PHOENIX — Nolan Gorman hit two of St. Louis’ five home runs in the Cardinals’ 11-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Gorman connected leading off the second against All-Star starter Zac Gallen, then hit a two-run blast to dead center in the eighth off Scott McGough.

Gorman, who grew up in Phoenix and had a large contingent of friends and family on hand, has two multi-homer games this season and 22 homers on the season.

“The most special thing is it’s my mom’s birthday,” Gorman said.

He watched Paul Goldschmidt when he was with the Diamondbacks, and now is a teammate. “There’s a lot of little things that I pick up from him that he learned here,” Gorman said.

Goldschmidt, Lars Nootbaar and Andrew Knizner also homered to give the Cardinals the series victory over the slumping Diamondbacks, who have lost six of seven and are 3-9 since the All-Star break.

Andre Pallante (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief of Jack Flaherty, who made his final start for the Cardinals before the trade deadline Tuesday.

Flaherty, who will be a free agent after the season, pitched five-plus innings, allowing eight hits and three runs. He walked two and struck out four.

He gave up a leadoff triple to Geraldo Perdomo in the first, but stranded him thanks to a pair of strikeouts.

Flaherty admitted to being distracted by any impending moves. He has been with the Cardinals since 2017.

“It’s something you kinda know, you get a feeling the way things are going. But it’s a business and I got a job to do. Focus on the task at hand,” Flaherty said.

“He threw a lot of pitches (28) in the first but still navigated it well,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.

Gallen (11-5) lost for the first time at home in 11 starts this season. He pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs, seven hits and two walks. He struck out eight.

Emmanuel Rivera and Christian Walker homered for Arizona. Corbin Carroll and Jake McCarthy had three hits each for the Diamondbacks. Each team had 15 hits.

DEADLINE DISCUSSIONS

The Diamondbacks are just two seasons removed from a 110-loss season and find themselves in the buyers’ market for the first time in five years.

With the trade deadline coming Tuesday, general manager Mike Hazen addressed the state of his team before the game and reflected on his team’s rapid ascent even as they have fallen out of first place since the All-Star break.

“We don’t want to waste opportunities that may be in front of us,” Hazen said of acquiring help. “This team will continue to mature, and I think giving this team an opportunity to play in a pennant chase is extremely important.”

The Diamondbacks’ bullpen issues — including a blown save Monday in a loss and six runs allowed Wednesday — have been front and center but Hazen emphasized there are other needs.

“People fixate on the bullpen, but you don’t fixate on the eight innings of opportunities that put your bullpen in situations that end up costing you,” Hazen said. “That’s something that needs to improve for us as a team. We’re not going to beat you up every day. How we respond to this little lull in our season can be very indicative of what we’re looking at.”

The Cardinals, on the other hand, are in the unfamiliar position of becoming sellers. Last year’s NL Central champions are fighting to stay out of last place this season.

Flaherty, who is a free agent after the season, might be of interest to a contending team. Marmol acknowledged that the 27-year-old pitcher would be difficult to lose. He managed Flaherty with Palm Beach in the Class-A Florida State League in 2016.

Still, Marmol realized there’s not much he can do about it. “Until it happens, it’s not even in my thinking. You’re so entrenched in the competition.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Marmol said 2B-OF Tommy Edman (right wrist inflammation), out since July 7, is feeling better and hopes he can take game-speed full swings by Friday to determine if he’s ready to return. … C Willson Contreras and 3B Nolan Arenado got the day off.

NEXT

Cardinals: Return home to begin a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs. RHP Miles Mikolas (6-5, 4.33) was set to start for St. Louis on Thursday.

Diamondbacks: Off Thursday before hosting Seattle in a three-game series beginning Friday.

No new details for Bronny James

LOS ANGELES — The family of Bronny James, the hospital and the university made no new public comments about his health Wednesday, two days after the 18-year-old son of NBA superstar LeBron James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball practice with his team at the University of Southern California.

LeBron James was spotted by photographers entering Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Bronny James is being treated after the incident Monday morning at USC’s campus arena.

Bronny James was in stable condition Tuesday, and patients who experience an unlikely cardiac arrest often undergo numerous tests over multiple days to determine the cause. He spent only a brief time in intensive care — a positive sign for his long-term recovery from the frightening episode.

Bronny’s 16-year-old brother, Bryce, posted a photo of the two on his Instagram story, along with a heart. Bryce James is also a top basketball prospect who already has received Division I scholarship offers.

It’s too soon to know how Bronny’s episode will affect his basketball career, since it largely depends on the underlying causes of the cardiac arrest. LeBron James has been an active supporter of his two sons’ basketball dreams, even using his off days during the Los Angeles Lakers’ season to fly several hours to attend their games.

LeBron James has repeatedly said that he even hopes to play in the NBA with Bronny, who couldn’t join the league until the fall of 2024 at the earliest. LeBron would be entering his 22nd NBA season at that point — matching Vince Carter for the longest career in league history — with his 40th birthday looming in December 2024.

“My last year will be played with my son,” James said. “Wherever Bronny is at, that’s where I’ll be. I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year.”

LeBron James has slightly downplayed that determination more recently: After he broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career scoring record last February, he acknowledged that playing alongside his son in the NBA is his dream, but might not be Bronny’s dream. LeBron also said he would support whatever Bronny decided to do with his life.