PHOENIX -AP- Yasmany Tomas, Jeff Mathis and Daniel Descalso homered in a six-run eighth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed the struggling New York Mets their fifth straight loss, 7-3 on Monday night.Jake Lamb also went deep for the Diamondbacks, the latest team to take advantage of a beleaguered Mets bullpen.Tomas snapped a 1-all tie with a three-run homer off Hansel Robles (4-1). Mathis' two-run shot also came against Robles, hit hard for the second consecutive outing after a strong start to the season.
Paul Goldschmidt appeared to give Arizona a 2-1 lead with a leadoff homer against Robles in the eighth. But after a video review, umpires ruled the ball hit the yellow line on the batter's eye in straightaway center and the call was changed to a double.Lamb was intentionally walked to bring up Tomas, who hit Robles' 3-2 pitch far above that same home run line.Brandon Drury doubled and, after an out, Mathis homered to left to make it 6-1. Descalso followed with a pinch-hit shot off Josh Edgin.Jorge De La Rosa (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win.Pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores connected for a two-run homer in the ninth for New York.Arizona right-hander Zack Godley, making his second start in place of injured Shelby Miller, allowed only one hit in 6 2/3 innings and left with the score tied at 1. He struck out seven and walked five.New York starter Zack Wheeler went six-plus effective innings. He permitted one run and seven hits, struck out six and walked one.The Mets' first run came after Jose Reyes and Curtis Granderson drew one-out walks in the second. Rene Rivera followed with an RBI single to right, the lone hit allowed by Godley.Arizona finally broke through when Lamb led off the seventh with an opposite-field home run, hitting Wheeler's 2-0 pitch just over the left-field wall to tie it at 1.
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