PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks scored in the first inning for the sixth game in a row Sunday, the longest such streak in the majors this season. They later set a franchise record with nine consecutive hits.
Arizona's nine hits in a row — all with two outs — came when scoring eight runs in the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies while completing a three-game series sweep with a 13-6 win.
“This three-game set here, I couldn’t be more proud of the way the guys went out there and had a really good elite offensive approach. They were unpredictable. We had hits in all directions,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “It was just a good Sunday day game to do what we did. We’ve got to get on the road and keep going, playing good baseball.”
Adrian Del Castillo's three-run homer, his first of the season, put the Diamondbacks up 3-0 in the first inning.
That long ball also extended Arizona’s streak to seven games in a row of scoring multiple runs within the first three innings of a game. That matches NL East-leading Philadelphia for the longest in the majors this season.
Then in the fifth, the Diamondbacks had two quick outs before every batter in their lineup had a hit in succession. They loaded the bases before Alek Thomas had an RBI single. James McCann followed with a two-run single and Blaze Alexander added another RBI single before the Rockies pulled starting pitcher Tanner Gordon.
“That was awesome, especially with two outs, passing the baton to the next guy,” Del Castillo, who had the second of the nine consecutive hits and was on deck when the inning ended, said on Arizona's broadcast after the game. “We were obviously stoked. ... It kept going.”
Corbin Carroll greeted reliever Ryan Rolison with an RBI single. Ketel Marte, whose flyout opened the inning, then had a two-run double and Geraldo Perdomo, after his pop-out earlier in the inning, had an RBI single to make it 12-3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who had the first single in the outburst, grounded out to end the inning.
Several teams this season had four-game streaks of scoring in the first inning. The Diamondbacks exceeded that Saturday night when Gurriel had an RBI single in the first inning. They then won 6-5 over the Rockies on Gurriel's RBI double in the ninth.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian Del Castillo celebrates with Geraldo Perdomo (2) after hitting a three-run home run against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, leaps to score against Colorado Rockies catcher Braxton Fulford, left, after a single hit by Ketel Marte in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Adrian Del Castillo celebrates with Geraldo Perdomo (2) after hitting a three-run home run against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
