Arizona Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll, Merrill Kelly outstanding in narrow win over Giants by Nick Piecoro [AZ Central]
Baseball’s top home run hitters this season are Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber, a pair of hulking sluggers whose names are synonymous with majestic blasts. Each has slammed 14 long balls through the season’s first 6 1/2 weeks.
Right behind them is the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Corbin Carroll, an outfielder perhaps best known for his blazing speed. After going deep twice off Giants right-hander Justin Verlander to help the Diamondbacksand right-hander Merrill Kelly come away with a 2-1 victory at Oracle Park on Monday night, May 12, Carroll finds himself just one home run shy of the big boys.