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Zach Galen had three hits in seven innings in a 3-0 victory for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Phoenix on Monday night.
Gallen (7-2) earned his third win in his eight strikeouts, two walks and last four starts. Keter Marte hit a two-run single in the eighth inning as the Diamondbacks won for the fourth time in their last six games.
Arizona's first run was scored by Alec when Thomas hit a ground ball in a double play in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Joe Mantipuri stole his 2 on his 8-perfect, and Ian Kennedy recorded his 7th save on his 9th.
Tukupita Marcano drew a one-out his walk against Kennedy, with Kevin Newman and Brian Reynolds ending the match.
The Pirates have lost 3 of their last 4 games. The Pittsburgh hitter recorded his 11th strikeout in his series opener in four games.
Arizona's Gerardo Perdomo took the lead in the sixth with a hard ground ball bobbled by Pirates third baseman Michael Chavis. Manny his Banuelos (0-1) tried to pick Perdomo, but Pittsburgh's Blaye his Madris dropped Banuelos' toss first, so Perdomo took off on his second and stole it without throwing. I was.
Josh Rojas bunted his single to put him in first and he had a runner in third with no outs. Thomas followed and Perdomo scored from his third to score a double play.
The Pirates were threatened in his seventh after Reynolds drew a one-out walk on him. Ben Gamel continued with a single that fell just ahead of Arizona center fielder Dalton Versho. Scrambled to steal the ball and threw Reynolds in third when Gamel advanced to second on a throw.
Chavis then ended the inning with his triple in Pittsburgh's only at-bat, with runners in scoring position. Rojas and Thomas hit a fielder's choice at home, and Marte hit his two-run single to center to take the lead by three runs.
Pirates starter Tyler Bede allowed him two hits in 3 2/3 innings. He hit two and walked one.
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