PHOENIX — A game Carlos Martinez held by the seams for six scintillating innings came loose from the Cardinals’ grip spectacularly late.
It took extra innings and Yadier Molina to keep from misplacing it entirely.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, careening into the series on a 10-game losing streak, were no-hit, no-luck, no-threat through six innings Thursday and then, no kidding, scored four runs against the Cardinals’ bullpen to tie the game and plunge it into extra innings at Chase Field. What started as Martinez’s longest stretch of no-hit innings to begin a start reversed and became a stress test on the bullpen and a reminder of missed opportunities in the game.
