Patrick Corbin pitched well enough to earn his fourth victory of the season and helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. Corbin lasted seven innings, surrendering two earned runs on four hits and two walks. He also added seven strikeouts over the course of his 88 pitches to lower his season earned run average to 3.41 thus far. Offensively for Arizona, Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Hill, Justin Hill and Miguel Montero all drove in runs in the winning effort. While the team managed just six hits on the day, they got them when they counted as they were a strong 3-7 with runners in scoring position.

Starter Patrick Corbin was strong on Tuesday night as he propelled the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 10-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Corbin pitched six strong innings, surrendering two earned runs on six hits and three walks. He also added seven strikeouts over the course of his 91 pitches, but failed to earn the victory as that was left to the bullpen. Offensively, Stephen Drew and Chris Johnson each went deep, with Johnson leaving the yard twice for his 12th and 13th home runs of the year thus far. Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero each also had RBI's in the winning effort.

RA Dickey picked up his NL-leading 14th win of the season as the New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 5-1 on Sunday. Joe Saunders got the ball for Arizona and lasted a solid seven innings, surrendering four earned runs on eight hits and three walks. He also struck out five Mets batters over the course of his 105 pitch outing en route to his seventh loss of the year. Arizona's lone run batted in of the game came off the bat of Paul Goldschmidt, his 48th of the year thus far. Overall, however, the D'backs managed just four hits on the day and were 1-6 with runners in scoring position.

Josh Collmenter pitched well enough to earn his second victory of the year thus far as he propelled the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon. Collmenter pitched six solid innings, allowing just two earned runs on seven hits and a walk. He also added four strikeouts over the course of his 107 pitch day. Jason Kubel and Chris Young each went deep for the D'backs, while Miguel Montero and Geraldo Parra each also added runs batted in. The team also hit well with runners on base - they managed an impressive 3-5 with runners in scoring position in the victory.

5/2/12 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher, Wade Miley was voted NL Rookie of the Month for April. Miley led all National League rookie pitchers with a 3-0 record and a 1.29 ERA in 21 innings. Miley was originally the team's long reliever, but ended up in the starting rotation because of Daniel Hudson's right shoulder injury. In two starts, Miley is 2-0 with 13 strikeouts in 12 and 1/3 innings. His ERA is an impressive 0.00 as he has allowed no earned runs in both his starts. In one of his starts, Miley also took a no-hitter into the sixth inning earlier in the month. This was Miley's first career monthly award.

Joe Saunders gave the Arizona Diamondbacks another strong start on Wednesday night, but unfortunately his effort was not enough to earn the 13-12 D'backs a victory against the Washington Nationals. Saunders allowed two earned runs through 6.1 innings, allowing seven hits and surrendering two walks over 94 pitches. J.J. Putz came in for the ninth and surrendered two earned runs on a home run by Ian Desmond that also scored rookie Bryce Harper. This was Putz's second blown save of the season, inflating his earned run average to 6.48 on the year. Justin Upton added a home run for Arizona in the 5-4 loss.

The Arizona Diamondbacks took two of the first three games in a series against the Miami Marlins to move to an even 11-11 on the season. Joe Saunders improved to 2-1 in 2012 in Friday's 5-0 victory and has gotten off to a smoldering start, posting a 0.90 earned run average through four starts. Saunders went the distance, giving up only three hits in nine innings while striking out four. Youngster Patrick Corbin will make his first career major league start against the Marlins in the fourth and final game of the series. He will face off against starter Mark Buehrle, who has gotten off to a 1-3 start for the Marlins on the season.

In what has proven to be a tough division so far, the Arizona Diamondbacks currently sit at 9-8 in the N.L. West and are 4 games behind the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. The team got some bad news last week when it learned that star outfielder Chris Young would be sidelined with a shoulder injury for at least a few weeks. To combat the injury, the team called up top prospect A.J. Pollock, a first -round draft pick in 2009. Pollock was ranked by 'Baseball America' as one of the top five prospects in the Diamondbacks farm system prior to the season. The team will look to Pollock to help fill the void while Young recovers.

Paced by a strong start from young catcher Miguel Montero, the Arizona Diamonbacks begin the 2012 season with a perfect 3-0 record after sweeping the San Francisco Giants in their opening series. While strong performances from Chris Young and Aaron Hill have also helped the D'backs score 17 runs in their first three games, winning efforts from starters Ian Kennedy and Daniel Hudson have helped keep games tight to get the ball to veteran closer J.J. Putz, who already has two saves on the young season. The team will face the 1-3 San Diego Padres in a three-game series this week.

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