Record: 65-54. Pace: 88-74. Change on 2017: -1.
While Arizona still lost the series, there’s a moral victory here as well as the actual one, because they outscored Cincinnati in total, 12-11. The Diamondbacks hit a season-high five home-runs on the road, to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Reds. [Arizona previously scored five at Chase in the 20-5 pounding of the Padres, and six on June 1 as they beat the Marlins 9-1] The final margin doesn’t necessarily reflect the game as a whole, since most of those home-runs came in a four-run ninth inning.