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Washington Nationals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Game Thread
The Nationals are riding high after a 9-3 extra inning win clinched a series victory in Seattle. Now they go to the desert to take on the Diamondbacks. The Snakes have been struggling recently, but they have a dynamic offense and their three best starters are lined up to face the Nats. For the first time in a little while, Davey Martinez is switching things up in the lineup. After a rough night behind the plate, Keibert Ruiz is getting the night off in favor of Riley Adams. Adams will slot into the seven whole, while Luis Garcia Jr. moves up to the cleanup spot after a four hit night. Jake Irvin will take the mound coming off an 8 inning masterclass against the Giants. Advertisement The D-Backs have an intimidating lineup, with Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte leading the way. Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo has always had a great glove, but he is having an offensive breakout this season. The lineup is not why the Snakes are under .500. Neither is starter Merill Kelly who has long been one of the most reliable, underrated pitchers in the game. Game Info: Stadium: Chase Field Time: 9:40 PM EST TV: MASN 2 Radio: 106.7 The Fan and DC 87.7 Follow along as the Nationals look to continue this successful road trip. The boys have been coming of age lately, and hopefully that continues. Comment down below and let's go Nats! Advertisement More from
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27-05-2025
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Pirates blanked for 9th time; Braxton Ashcraft has strong debut vs. Diamondbacks
This article originally appeared Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Braxton Ashcraft made his MLB debut in their 5-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Memorial Day. How We Got There The Diamondbacks (27-27) scored twice in the second inning — one on a Tim Tawa sacrifice fly and the other on Ketel Marte's RBI single. Advertisement Eugenio Suárez hit a solo home run off Andrew Heaney in the third and Josh Naylor turned on a fastball up out of the zone for a two-run home run the following inning. Click here to read more from Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
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10-05-2025
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Dodgers win wild 14-11 showdown against Diamondbacks
The Dodgers (26-13) used their firepower and the open roof at Chase Field to get a big 14-11 win against the Diamondbacks (20-19) in a wild NL West showdown Friday night. Dodgers bats were ahead early on with eight runs in the first three innings, but the offense failed to generate anything else until they exploded for six runs in the top of the ninth. Advertisement Freddie Freeman got the Dodgers on the board in the first inning with a sac fly to cash in Shohei Ohtani's leadoff double and a Mookie Betts single. The D-backs answered right back with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning against Sasaki. Sasaki surrendered a Josh Naylor double and home runs to both Ketel Marte and Eugenio Suárez to make it 3-1 in favor of the Snakes. The Dodgers scored in each of the first three innings. Enrique Hernández's solo home run in the second made it a one-run game. Ohtani doubled for the second time in as many innings (a double-double) to tie it at three runs a piece. Advertisement Andy Pages continues to be the guy. His line drive single to left field scored Will Smith and Freeman in the five-run third inning for the Dodgers. Despite having a four-run lead, the game quickly unraveled for Anthony Banda in the bottom of the fifth. After Sasaki walked Marte to start the fifth inning, that was the end of his night. Sasaki allowed five runs on five hits in four innings but wasn't involved in the decision. The D-backs brought up the tying run against Anthony Banda in the bottom of the fifth with the bases loaded and one out. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a grand slam, the second slam in as many nights for the D-backs. It became a whole new game tied up 8-8. Banda re-loaded the bases for Josh Naylor with one out in the bottom of the sixth, but he battled back to get Naylor to go down on strikes swinging with his slider for the second out. Advertisement Luis García walked Eugenio Suárez, and Geraldo Perdomo scored to give the Snakes a 9-8 lead. Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior was ejected from the game after several poor calls from the umpiring team over the course of the game including the bases-loaded walk that broke the tie. The D-backs not only slammed in the game, but they also hit back-to-back jacks. Marte's second home run of the game, a solo shot off Alex Vesia in the bottom of the eighth, gave the D-backs a bit more cushion in the lead. A pinch-hit Randal Grichuk homer made it 11-8. The Dodgers' bats finally woke up in the top of the ninth and re-tied the game off Arizona reliever Kevin Ginkel. Freeman singled and scored on another Pages RBI base hit to make it 11-9. Hernández doubled down the left field line, and Max Muncy came up big with a game-tying RBI base hit. Advertisement Ohtani wasn't