De La Rosa goes 9 innings, D-backs beat Marlins 3-2 in 13
MIAMI (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Rubby De La Rosa stood in the on-deck circle in the 10th inning, rooting for his team to score and ready to pitch another inning.
Neither happened. De La Rosa was pulled after nine innings, and the game stretched to the 13th before Arizona beat the Miami Marlins 3-2.
David Peralta's two-out RBI double drove in the go-ahead run, and rookie Enrique Burgos earned his first career save to help the Diamondbacks end a four-game losing streak.
But De La Rosa did the heavy lifting. He had never gone more than seven innings in 35 previous career starts.
He threw only 94 pitches, and in the top of the 10th he was hoping manager Chip Hale would let him return to the mound with a lead.
"If we had scored a run, I was going to do everything possible to come back out and pitch the 10th and try to put my team in a position to win the game," De La Rosa said.
No pitcher has gone more than nine innings since April 2012, according to STATS. Hale said De La Rosa wasn't going to pitch the 10th regardless.
"It's not only the pitch count, it's the ups and downs," Hale said. "He had gotten up and down nine times. That was enough."
De La Rosa allowed two runs, six hits and no walks.
"A great start from Rubby," Hale said. "What great stuff."
The Diamondbacks spoiled Dan Jennings' managerial debut. Jennings gave up his job as Marlins general manager to move into the dugout and replace Mike Redmond, who was fired Sunday.
The Marlins lost their fourth game in a row, and seventh in the past eight, but Jennings tried to put a positive spin on the latest defeat.
"There's a lot of good to take away," he said. "There's a great energy in the clubhouse and dugout. We just came up a little short."
The Marlins totaled six hits, the last of which was rookie J.T. Realmuto's first career homer, a two-run shot with none out in the seventh. The lack of offense had Jennings working overtime on his first day as a manager.
"It was surreal to be there in the moment," he said. "It definitely moves quicker in the dugout than it does in the suite upstairs."
Like Miami, the Diamondbacks had been scuffling until Peralta put them ahead against Steve Cishek (1-4).
"I needed that," Hale said. "We all needed that."
Chris Owings singled to start the 13th, stole second and went to third on a groundout. Peralta then pulled a double against Cishek.
"I faced him last year and know what kind of pitches he's got," Peralta. "He just hung a slider, and I was able to swing the bat and get it to the line."
Yasmany Tomas had a two-run double in the fourth for Arizona's other runs.
Addison Reed (1-2) pitched around two walks in the 12th inning. Burgos issued a walk in the 13th, and Ichiro Suzuki stole second, but the call was reversed by a replay review, erasing the runner.
Burgos then struck out Jeff Baker for his first career save.
SILENT STARS
Two of the sport's best sluggers were mostly quiet. Miami's Giancarlo Stanton went 0 for 4, and Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt had an infield single in five at-bats.
Miami's Dee Gordon, who leads the majors in batting, went 0 for 5 to drop his average to .406.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin (elbow) allowed three runs over five innings in an extended spring training game. RHP Matt Stites (elbow) pitched one scoreless inning. INF Jake Lamb (foot) went 2 for 4.
Marlins: RHP Jarred Cosart was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Thursday, with vertigo. Cosart has been battling an inner-ear infection and is on medication. ... RHP Mat Latos is still nursing a bruised left shin but is expected to be able to make his next scheduled start Thursday, Jennings said.
UP NEXT
RHP Tom Koehler (2-3, 4.29 ERA) will take Cosart's turn Tuesday against RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-3, 5.92).