PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll’s season got off to a rocky start with a broken hand suffered before the full team even reported for spring training.The Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder vowed he would be back for the start of the season despite needing surgery.Carroll lived up to his promise and, outside of a rough stretch to start May, has put together what’s shaping up to be the best season of what’s already been an impressive career.“There’s a high tolerance for pain and then he went out there and just started to squash the baseball,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “So it’s a fairly remarkable situation that he’s walked through and he’s having a fantastic year for so far.”Arizona has won nine of 10 with Tuesday’s 7-5 win over San Francisco to reach six games over .500 (30-24) for the first time since the final game of the 2024 season. The Diamondbacks’ 13 wins since May 9 are the most in the majors, allowing them to save a season that was starting to unravel.
Pitching has played a large part of the bounce back. With Eduardo Rodriguez’s effective start against the Giants, Arizona’s starters have 16 quality starts their past 21 games.
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Ketel Marte’s resurgence has helped as well. The three-time All-Star hit a two-run homer against the Giants and has four straight games with at least one hit and multiple RBIs, one off the team record held by Paul Goldschmidt.
