PHOENIX -- Corbin Carroll capped an important weekend series by becoming the fourth rookie in AL/NL history with at least 20 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the D-backs’ 5-2 win over the Reds on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field.

Carroll, one of the frontrunners for the NL Rookie of the Year Award, went 6-for-12 in the four-game series with four extra-base hits, including a go-ahead home run in Thursday’s 3-2 win -- his first homer since July 23.

The 23-year-old Carroll joined Mike Trout (2012), Mitchell Page (1977) and Tommie Agee (1966) as the only rookies with a 20/40 season. Carroll is also the first D-back to have a 20/40 season since Eric Byrnes in 2007.

Carroll, in typical fashion, played down the importance of his history-making season. His main focus is to get Arizona into the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

“It’s cool. It's a nice even number,” said Carroll, who flashed elite speed with his 30.4 ft/sec sprint around the bases during an attempted inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning -- foiled by Elly De La Cruz's insane 99.7 mph relay throw to the plate. “But, there’s a lot more season to go. We’re just focused on the next one.”

The D-backs took three of four games against the Reds, who are also in the hunt for an NL Wild Card spot. Arizona holds a 1 1/2-game lead over Cincinnati (which holds the tiebreaker after winning the season series) and San Francisco, following its 8-5 win over Atlanta on Sunday night, for the third spot.

Arizona, which snapped a nine-game losing streak to begin the month of August, has won 11 of its past 14 games.

“I think they focus on the right thing,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “They know where to improve, they turn the page the next day and we come out ready to go. So the little things add up to big things for me all the time. I think that's one of our personalities [in the clubhouse].”

Lovullo said his team was still feeling the effects of Saturday’s frustrating 8-7 loss, which gave the Reds the season series win and the tiebreaker advantage.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. provided the spark in the finale with his 20th home run of the season in the seventh inning to tie the game at 2.

“The team needed a jolt of energy,” Gurriel said in Spanish. “It was the perfect moment.

“This series gives us plenty of confidence for what’s ahead.”

The D-backs scored three runs as they retook the lead in the eighth, but Lovullo said without rookie Slade Cecconi’s performance on the mound, the rest wouldn’t have happened.

“It was all triggered because of Slade,” Lovullo said. “It was the fastball command, quality secondary stuff. He just did a really nice job and deserved a better fate, but we just couldn't push ahead until late in the game.”

Cecconi held the Reds to one run on three hits to go with no walks and five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision. It was his longest outing in five games (three starts) and helped a D-backs bullpen that logged six innings in Saturday’s loss.

“I’ve been locating it well. In, out, up, down, wherever it seems like there's space open for it,” said Cecconi, who has a 2.57 ERA and 14 strikeouts against just four walks, with three of them coming in his Aug. 16 start against the Rockies.

“As long as I get ahead with it, too, not falling behind guys. When you fall behind guys, it's a lot easier to hit. So getting strike one, getting strike two, as quick as possible with that pitch gives a lot less room for those guys to, you know, take hacks.”

The D-backs are going to need to continue this consistent play, as the postseason road doesn’t get easier this week. Arizona will play five teams in the midst of playoff chases – starting with a three-game set at Dodger Stadium before returning home for three vs. the AL East-leading Orioles at Chase Field.

“I want the guys to enjoy this,” Lovullo said. “We will, but at some point tonight, we got to turn the page and get ready for a really good three-game series in L.A.”