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05/17 23:01 CDT Javier Bez has 5 RBIs, Tigers knock out 17 hits in 13-0 pummeling of Diamondbacks Javier Bez has 5 RBIs, Tigers knock out 17 hits in 13-0 pummeling of Diamondbacks By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) --- Javier Bez broke out of a season-long slump with five RBIs, Tarik Skubal pitched six dominant innings and the Detroit Tigers pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-0 on Friday night. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch insisted he was going to keep sending Bez out despite the shortstop's meager .167 batting average. Bez rewarded him with a 3-for-4 night that included a pair of two-run doubles and a run-scoring single. He wasn't alone in Detroit's hit fest. Coming off consecutive shutouts against Florida, the Tigers roughed up Rhyne Nelson (2-3) with three runs in the third inning and added six more in the fifth while chasing the Arizona right-hander. Detroit had 11 runs by the fifth inning and finished with a season-high 17 hits --- seven for extra bases, but no homers. Kerry Carpenter had four RBIs and Colt Keith went 4 for 5 with two RBIs. Wenceel Prez and Riley Greene also had run-scoring hits. That was more than enough for Skubal (6-0), who took a perfect game into the fifth inning and allowed one hit with six strikeouts in a combined three-hitter. Skubal didn't allow a baserunner until Randal Grichuk's one-out double off the wall in the fifth inning and left with the Tigers leading 13-0. Nelson allowed eight runs on 11 hits in four innings in his worst outing of the season. Arizona's lone bright spot: Ketel Marte singled in the ninth inning to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 16 games. TRAINER'S TABLE Tigers: RHP Kenta Maeda (illness) will begin his rehab assignment for Triple-A Toledo on Sunday. ... RHP Shelby Miller (ulnar nerve irritation) underwent a hydrodissection procedure earlier this week and played light catch as part of his rehab. Diamondbacks: OF Alek Thomas has resumed baseball activities and feels no soreness in his left hamstring. ... SS Geraldo Perdomo took live at-bats at Arizona's spring training facility as he works his way back from a torn meniscus. UP NEXT Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (5-2, 2.86 ERA) tries for his sixth win in the middle game of the series against Detroit RHP Jack Flaherty (0-3, 3.88). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB

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