Merrill Kelly will look to continue his recent torrid stretch on Sunday as the Arizona Diamondbacks aim to avert a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox in Phoenix.

Kelly (5-3, 2.98 ERA) has a 4-0 record with a 2.61 ERA in his past five starts. He did not allow a hit through 4 1/3 innings last Sunday before permitting three runs (two earned) in five frames of Arizona's 8-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. And he has a lot of enthusiasm about his Diamondbacks team.

"I definitely hold us to a pretty high standard," Kelly said. "I think we've seen enough this year that we know that we're a good team. Obviously we've turned the page on where we've been the last couple years, especially going back to 2021. This team looks completely different than those teams did before. And in my mind, we still haven't even really hit our stride yet."