TheĀ Arizona Diamondbacks scored nine runs and sent 14 batters to the plate in the sixth inning, turning a 5-2 Cardinals lead upside down into an eventual 12-7 loss for the Redbirds in the series opener Monday night.

Cardinals pitching allowed two doubles, a triple and a homer in that mess of an inning, that saw four pitchers used.

Starter Jaime Garcia allowed a leadoff double and triple to make it 5-3, before giving way to Matt Bowman. Ā He gave up an RBI single before recording a strikeout. Ā Kevin Siegrist entered and gave up a three-run homer to Jean Segura making it 7-5. Ā After he allowed a single and a walk, Seth Maness entered and gave up three hits and an error that led to five more runs. Ā Tyler Lyons allowed another run in the eighth.

The Cardinals scored seven runs off Zack Grienke, getting homers from Jeremy Hazelbaker and Matt Carpenter. Ā Hazelbaker’s came with two outs in the fifth in a three-run inning that made it 5-2. Ā It was his fifth of the season. Ā Carpenter’s came in the seventh. Ā It was a solo homer, his third of the year.

Hazelbaker replaced Matt Holliday in the third after he ran out a groundout. Ā The Cardinals downplayed the injury as a cramp and he is listed day-to-day. Holliday tripled in the first. Ā He may have done something on that play, but the club won’t say more.