Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly (18) and pitcher Riley Smith celebrate after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Matt Peacock (47) scores a run in the fourth inning during a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Christian Walker hits an RBI single against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Andrew Knizner reacts after striking out against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Diamondbacks’ Tim Locastro gets tagged out by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt (46) trying to score a run on a ball hit by Josh Rojas in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo (17) talks to MLB umpire Laz Diaz (63) in the sixth inning during a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Edmundo Sosa drops the ball for an error on a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks’ Tim Locastro in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Jose Rondon, right, runs into Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly trying to score a run in the second inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Josh Rojas, right, gets tagged out by St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Jose Rondon, left, on a ball hit by Carson Kelly in the fourth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Phoenix.
PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte hit a tying 457-foot home run in the third inning and go-ahead, two-run single in the fourth, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks stop a 13-game losing streak with a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
Arizona, which overcame a 2-0 deficit, is just 19-35 and had been on the National League’s longest losing streak since the Diamondbacks’ 14-game skid in 2004.
Matt Peacock (2-1) got his first big league win as a starting pitcher, throwing 78 pitches in his third career start. He gave up two runs and six hits in six innings, struck out six and walked none.
Josh Reddick had three hits and an RBI for Arizona, which took advantage of three errors to score two unearned runs.
Dylan Carlson hits two hits and a homer and Andrew Knizner had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who had won four in a row.
Kwang Hyun Kim allowed four runs and a career-high nine hits in five innings.
Carlson’s first-inning homer and Knizner’s RBI double in the second build a 2-0 lead, and Tim Locastro’s RBI single in the second and Marte’s third homer this season tied the score.
Marte’s single after he fouled off five pitches in a nine-pitch at-bat put Arizona ahead 4-2.
Shortstop Edmundo Sosa’s second error of the game, when dropped the ball while trying to take it out of his glove on Locastro’s leadoff grounder, led to to a five-run sixth.
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