Diamondbacks Blank Pirates To Snap Losing Skid

PHOENIX (AP) — Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor homered to back a stellar start from Ryne Nelson as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 to end a five-game skid. Suárez hit his 15th homer for a 3-0 lead against Andrew Heaney in the third inning. Suárez also walked with one out in the fifth before Naylor launched his sixth home run. Nelson permitted four hits in 6 2/3 innings as Arizona got back to .500 at 27-27. He struck out four and walked none. Justin Martinez stranded three inherited runners after coming in with the bases loaded and nobody out in the eighth. Ryan Thompson pitched the ninth to finish a six-hitter for Arizona’s fifth shutout.