Gallen heats up as D-backs push toward Wild Card
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PHOENIX -- Zac Gallen is heating up, and it couldn't come at a better time for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are trying to capture a National League Wild Card berth for the second consecutive year.
After tossing six shutout innings in his last start against the Giants, Gallen blanked the Rangers for five as the D-backs went on to win, 6-0, on Tuesday night at Chase Field.
The D-backs currently hold the second NL Wild Card spot thanks largely to an offense that leads the Majors in runs scored. But to get where they want to go in October, they know they'll need their pitching staff to pick up the pace.
Gallen got offensive support from Joc Pederson and Christian Walker.
Pederson and Walker hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and Walker added a two-run homer in the third off Nathan Eovaldi.