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Corbin Carroll Becomes Only the Fourth Player Ever to Accomplish This Feat

Arizona Diamondbacks star Corbin Carroll is putting together an incredible season.
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Corbin Carroll Becomes Only the Fourth Player Ever to Accomplish This Feat
Corbin Carroll Becomes Only the Fourth Player Ever to Accomplish This Feat

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Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon by a score of 5-2.

Offensively, the D'backs registered eight hits, and they scored four runs in their final two at-bats to fuel the victory.

Rookie Corbin Carroll went 2-for-3 with a triple, a walk and a stolen base, the latter of which helped him join a very rare club in baseball history.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Corbin Carroll is the 4th rookie in MLB history with 20 HR and 40 SB in a single season, joining Mike Trout in 2012, Mitchell Page in 1977, and Tommie Agee in 1966. 

He also becomes the 2nd player in Diamondbacks history to do so, joining Eric Byrnes in 2007.

Carroll is doing his best to wrap up the National League Rookie of the Year award this season. He already made his first All-Star Game this past summer.

Overall, he's hitting .281 with 22 homers and 64 RBI. He's got those 40 steals and has an OPS of .884, all at the age of 23.

The win was hugely important for Arizona, who moved to 69-62 on the season. They are in sole possession of the third and final wild card spot in the National League.

The Reds dropped to 1.5 games back of that spot with the loss.

The Diamondbacks will travel to Los Angeles on Monday for a big series with the division-rival Dodgers, who just took two of three from the Boston Red Sox.

Game time from Dodger Stadium is scheduled for 10:10 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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