One rough outing shouldn’t cause alarm, though fretting Phillies fans have a penchant for fearing the worst and recent history dictates such. This was also the the third straight game the Phillies’ starting pitcher didn’t reach the fifth inning.

Eugenio Suárez homered twice for the second consecutive day and Merrill Kelly allowed two runs in six innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Sunday.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks as D-backs' Lovullo, Suárez React to Pivotal Sweep vs Cardinals. PHOENIX -- the Arizona Diamondbacks were in desperate need of a sweep. They did so in impressive, clean fashion, outscoring the St. Louis Cardinals 22-7 over three games.

Ranger Suárez took a step toward the dugout on Sunday afternoon, believing his fastball had caught enough of the strike zone to finish the second inning. Instead, it was ball four. Mike Trout took off his shin guard,

Eugenio Suarez had his second consecutive two-homer game, Merrill Kelly pitched six strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-3 victory in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.

Geraldo Perdomo brought him home on a fielder's choice, Josh Naylor walked, and Eugenio Suárez blasted his 34th homer of the season to give Arizona a 4-0 lead off Cardinals' starter Miles Mikolas. Suárez wasn't done there, however. He'd crush a solo homer in the third inning to extend Arizona's lead.

Don't miss this unique look at Eugenio Suárez's three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning against the Cardinals