Home cooking seems to agree with the D-backs (20-16), and they'll try to cook up another winning effort with Patrick Corbin on the mound. They have won two in a row and are 14-6 overall at home following Thursday night's 2-1 thriller in which Zach Greinke pitched eight innings of one-hit ball and struck out 11 Pirates.
It was the 10th consecutive home game in which D-backs pitchers have struck out 10 or more batters -- a major-league record. Arizona's starting pitchers lead the majors with 222 strikeouts, and their cumulative ERA of 3.64 is third best in the NL and a whopping improvement over last season's major-league-worst 5.