D'backs win 3rd straight, score 8 in 7th to top Pirates 11-6

PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Reddick’s two-run single broke a tie with two outs in an eight-run seventh inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-6 on Tuesday night for their first three-game winning streak since late April.

Josh VanMeter had a triple and a double in the seventh as Arizona sent 13 batters to the plate. There were six hits and four walks in the inning, and six of the eight runs scored with two outs.

The major league-worst Diamondbacks rallied against Austin Davis (0-1) in the seventh. VanMeter’s triple scored Daulton Varsho, who walked leading off, and Nick Ahmed’s single tied it at 5.

Davis walked Josh Rojas and, after an out, reliever Clay Holmes walked Christian Walker. Kole Calhoun struck out, but Reddick lined a single to left field. Pinch-hitter David Peralta and Varsho followed with RBI singles, and VanMeter’s double drove in the final two runs of the inning.

J.B. Bukauskas (2-2) won in relief, striking out two in a hitless seventh.

Arizona swept a doubleheader in Atlanta on April 25 that included seven hitless innings by Madison Bumgarner in a complete game that doesn't count as a no-hitter. The Diamondbacks won their next game against the Padres at home two days later. That left them 12-11; since then they are 17-57.

John Nogowski hit his first major league home run and Gregory Polanco also went deep for Pittsburgh, which led 5-1 after 4 1/2 innings.

Nogowski’s two-run shot to left capped a three-run fifth and finished the night for Arizona starter Taylor Widener.

Widener, making just his third start since April, gave up eight hits and five runs in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out eight. Widener was out with a strained right groin and was recalled from Triple-A Reno to start Tuesday.

Pittsburgh starter Tyler Anderson lasted six...

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