Arizona Diamondbacks score in 1st inning for 6th game in row, longest MLB streak this season
Adrian Del Castillo's three-run homer, his first of the season, put the Diamondbacks up 3-0 against the Colorado Rockies.
Several teams this season had four-game streaks of scoring in the first inning. The Diamondbacks exceeded that Saturday night when Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had an RBI single in the first of their 6-5 win over Colorado that ended on Gurriel's RBI double in the ninth.
The homer by Del Castillo on Sunday also extended Arizona's streak to seven games in a row of scoring multiple runs within the first three innings of a game. That matches NL East-leading Philadelphia for the longest in the majors this season.
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