Diamondbacks even series with Pittsburgh

The Arizona Diamondbacks evened the three-game series with the Pirates with a 15-5 win today in Pittsburgh. The D'backs pounded out 20 hits -- four of them coming from Martin Prado and three each from Paul Goldschmidt and Didi Gregorius.

Prado, Goldschmidt and Wil Nieves knocked in three runs apiece. Prado hit his 11th homer of the year and Goldschmidt completed the onslaught over the Pirates with a three-run shot in the 9th inning, his 30th home run of the season. Goldy now leads the National League with 96 RBI.

The Diamondbacks, who lost the opener 6-2 to the Pirates yesterday, exploded at the plate today and improved their record to 63-58. Trevor Cahill (4-10) goes five innings and picks up the win. He singled in two runs in the third inning to help his cause.

Arizona will close out the three-game series with a day game tomorrow. Wade Miley (9-8) gets the nod in the finale in Pittsburgh (72-50). The Diamondbacks will then move on to Cincinnati (69-54) for a four-game series, before closing out the 10-game road trip with three games in Philadelphia (53-69).