looking for another double in the ninth. The baseball machine drove a majestic 426-ft. three-run home run off Ryan Thompson to cap off the six-run ninth for the Dodgers. Tanner Scott shut down the D-backs in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win and tie this crazy series up. Friday particulars Home runs: 2 Ketel Marte (3), Eugenio Suárez (11), Enrique Hernández (6), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (7), Randal Grichuk (1), Shohei Ohtani (12) WP — Alex Vesia (1-0): 1 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, no walks, 1 strikeout (17 pitches) LP — Kevin Ginkel (0-1): ⅓ IP, 4 hits, 5 runs, no walks, 1 strikeout (18 pitches) Advertisement Sv — Tanner Scott (9): 1 IP, no hits, no runs, no walks, two strikeouts Up next The four-game series in the desert continues on Saturday night (6:10 p.m., SportsNet LA). Dustin May (1-2, 4.36 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) takes on Corbin Burnes (1-1, 3.58 ERA, 1.38 WHIP). More from
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10-05-2025
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Shohei Ohtani home run caps wild ninth-inning comeback in Dodgers' win over Arizona
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani celebrates immediately after hitting a three-run home run in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 14-11 comeback win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Friday night. (Darryl Webb / Associated Press) The roof was open. The air was hot. And in a stadium already known as a hitter's paradise, the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks teed off on one another in a Chase Field classic. There were lead changes and sudden momentum shifts. Line-drive rockets and towering no-doubt blasts. The ejection of Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior, and a last-gasp ninth-inning comeback from their offense. Advertisement Most of all, there was Shohei Ohtani. With two on and one out in a tied game in the ninth, Ohtani turned a riveting early May night into one of the most memorable games of his Dodger career, launching a go-ahead three-run home run that lifted the Dodgers to a 14-11 win. As far as storybook moments in the regular season go, Friday's ending had everything. Read more: Dodgers continue 'to bet on' Michael Conforto, but can he break unthinkable early slump? By the ninth inning, the reigning National League MVP already hit two doubles as part of the Dodgers' early onslaught, one that helped them build a five-run lead in the third inning they would later squander by allowing eight unanswered scores. Advertisement But in the ninth, a leadoff infield single from Freddie Freeman was followed by consecutive run-scoring doubles from Andy Pages and Kiké Hernández, trimming what was an 11-8 deficit to 11-10. Max Muncy got the score knotted, knocking a single to right. Then, when Michael Conforto got hit with a pitch with one out, the Diamondbacks faced a decision. Arizona could have intentionally walked Ohtani, a move that would have loaded the bases but also set up a force out at every bag. Instead, they replaced closer Kevin Ginkel with sidearm right-hander Ryan Thompson, hoping his funky delivery could keep Ohtani off balance. He couldn't, throwing a one-and-two splitter that stayed up over the middle. The sound alone off Ohtani's bat left no doubt about where it would land. Even before first pitch, Friday had the makings of a high-scoring affair. Advertisement Eduardo Rodríguez, the veteran left-hander who two years ago blocked an agreed-upon deadline day trade from Detroit to the Dodgers, entered the night with a 5.92 ERA and was facing a right-handed-heavy Dodgers lineup, with slumping lefty sluggers Muncy and Conforto dropped to the bench. Roki Sasaki, meanwhile, was pitching on five days of rest (as opposed to six) for the first time in his career. He was throwing in a dry Arizona climate that can often impact the execution of breaking pitches. And, as a result, there was added importance on a fastball that has disappointed so far this season, averaging well below the triple-digit readings he was hoping to rediscover this season while generating few whiffs or much soft contact. Right from the jump, the Diamondbacks took advantage. While Rodríguez gave up one run in the first inning after a leadoff double from Ohtani, Sasaki was ambushed for three. In a 2-and-1 count, Ketel Marte got a middle-middle heater that he sent curling around the right-field foul pole for a solo home run. Then, after Josh Naylor doubled on a four-seamer that clocked in at just 92.8 mph, Eugenio Suárez launched an outer-edge fastball the other way for a two-run blast. Advertisement The homers were the fifth and sixth that Sasaki has allowed in his last five outings. All of them have come against his fastball, a pitch that has yielded a lot of hard contact while getting very little swing-and-miss — including no whiffs Friday. The Dodgers (26-13) had an answer of their own in the second, tying the game on Hernández's sixth home run of the year and Ohtani's second double in as many innings. Then, in the third, they seemingly took control of the game, exploding for five runs on four hits and three walks while sending 11 batters to the plate — in an inning where the three