Diamondbacks 11, Reds 7
CINCINNATI -- Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of two-run homers and Ender Inciarte added a solo shot on the game's first pitch, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a wild 11-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night at Great American Ball Park.
Goldschmidt hadn't homered since July 27 but went deep in the first inning against Anthony DeSclafani and again in the seventh against Pedro Villarreal for his seventh career multi-homer game. He finished 4-for-5 with four RBIs.
Arizona center fielder A.J. Pollock collected three more hits, making him 11-for-15 in the series.
The Diamondbacks (61-61) won their third straight to reach .500 for just the third time since April.
Zach Godley (4-0) allowed a run in 3 2/3 innings to pick up the victory.
Cincinnati had the tying run on deck in the ninth, but Daniel Hudson retired the final two batters for his second save.
Reds third baseman Todd Frazier showed signs that he's coming out of his slump, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and RBI. Right fielder Jay Bruce had a two-run double for Cincinnati (51-70), which has lost eight straight.
DeSclafani (7-9) struggled from the outset, allowing six earned runs and 10 hits, including two homers, in five innings.
The Diamondbacks scored on the game's first pitch when Inciarte launched his fourth home run of the season into the right field seats. It was his first career leadoff homer.
After Pollock reached on an infield single, Goldschmidt hit his first home run since July 27, putting Arizona ahead 3-0 only eight pitches into the game.
Goldschmidt snapped a homerless streak of 103 plate appearances.
Delgado needed 28 pitches to get through the first inning, nearly halfway to manager Chip Hale's preferred pitch limit of 60-70. But Delgado didn't make it out of the third.
Bruce snapped an 0-for-15 skid with a double to right, driving home two runs to cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 4-3.
A double off the right-center field wall by Reds left fielder Brennan Boesch on Delgado's 65th pitch brought home Bruce to tie the score.
Arizona regained the lead in the fourth when right-hander Zach Godley reached on a bunt single, his first career hit, to load the bases. Inciarte's sacrifice fly put the Diamondbacks ahead 5-4.
In the fifth, Goldschmidt singled for his third straight hit and later scored on second baseman Aaron Hill's sacrifice fly, making it 6-4.
NOTES: Reds 2B Brandon Phillips returned to the starting lineup after missing two starts with inflammation in his right biceps tendon. ... Reds OF Ryan LaMarre made his first start, playing center field and batting eighth. LaMarre was eighth Reds player to make his major-league debut this season. ... CF A.J. Pollock is the first Arizona player with consecutive four-hit games since Steve Finley in 2003. ... Diamondbacks RHP Randall Delgado made his first start since Sept. 11, 2014. ... In a ceremony before the game, a statue was unveiled outside Great American Ball Park honoring Reds Hall of Famer Tony Perez.