Gabriel Moreno is four games away from matching Corbin Carroll’s 44-game D-Backs on-base streak after another 2-for-4 night pushed him deeper into a season that has already become the best of his career. The 26-year-old catcher is now riding a five-game hitting streak with eight hits in that span, and his recent run has put a franchise mark within sight.
That matters now because the number Moreno is chasing is not just large, it is rare. Carroll reached base safely in 44 straight starts in 2024, during his third year in the big leagues, and that mark came only after Jay Bell’s 39-start run had stood from 1998 until Carroll broke it two seasons ago. Moreno is in his fourth year with the D-Backs and his fifth year in the majors, and his current.312/.394/.451 slash line,.845 OPS and 3.5 WAR show this is not a short burst of luck.
The latest step came in a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals, when Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte opened a big inning with singles and Moreno later scored Marte in the seventh. Tom Cosgrove threw him a first-pitch slider, and Moreno said he expected the same pitch again before lifting a fly ball that brought in a run. It was the kind of at-bat that keeps a streak alive: patient, quick to read, and good enough to turn a one-pitch plan into a run.
There is one small wrinkle in the way this chase is being framed. Brandon Moreno is named as a Diamondbacks catcher in the story line even though the streak belongs to Gabriel Moreno, and the distinction matters because the record chase is tied to one player’s name, not a shared role. That does not change the fact that Moreno has moved within reach of Carroll’s mark, or that the Diamondbacks have leaned on his bat while winning four straight and six of their last seven after the All-Star break.
Moreno already moved past Jay Bell on the all-time list on Friday, July 24, when a two-hit night broke the old standard and made the next step feel possible. Four games is still four games, and streaks this long can vanish on a single quiet night. But if Moreno keeps reaching base the way he has, the only real question left is whether Carroll’s number survives the next few games at all.
