MIAMI -- D-backs manager Chip Hale noticed no one warming up in the Marlins' bullpen as the eighth inning developed, and he adjusted his gameplan accordingly in a 4-2 victory on Tuesday night.
Following a leadoff single by Mark Trumbo and a strikeout of Paul Goldschmidt in a tie game, southpaw reliever Mike Dunn was set to face left-handed batter David Peralta. Hale decided to play the lefty-righty split, going with right-handed batter A.J. Pollock as a pinch-hitter.
Pollock connected on Dunn's first offering -- a 95 mph-fastball -- for the go-ahead, two-run homer over the left-field wall.