3 innings and allowed one run on five hits and two walks. He struck out six.

Miami’s Max Meyer (1-2) tossed six innings and gave up five hits, two walks and three runs. He fanned eight.

Arizona opened the scoring when Naylor led off the second inning with a homer that tipped off the bottom half of center fielder Derek Hill’s glove. It was Naylor’s third long ball of the year.

The Marlins tied the score 1-1 when Mervis opened the fourth with his sixth homer of the season — a 396-foot blast to right-center. Mervis reached down to hammer a Pfaadt curveball that dropped below the strike zone.

Arizona took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on Corbin Carroll’s RBI single. He drove in Gabriel Moreno, who had singled and advanced on a walk.

The Diamondbacks padded their lead as Smith (429-footer in the sixth) and Tawa (414-footer in the seventh) went deep. Gurriel added his two-run shot, a 415-footer, in the eighth.

Miami cut the deficit to 6-2 in the bottom of the eighth on Otto Lopez’s RBI double to right.

Arizona’s Justin Martinez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close out the win in a non-save situation.

Prior to the game, the Marlins traded infielder Jonah Bride to the Twins for cash considerations. Bride, who was designated for assignment on Tuesday, hit .100 (4-for-40) for Miami this year.