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DENVER -- Patrick Corbin was a maestro on the mound, making his slider move all over the place. And after the Arizona Diamondbacks lefty finished off his virtuoso performance, he calmly sauntered over to congratulate his catcher, casually shook his hand and coolly walked off the field. There were no big displays of emotion to celebrate Corbins first complete game. This is simply what he expects and, lately, what Arizona expects out of him. Corbin tossed a three-hitter and struck out a career-high 10 to lift the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. "Thats what youre trying to do every time you go out there," Corbin modestly said. Starts like this have pretty much been the standard for Corbin. He entered the game with a 1.52 ERA and actually lowered it to 1.44 with this gem. Corbin (7-0) also joined Randy Johnson as the only lefties in team history to begin the season 7-0. He also turned in his club-record ninth straight start where hes pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer. "He dominated today," catcher Miguel Montero said. To think, warming up, Corbin thought he might be in for a long night, too. He was struggling in the pregame session with Montero, and couldnt seem to locate his pitches. In the first inning, Corbin walked leadoff batter Eric Young Jr. But then Dexter Fowler lined into a double play and from there Corbin was in complete command. "In the first inning, if they wouldve hopped on me there ...," Corbin said, shaking his head. But they didnt. And they wouldnt. Mixing an effective slider with a sneaky fastball, Corbin kept the Rockies hitters guessing all night. He held Colorado hitless until Troy Tulowitzkis single up the middle in the fourth and didnt allow another hit until Nolan Arenados double in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Jordan Pacheco broke up Corbins shutout bid with a double that brought home Arenado. "He just pitched an unbelievable game. I dont know what else to say," Arenado said. "Obviously, we needed to play better, but he pitched a really good game." About the only drama left in the ninth was whether Corbin would finish it. The bullpen doors briefly opened in the outfield, but that was just a ruse as Corbin trotted out of the dugout. He warmed up his arm by waving it in circles and then retired the side. Just like on the mound, Corbin was composed after finishing off the win, shaking hands with Montero. "I didnt want to show too much emotion, I guess," Corbin explained. "Its great. Miggy did a great job again behind the plate." While Corbin shined, Jon Garland (3-5) struggled. He went six innings, allowing five runs and a season-high 11 hits. "Put your team down like that, its terrible," Garland said. "Ive done it my last four or five starts. Im trying to figure it out." Didi Gregorius had a big night, driving in runs with a double in the fourth and a single in the sixth. A.J. Pollock produced at the bottom of the lineup as he finished with three singles and scored two runs to help the NL West-leading Diamondbacks. Paul Goldschmidt and Eric Chavez had RBI singles in the third, staking Arizona to a 3-0 lead. That was more than enough for Corbin, whos only allowed a total of two runs over his past three starts. Corbin is a completely different pitcher this season, one whos trusting his slider more and throwing a lot more strikes. Of his 97 pitches on Monday, 74 were for strikes. His previous high for strikeouts was eight last August against Cincinnati. He surpassed that total when he struck out Carlos Gonzalez in the seventh. "He had it all working," manager Kirk Gibson said. Corbin also remains one of five undefeated starting pitchers in the league with a minimum of eight starts, along with Matt Moore (8-0), Clay Buchholz (6-0), Matt Harvey (5-0) and Max Scherzer (5-0). Chavez tripled in the second and scored when the Rockies couldnt turn an inning-ending double play on Monteros grounder. The 35-year-old Chavez is off to a torrid start, in part because Gibson refuses to overuse the infielder given his history of back issues. Rarely will Gibson use Chavez more than two games in a row. "Youll find if I do it (play him more) he will wear down a little bit and probably have medical problems," Gibson said. "We cant afford that." NOTES: Rockies OF Michael Cuddyer expects to be in the lineup Friday in San Francisco when hes eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list. Hes feeling better after receiving an epidural last week to relieve pain and stiffness in his neck. Cuddyer is on the DL with an inflamed cervical disk. Hes headed to Arizona for two games of extended spring training, just to squeeze in some plate appearances. "Doing good, doing good," Cuddyer said in the clubhouse Monday. ... Johnson started 7-0 in 2000. ... 