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Arenado

Arenado knocked a base hit in the first inning, then led off the third with a double before scoring on a double by Tim Tawa. He later gave the Diamondbacks an insurance run in the seventh, taking Zach Agnos deep for a solo homer. The 35-year-old third baseman is ending his resurgent season strong, with his seventh homer in the month. He’s hit .250/.325/.464 with 28 homers and 79 RBI across 577 plate appearances.

Arenado’s homer off Brent Headrick in the fifth gave the D-backs a 6-4 lead. He’d actually had his first slam bid go barely foul one pitch earlier. Arenado has three grand slams this year after totaling just six in his first 13 seasons. He had only one from 2019-25.

Arenado isn’t expected to miss any additional time. Manager Torey Lovullo said the plan is for him to be in Wednesday’s lineup.

Even though he has the worst hard-hit rate and lowest average exit velocity of his career, Arenado has 25 homers in 140 games. That’s almost as many as the 28 he hit the previous two years combined. The homer today was his 378th, moving him past Norm Cash and Jeff Kent and into a tie with another Gold Glove third baseman, Matt Williams, for 83rd on the all-time list.

Arizona scored all of its runs in the fifth and sixth inning, with Corbin Carroll and then Arenado homered off Adam Macko. Arenado’s homer was his 24th of the season and 377th all-time, moving him past Carlton Fisk and into a tie with Norm Cash and Jeff Kent for 84th all-time.

Arenado turned back the clock with a 430 foot home run deep over the fence in left-center field for the Diamondbacks’ first run of this game. It was his longest homer this season by nearly 20 feet and his longest since 2020, when he was still on the Rockies. He’s now up to 23 long balls on the season to go along with 69 RBI and a .742 OPS in what’s been a solid bounce back campaign.

Arenado’s home run was his 22nd of the season. He hit a two-run shot off Peter Lambert in the third inning. Arenado’s home run was his first since August 22 against the Reds, a span of 12 games. He’s hitting .233 with a .730 OPS and 67 RBI this year.

Arenado has taken Jose Fernandez’s spot at third base and is batting fifth.

Arenado was scratched from Thursday’s game with inflammation in his thumb, and he’ll at least begin Friday’s contest on the bench. Consider the 35-year-old day-to-day. Jose Fernandez will handle third base duties with Arenado out.

Arenado’s home run was his 21st of the season. He hit a solo shot off Rhett Lowder in the fourth inning. Arenado continues to find his power stroke as the season goes along. He’s hit 12 home runs since the beginning of July after hitting nine home runs in the first three months of the season. Arenado is hitting .243 with a .768 OPS and 65 RBI.