outs were recorded by Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freeman no less. Advertisement Before ending the inning with a strikeout in his second at-bat of the frame, Freeman helped get it started by roping a double down the line to put two runners in scoring position. Pages followed that up with a two-run single to left. Hernández and Miguel Rojas came up next and loaded the bases with a single and a walk. With no one still out, James Outman hit the ground ball Arizona (20-19) was looking for, but an errant throw to the plate instead allowed two more runs to score. Betts later tacked on a sacrifice fly. That should've been enough for the Dodgers, carrying the ensuing 8-3 lead into the fourth. But on this night, no lead was ever truly safe. Sasaki was pulled after issuing a leadoff walk in the fifth, the lead having been trimmed to 8-4 at that point. His replacement, Anthony Banda, failed to stem a turning tide. Advertisement Within three batters, the Diamondbacks had the bases loaded. With two outs in the inning, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. swung big at a down-and-in sinker. Banda turned to watch it fly for a game-tying grand slam, evening the score at 8-8. Arizona's Lourdes Gurriel Jr., left, pumps is fist after hitting a grand slam off Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda, right, during the fifth inning Friday. (Darryl Webb / Associated Press) The Diamondbacks' go-ahead run scored amid more contentious circumstances, as right-hander Luis García tried to escape another bases-loaded, two-out jam he inherited from Banda in the sixth. In a full count with Suarez, he threw a high sweeper that appeared to catch the top of the strike zone. Home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak, however, ruled it a ball that walked in a run. After the inning, Prior was ejected for arguing from the dugout. Advertisement In the ninth, it was the Diamondbacks turn to seemingly put the game out of reach, hitting back to back home runs off Alex Vesia for an 11-8 lead. But, once again, no lead on this night proved to be safe. Especially not once the Dodgers got Ohtani back up to the plate. Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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08-05-2025
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Juan Soto's Clear Message After 2 Home Runs in Mets' Win Over Diamondbacks
Long before the first pitch of Wednesday's game, Juan Soto's reputation as baseball's preeminent young slugger had already preceded him. But even in a sport accustomed to prodigious talent, Soto's ability to turn on a fastball—late in the count, in crucial spots—remains something rare. As the Mets' $765 million investment, he carries not only the weight of franchise expectations but also the potential to reshape an offense that has teetered on the edge of greatness all season. In the desert heat of Chase Field, Soto reminded everyone why he's considered a generational talent—and why New York's championship window just swung a little wider open. New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22)© Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Soto delivered a statement performance Wednesday night, launching two home runs and driving in three runs to lead the New York Mets to a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The win secured a series sweep and capped off a dominant road trip for the club. Advertisement After an uneven start to the season, Soto's bat has come alive in recent games. Entering Wednesday's contest with five homers on the year, the 26-year-old right fielder added two more. With the game scoreless in the top of the sixth, Soto broke the deadlock by crushing a 425-foot solo shot to straightaway center off Arizona starter Merrill Kelly—his sixth homer of the season. Two innings later, he did it again. Facing reliever Jalen Beeks in the eighth, Soto turned on a 2-1 fastball and sent it deep to right-center at an exit velocity of 105.7 mph. It was his second multi-homer game against Arizona in the last ten days and his seventh of the season. Advertisement After the game, Soto spoke with SNY's Steve Gelbs about his approach at the plate. 'Man, I'm seeing the ball well,' Soto said. 'Just trying to make hard contact everywhere I go. Not trying to do too much, just trying to make sure I have the ball squared up and see what happens.' Soto finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored, raising his season totals to seven home runs, 17 RBIs, and an .863 OPS through 138 at-bats. When asked about his progress so far, he stayed grounded: 'Right now I feel pretty good. What I've been working on is going in the right way. We still have a long way to go.' Advertisement 'For me, it's about being on time and making good decisions at the plate.' Soto's resurgence comes at an ideal moment for the Mets, who've also received strong starts from Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor. With Soto locked in, New York's lineup is living up to its offseason billing—a fearsome collection of high-octane bats built to power a deep October run. Related: Mets Announce Major Francisco Lindor News on Saturday Related: MLB Fans In Disbelief Over Aaron Judge, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. News
