Upton powers D-backs to 8th straight

Upton slammed his fifth home run of the season and collected two other hits Saturday as the Diamondbacks rolled to their eighth consecutive win, a 10-3 drubbing of the Colorado Rockies in front of 29,256 at Chase Field.

“Going into the season, I think he was the biggest question mark,” first baseman Conor Jackson said. “We didn’t know what he was going to do. He came up last year and kind of struggled a little bit, but the tools are there. It was just a matter of time. For him to be doing this at 20 years old? He’s going to have a long career.”

He’s not the only Diamondbacks hitter on a roll these days. That’s 72 runs in 11 games this season for Arizona, which is off to the best start in the majors (9-2) and a year after trudging along with one of baseball’s more dismal lineups now boasts the National League’s hottest offense.

They can’t possibly keep up this pace, can they?

“There are going to be times when things aren’t going to go our way,” second baseman Orlando Hudson said. “Right now, things are going good, so we’ll just ride the wave while it’s hot. Keep riding it.”

It’s more like a tsunami.