Athletics routed in series finale as Diamondbacks set season high for runs

PHOENIX — James McCann deed his 100th large league location tally and Ryan Waldschmidt slugged the archetypal of his vocation arsenic portion of Arizona’s seven-run 5th inning and the Diamondbacks acceptable a play precocious for runs scored successful a 15-5 rout of the Athletics connected Wednesday.

With the crippled tied astatine 2, Arizona broke it unfastened with their biggest inning of the season. Gabriel Moreno deed a go-ahead two-run shot, and McCann and Waldschmidt besides had two-run homers successful the large fifth.

Corbin Carroll and Nolan Arenado homered successful the 4th disconnected A’s starter Gage Jump.

Merrill Kelly (8-8) allowed 2 runs and 5 hits, including Jeff McNeil’s homer, successful 5 innings for the Diamondbacks.

Jump (3-6) was hammered for 8 hits and six runs successful 4 2/3 innings.

McCann connected connected the archetypal transportation from A’s rookie Yunior Tur. After Tim Tawa singled, Waldschmidt homered successful his 130th MLB at-bat.

Arizona tacked connected 5 much runs successful the sixth with Tawa’s bases-loaded treble the main blow. Ildemaro Vargas and McCann each had 3 of the Diamondbacks’ 17 hits.

Vargas moved from the infield to the mound for the ninth successful the blowout and gave up 2 runs and 2 hits earlier wrapping it up for the Diamondbacks, who finished the homestand 4-2 and statesman a 10-game, four-city roadworthy travel connected Thursday.

The Athletics, who won the archetypal crippled of the three-game set, are 3-17 successful their past 20 games and haven’t won a bid since June 12-14 against the Rockies successful Las Vegas.

Gerardo Carrillo gave up 1 tally successful 2 alleviation innings successful his large league debut for Arizona.

Outfielder Carlos Cortes recorded the past retired successful the eighth for the A’s, getting Geraldo Perdomo to alert out.

Up next

Athletics: Off Thursday. LHP Jacob López (6-4, 6.64) starts Friday astatine Minnesota.