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The 15th-ranked Canadian men lost the opening two games of their European tour: 19-15 to No. 17 Georgia and 21-20 to No. Yannick Weber Jersey . PAUL, Minn.ST. LOUIS -- Zack Greinke made himself right at home. Just like the rest of the Los Angeles Dodgers have been doing for almost a month. Greinke pitched into the seventh inning and raised his average to .405 with an RBI single, helping the Dodgers win their 15th straight on the road with a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. This is the sixth city during the streak. "I think we kind of thrive on an us-against-the-stadium mentality," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "It really brings out the best in ourselves." Nick Punto was productive subbing for injured shortstop Hanley Ramirez, and the Dodgers got an RBI apiece from Andre Ethier and A.J. Ellis while matching Cincinnatis 15-game run in 1957. Theyre two wins shy of the NL record set by the 1916 New York Giants. "Theyre playing great ball obviously," losing pitcher Adam Wainwright said. "I knew that going in. I wanted to end that streak." The Detroit Tigers own the major league record with 21 consecutive road wins from 1983-84. Seventeen of them came during their World Series championship season in 84, tying the 1916 Giants for the single-season mark, according to STATS. Greinke (9-3) allowed two runs in 6 1-3 innings for his 100th career victory, allowing two hits in the third, fourth and fifth but no runs. Paco Rodriguez earned his second career save with a perfect ninth. Wainwright (13-7) gave up three runs in seven innings and failed in his third straight attempt at winning his 14th, working seven innings in all three of those starts. He remained tied for the league lead in wins with teammate Lance Lynn and regretted a fat pitch on Puntos double a lot more than Greinkes hit off a nasty curveball. Carlos Beltran and Allen Craig had an RBI apiece for the Cardinals, stifled in the opener of a 10-game homestand after totalling 44 runs the previous four games. Theyve lost nine of 12 overall. "We score 15 runs and he throws three runs up there in seven innings, its a good outing," manager Mike Matheny said of Greinke. "It was just one of those days we couldnt get much going." Matheny wasnnt happy about Beltrans first sacrifice bunt of the season after the first two batters reached in the seventh.dddddddddddd "Sometimes we put them on, sometimes we do it on our own," Matheny said. Punto doubled with two outs in the seventh ahead of Greinkes single that gave the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. His relay to the plate preserved a one-run lead in the fifth and denied David Freese of an RBI double, and he made nice defensive plays to end the seventh and eighth. Hes 6 for 13 (.462) against the Cardinals. Matt Carpenter doubled off the right-field wall in the first inning and took third when Yasiel Puig fumbled the ball, then sprinted home on Beltrans groundout when Punto sailed a throw over catcher A.J. Ellis head. Running shoe-top catches by Puig in right field and Ethier in centre helped Greinke strand three Cardinals in a scoreless third. St. Louis came up empty again in the fourth after opening with singles by Jon Jay and Tony Cruz, and Puntos relay in the fifth caught Allen Craig at the plate on Freeses double to right. "It was just a perfect relay and (Ellis) did a good job tagging," Greinke said. "I thought it was a good decision to send him and everything had to be right, and it was." The first three Dodgers reached in the fourth, with Adrian Gonzalez stopping at third on Puigs double off the right-field wall and then scoring on Ethiers broken-bat single. Puig scored the go-ahead run when Ellis beat the relay on a potential double-play ball. Wainwright had retired eight in a row before Punto doubled to the opposite-field in left with two outs in the seventh and Greinke lofted a single that made it 3-1. NOTES: Major league ERA leader Clayton Kershaw (10-6, 1.87) faces Cardinals fifth starter Joe Kelly (2-3, 3.10) on Tuesday. Kershaw was the NL pitcher of the month in July going 4-1 with a 1.34 ERA, while Kelly has thrown 14 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings for the Cardinals in a bid to become more than just an occasional fifth starter. ... The Dodgers are 8-1 in Greinkes last nine starts and Greinke is 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA in four career starts in St. Louis. ' ' '