Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor homered to back a stellar start from Ryne Nelson as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Monday night to end a five-game skid.
Suárez hit his 15th homer — a 109 mph shot to left-center that traveled 433 feet — for a 3-0 lead against Andrew Heaney (3-4) in the third inning. Suárez also walked with one out in the fifth before Naylor launched his sixth home run.
Pittsburgh (19-36) has been blanked nine times — most in the majors. The last-place Pirates dropped to 6-20 on the road by losing the opener of a six-game trip.
Heaney allowed five runs and eight hits in five innings. Braxton Ashcraft followed and gave up two hits over three shutout innings in his major league debut.
RHP Mike Burrow (0-1, 7.20 ERA) makes his second start for the Pirates on Tuesday. RHP Corbin Burnes (3-2, 2.73) pitches for Arizona.
The radio pregame begins at 9:15pm EDT on WESB Sports/B107.5FM
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