ATLANTA — Whether Corbin Burnes makes it back this season or not, the likely reality is the Diamondbacks will not be seeing their new ace for a while. Which means they could use their erstwhile ace to start pitching like one again — and, for a night, at least, that is exactly what Zac Gallen did.

It doesn’t hurt when their top two hitters turn in terrific performances, as well.

In the Diamondbacks’ first game since Burnes walked off the mound with an elbow injury, Gallen fired seven innings of one-run ball and Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll each blasted a pair of homers in an 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves here Tuesday night (June 3) at Truist Park.

“Obviously, we’re not sure what’s going on with Corbin yet; he’s going to spend some time on the IL,” Gallen said of Burnes. “We’ve all just got to pull our weight a little bit more. I don’t think (there’s) any added pressure; I think I kind of hold myself to a super high standard, whether we’re at full strength or we’re not.

“We’re all going to do our part and see what we can do until Corbin gets back.”

The victory gives the Diamondbacks back-to-back wins for the first time since May 18-19, which was just before their stretch of ugly baseball began at Dodger Stadium on the previous road trip.

Facing an aggressive Braves lineup, Gallen pumped strikes and enjoyed a number of relatively easy innings, the lone exception coming in the fourth, when an error by third baseman Eugenio Suarez led to a pair of unearned runs.

The performance snapped a string of four consecutive outings without a quality start for Gallen, who lowered his ERA from 5.54 to 5.13.

“Just a little bit better command tonight,” Gallen said. “Just tried to stay in attack mode a little bit more.”

Of the 89 pitches he threw, 65 went for strikes. The strikes were the second-most for him in a start this season; the 89 pitches tied for the second-fewest.

Perhaps most important, it was the first time since his second start of the year in which Gallen did not issue multiple walks.

“Basing it off last time I faced them, they were a little bit more selective, and I think tonight they came out a little bit more aggressive,” Gallen said. “Just try to make them beat me instead of beat myself.”

Marte hit a solo shot in the first and a two-run homer in the third, balls that left his bat at 109.3 mph and 113.2 mph, respectively. He reached base safely in each of his five trips to the plate, adding a pair of walks and a single.

“It’s fun to watch Ketel get into that mode,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “He gets hot, he carries teams. When he’s rested, this is what he looks like. He’s in a very good spot.”

Carroll got started in the fifth with a no-doubt solo shot off Braves right-hander Spencer Strider, who gave up five runs in five innings.

Leading 5-3, Lovullo went to his bullpen to start the eighth. Right-hander Shelby Miller allowed a pair of ground-ball singles, and with two outs, the Braves’ Marcell Ozuna hit a hard smash to deep center field. The Diamondbacks’ Alek Thomas ranged back and made a running catch just before the wall to take away a potential extra-base hit.

“We were playing no-doubles (defense) and I know Ozuna is a pretty good hitter,” Thomas said. “I was just trying to anticipate the ball coming to me. I was already pretty much near the wall. I got a good jump on it and made the catch.”

A half-inning later, Carroll connected for his second homer, a three-run shot that padded the Diamondbacks’ lead.

“I think we all exhaled,” Lovullo said. “I think it was a collective exhale in the dugout.”

June 4: At Atlanta, 4:15 p.m., Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (5-2, 3.78) vs. Braves LHP Chris Sale (3-3, 3.06).

June 5: At Atlanta, 9:15 a.m., Diamondbacks RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-4, 5.05) vs. Braves RHP Grant Holmes (3-4, 3.78).

June 6: At Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m., Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (1-3, 7.05) vs. Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (4-4, 3.10).

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