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CINCINNATI (AP) — ks powered their way to a sorely needed win.Goldschmidt hit two of Arizona’s five homers Adam Duvall Jersey , and the Diamondbacks avoided a sweep by pounding the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday.Daniel Descalso, Eduardo Escobar and David Peralta also connected for Arizona, and Zack Godley pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball. Goldschmidt finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Descalso also drove in three runs.“You don’t want to get swept,” said Descalso, who hit his first homer since June 27. “You want to win every series, but you don’t want to leave here 0-3. I don’t know if it was a must-win, but there was a little sense of urgency.”Godley (13-6) snapped a tie with Zack Greinke for the team lead in wins. The right-hander allowed six hits, struck out six and walked one while improving to 5-0 with a 3.09 ERA over his last six road starts.“Zack did a great job of setting the tone, and we played our type of game,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “The right guys stepped up.”The Diamondbacks were tied with the Dodgers for the NL West lead coming into the day.Last-place Cincinnati had won three of four Michael Lorenzen Jersey , including the first two games of the weekend series. Jose Peraza and Eugenio Suarez each had two hits, but Luis Castillo (6-10) was tagged for five runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.Homers accounted for each of Arizona’s runs. Descalso hit a three-run shot in the first on a two-strike pitch, and Goldschmidt made it 5-2 with a two-run drive in the sixth.“I was supposed to throw inside on the 0-2 pitch, but it was over the plate and he took advantage of it,” Castillo said. “The pitch to Goldschmidt, I got it where I wanted, but he’s a big strong man and put a good swing on it. I thought it was a fly ball, but it kept going and going. I thought overall, I pitched well. The only mistake I made was to Descalso.”The Diamondbacks scored four more runs off Keury Mella in the ninth. Escobar hit a two-run shot, and Goldschmidt and Peralta added back-to-back homers.Joey Votto drove in Peraza with a sacrifice fly in the third. Cincinnati scored its first run when Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed committed a throwing error on a potential double-play ball in the second, allowing Suarez to score from second.IN THE PARKGodley has not allowed a home run to any of the last 211 batters he has faced over nine games http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , including eight starts, since Starlin Castro went deep on June 26 at Miami.KNOWS HIS STUFFDescalso also doubled in the sixth to improve to 4 for 10 with two homers and six RBIs in his career against Castillo.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: Greinke (12-7) starts Monday night at Texas against Bartolo Colon (6-10). Greinke has allowed a combined three runs over 13 innings in his last two starts and lost both.Reds: Injury-plagued RHP Homer Bailey (1-9) makes his first start against Cleveland since Aug. 7, 2014. Mike Clevinger (7-7) pitches Monday night for Cincinnati. and nostalgia, so much nostalgia"A former Minnesota Twins scout is suing the team, claiming age discrimination. Howard Norsetter, who was once the team’s international scouting coordinator is claiming he was fired in 2017 as a part of a push to put younger people into positions in the organization. Sheryl Ring, who is like the best baseball-law person out there right now, has a great breakdown over at fangraphs of what is going on.Sports Illustrated is profiling this offseason’s new MLB managers, and Rocco Baldelli just got his turn in their spotlight. There isn’t a lot of groundbreaking quotes here, but its a nice place to point the casual baseball fans in your life who are asking “Rocco who?” The money quote at the end though is solid. “the last time Minnesota hired a manager this young, 36-year old Tom Kelly took over in 1986 and won two World Series titles in six years.”Phil Miller looked back at Ervin Santana’s four seasons with the Twins Scott Feldman Jersey , and despite sounding a bit like “damning with faint praise” in saying “he was never Johan Santana. But there is value in being, say, Carl Pavano” Miller’s article goes on to rank Ervin rather highly among starting pitchers in Twin’s history.If you’re feeling nostalgic for better days in the past, Rhett Bollinger takes us through the seven numbers the Twins have retired since 1961. I have my guess as to who number eight will be. I suspect Joe Mauer will be the last Twin to ever wear #7.My penance for the dirty trick I pulled about “old-timey baseball players” last week is to give you this link. I promise, it really is old-timey. Way back in 1908, the Washington Senators played in a crazy game that saw a complete game by pitcher Burt Keeley. The Senators lost by a score of 18-1. Yes, you are reading that right. It was crazy enough to garner an entire article, which is a fun trot through some old-timey fun.