Arizona Diamondbacks outlast Boston Red Sox 7‑6 in 10 innings
BOSTON (Interstat) — Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run homer and Ryan Waldschmidt drove in a run as Arizona rallied to beat Boston 7-6 in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead on solo home runs by Nick Sogard and Jarren Duran. Arizona answered with three runs in the fifth, highlighted by Gabriel Moreno’s two-run double, then added Nootbaar’s homer in the sixth for a 5-2 lead. Boston tied it in the bottom half on Mickey Gasper’s three-run homer.
In the 10th, Nolan Arenado singled in the go-ahead run and Jose Fernandez walked with the bases loaded. Boston scored once on a groundout in the bottom half but fell short.
Jonathan Loáisiga earned the win, allowing one hit over two scoreless innings. Jovani Morán took the loss. Arizona had 10 hits; Boston had nine. Brandon Pfaadt struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings for Arizona. Payton Tolle allowed three earned runs in five innings for Boston.
Arizona improved to 67-61; Boston fell to 69-59. Attendance was 36,540, and the game lasted 3:20.