PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks blew away the Seattle Mariners 10-3 to capture a series win on Tuesday at Chase Field, and they did so with a dynamic defensive effort all over the diamond.

Ten runs on 12 hits helps, as the D-backs scored runs in five different innings to keep the pressure on.

Corbin Carroll ignited the offense with his first of two RBI triples on Tuesday, as he became the first Diamondbacks player with two multi-triple games in a single season. His first gave the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the third, and his second an 8-2 lead in the sixth.

“Gritty win yesterday and then to be able to come out, tack on some runs early and then keep adding late along with a well-pitched game, I thought it was awesome to see,” Carroll said.

The D-backs (33-34) had not won a game by seven runs since May 16 against the Colorado Rockies. Most of their recent wins have come with a sense of drama, so it came as a relief to have a night like Tuesday.

“Overall it was just a really good win,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “Wasn’t where your heart is pounding for the last three or four innings. We were kind of nice and relaxed and we always look forward to those wins. We’re conditioned for any type of win, but we haven’t had this type of win in a long time, so it was really nice.”

Defense makes a difference

Brandon Pfaadt wasn’t untouchable on Tuesday having given up pretty consistent hard contact, but he limited damage. Pfaadt held the Mariners scoreless through five innings despite seven hits, as Seattle had a miserable day with runners in scoring position (1-for-12).

A key was the defense played behind Pfaadt, an aspect of the game that sticks out when the Diamondbacks do and don’t do it right. Five plays over the first five innings in particular kept runs off the board:

– Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo made a sliding, backhanded stop and threw out the lead runner at second base in the second inning. Had he simply knocked it down, the Mariners would have had runners on first and second with no outs.

– With a runner on first in the third, Mariners star Cal Raleigh shot a deep fly ball the other way. Left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. leaped at the wall and robbed Raleigh of a possible go-ahead home run or at least an extra-base hit.

“Gurri, I have no idea how he went and got that ball tonight,” Carroll said.

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– Two batters later, Randy Arozarena chopped a ball up the middle with two on and one out. Second baseman Ketel Marte fielded the ball and was in-between flipping or getting to the bag. He took it himself and delivered an accurate throw for the 4-3 double play.

– With a runner on second base and one out in the fourth, third baseman Eugenio Suarez dove to pick a 108 mph ground ball from Ben Williamson and threw him out, holding the runner at second.

– With one on and one out in the fifth, Raleigh laced a 111 mph liner to the right side, and first baseman Josh Naylor snagged it as he leaned to his backhand.

Five plays from five different defenders that if not made would have put Pfaadt in a real bind, but that is what the D-backs expect. That’s how to help your starter and survive pitching turbulence.

“The defense was great today,” Pfaadt said. “Lourdes robbing that homer and then coming up a few innings later with a homer of his own, I think that set a tone.”

Pfaadt gave up back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning to end his outing, but by holding the Mariners to solo shots, he bent without breaking after giving up 14 runs over his previous two starts.

“ It felt good,” Pfaadt said. “When you look back at the last few games, we’ve kind of been scuffling and hopefully that one got us back on track and we take off from here.”

Recent call-ups Tayler Scott and Bryce Jarvis finished the game out on the mound, saving Arizona’s high-leverage arms.

Keep piling runs

This was also not a game in which the Diamondbacks put up a crooked number early and stopped.

They tallied two doubles, two triples, three home runs, five walks and two stolen bases in an all-around effort to bury Seattle after they left the door just cracked open enough to end up in extra innings on Monday.

It started with a walk from Alek Thomas in the third inning against Mariners starter Logan Evans. Carroll roped a liner into the right-field corner for an easy (for him) triple.

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He scored on a Perdomo sacrifice fly.

Gurriel tacked on with a solo shot (10) in the fourth, hitting a fly ball a few feet from his robbery. Naylor kept the parade going with an RBI ground-rule double in the fifth, which would have scored a second run had it not popped over the wall.

The Diamondbacks broke the game open in the sixth. Catcher Gabriel Moreno, in his first start since Friday after getting hit in the right thumb by a wild pitch, delivered the death blow, a three-run shot (5) to left field off Trent Thornton.

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Corbin Carroll triples again

And they kept piling on, as Thomas singled in front of Carroll, who then tripled to left-center field and scored on another Perdomo sacrifice fly.

Carroll leads MLB with eight triples this season. He led the league with 14 last year (tied for the franchise’s single-season record) and is on pace to break that mark.

He is one of three Diamondbacks ever to hit two triples in a game multiple times, joining Tony Womack and David Peralta. No D-back has hit three triples in a game before, and Carroll seems as good a bet as anyone to do so.

Carroll missed a couple games over the weekend with hamstring tightness. He said it is feeling OK, that he’s trying to be smart and play smooth.

Thomas hit a solo shot (3) in the eighth inning, his third hit of the game, to cap the scoring. He is 10-for-27 (.370) in June and providing value from the bottom of the order.

“When he’s patient at the plate, not missing fastballs, driving in runs with good approaches, he’s a very dynamic player,” Lovullo said. “Now you pile that up at the bottom of the lineup and it’s just an extra ingredient. … It gives me some flexibility with (Perdomo). I like where Gerry’s hitting up there in the three-hole for now.”

Carroll enjoys facing childhood team

It is still cool for Carroll to face the team he grew up going to watch in Seattle. He hit his first home run against the Mariners on Monday, and he gifted the baseball to his mother after the game.

“Obviously the team I grew up watching, so there’s definitely that element around a series like this for me,” Carroll said.

Diamondbacks’ next game

The D-backs and Mariners (33-33) end their three-game set on Wednesday at 12:40 p.m.

Eduardo Rodriguez will make his second start since coming off the injured list. He threw five innings with two earned runs on Friday in Cincinnati.

Seattle will start right-hander Bryan Woo (3.07 ERA).

The game will air on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.