PHOENIX (AP) Rookie Ryan Waldschmidt hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off closer Edwin Diaz to give the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to their season-high seventh straight loss.
Waldschmidt connected on a slider, hitting a shot to left center that barely cleared the wall. Diaz walked Max Kepler to start the ninth before striking out Tim Tawa, but Waldschmidt followed with the biggest hit of his young career.
Diaz – a three-time All-Star – has given up 11 earned runs in nine innings this season.
The Dodgers trailed 2-0 early in the game but rallied. Andy Pages’ solo homer to lead off the eighth gave them a 3-2 lead.
D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly took a no-hitter into the sixth before Tommy Edman led off with an infield single. Freddie Freeman brought home a run later in the inning on a fielder’s choice, cutting Arizona’s lead to 2-1, and Kelly had to leave the game with cramping in his right leg.
The Dodgers tied it at 2 in the seventh on Edman’s RBI single and had the bases loaded before Shohei Ohtani grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Roki Sasaki gave up two runs on five hits and a walk over six innings. He struck out five.
Nolan Arenado gave the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the second with a solo homer that barely cleared the left field fence and the glove of Teoscar Hernandez. It was Arenado’s 17th homer of the season.
In the third, Corbin Carroll robbed Edman of a ying homer, leaping high above the right field fence to make the grab.
The Diamondbacks were set to start RHP Brandon Pfaadt (6-1, 3.66 ERA) vs. Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7, 2.76) on Saturday.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Ohtani DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| A. Pages CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| F. Freeman 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| M. Muncy 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| b- E. Hernandez PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| M. Betts SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| K. Tucker RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| T. Hernandez LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| T. Edman 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .295 |
| H. Feduccia C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| a- M. Rojas PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
| B. Rortvedt C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
- a-singled for Feduccia in the 7th
- b-grounded out for Muncy in the 8th
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Perdomo SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .244 |
| C. Carroll RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| G. Moreno C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| K. Marte 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| L. Nootbaar DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| a- I. Vargas PH-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| N. Arenado 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| M. Kepler LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| J. Barrosa PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| T. Tawa 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| R. Waldschmidt CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .292 |
- a-walked for Nootbaar in the 8th
- HR – A. Pages (19)
- RBI – A. Pages (75), F. Freeman (55), T. Edman (22)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – M. Muncy
- 2B – G. Perdomo (15), G. Moreno (20), L. Nootbaar (9)
- 3B – G. Perdomo (5)
- HR – N. Arenado (17), R. Waldschmidt (2)
- RBI – G. Perdomo (42), N. Arenado (54), R. Waldschmidt 2 (15)
- 2-Out RBI – G. Perdomo, N. Arenado
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – C. Carroll 2 (2), N. Arenado 3 (3)
- CS – S. Ohtani (3)
- SB – J. Barrosa, T. Tawa (3)
- DP – (Marte-Perdomo-Tawa)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Sasaki | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4.54 |
| E. Henriquez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.13 |
| T. Scott(H, 8) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.33 |
| E. Diaz(L, 1-1) (BS, 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11.00 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Kelly | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.88 |
| J. Morillo(H, 15) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.47 |
| T. Clarke(BS, 2) | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.24 |
| B. Garcia | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.20 |
| K. Ginkel(W, 5-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.67 |
- Pitches-Strikes – R. Sasaki 86-57, E. Henriquez 12-9, T. Scott 24-16, E. Diaz 17-11
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – R. Sasaki 7-3, E. Henriquez 1-0, T. Scott 1-2, E. Diaz 0-1
- Batters Faced – R. Sasaki 23, E. Henriquez 4, T. Scott 6, E. Diaz 3
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Kelly 80-49, J. Morillo 8-5, T. Clarke 12-8, B. Garcia 16-11, K. Ginkel 11-8
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Kelly 8-3, T. Clarke 2-0, B. Garcia 4-1, K. Ginkel 0-1
- Batters Faced – M. Kelly 21, J. Morillo, T. Clarke 4, B. Garcia 6, K. Ginkel 3
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