Pavin Smith, Josh Naylor homer and Diamondbacks beat Marlins 6-4

MIAMI (AP)– Pavin Smith and Josh Naylor hit solo homers and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 6-4 on Thursday for their fifth straight win.Smith drove in 2 runs as did Geraldo Perdomo. Naylor struck 3 of Arizona’s nine homers in the three-game sweep. The Diamondbacks took five bases, three by Corbin Carroll.Advertisement Eduardo Rodriguez(1-2) got the win regardless of quiting

10 hits over 5 1/3 innings

. A.J. Puk earned his fourth conserve with a scoreless ninth.Edward Cabrera( 0-1 )began and went four innings, giving up 5 runs and 4 hits and 3 walks.

Rob Brantly had three hits and Xavier Edwards, Kyle Stowers and Javier Sanoja two each for Florida. Edwards extended his striking streak to 10 games.Arizona never ever trailed after Carroll reached on a wild pitch to lead off the game, took second and third then scored on Perdomo’s sacrifice fly before Pavin homered. The Diamondbacks included operate on Smith’s double in the 3rd, RBI songs by Carroll and Perdomo in the fourth and Naylor’s homer in the fifth.The Marlins’runs came on Eric Wagaman’s ground-rule double in the very first, Brantly’s RBI hit in the fourth, a wild pitch that scored

Wagaman in the fifth and Edwards’bases-loaded walk in the seventh.Advertisement Third baseman Connor Norby made his season launching for Marlins after recovering from a stretched oblique. He went 1 for 5. Secret moment Norby set out with the bases filled

in the seventh. The Marlins left 15 on base.Key stat Corbin Carroll extended his on-base streak to 25 straight games going back to last

season.Up next Arizona’s Corbin Burnes(0-1, 5.28)will begin versus the Cubs’Colin Rea (0-0, 1.00)at Chicago on Friday

. Miami’s

Sandy Alcantara (2-0, 4.70 )pitches versus Zack Wheeler(1-1, 4.07)at Philadelphia on Friday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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