Marte’s Ninth-Inning Homer Lifts Diamondbacks Past Giants
PHOENIX (Interstat) — Ketel Marte hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night at Chase Field.
The Diamondbacks trailed 3-1 entering the ninth. Adrian Del Castillo singled home Ildemaro Vargas to cut the deficit to 3-2. Ryan Waldschmidt reached on catcher’s interference, bringing Marte to the plate. The second baseman launched the second pitch from lefty Matt Gage over the left-field fence, tossing his bat as he rounded the bases.
Arizona had taken a 1-0 lead in the first on Corbin Carroll’s triple and an error. San Francisco answered in the second on Daniel Susac’s double, scoring Matt Chapman. The Giants added a homer from Rafael Devers and another from Willy Adames to build their 3-1 lead.
Giants starter Landen Roupp allowed one earned run over six innings. Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson gave up three earned runs in seven innings. Jonathan Loáisiga earned the win with a perfect ninth. Caleb Kilian took the loss.
The Diamondbacks improved to 24-23; the Giants fell to 20-29. Attendance was 19,548. Time of game was 2:38.