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Eduardo Escobar bashed his 35th homer and Jake Lamb hit a three-run, go-ahead double to cap a four-run seventh inning in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday in Phoenix. Lamb had four RBIs and Escobar had two hits and scored twice for the Diamondbacks (77-74), who despite the victory were unable to gain ground in the National League wild-card race. Arizona remains 5 1/2 games back of the Chicago Cubs for the final NL playoff position. Continue to Article

September 17, 2019 1:39:am EST

Eduardo Escobar hit his 35th homer and Jake Lamb hit a three-run, go-ahead double to cap a four-run seventh inning in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday in Phoenix. Lamb had four RBIs and Escobar had two hits and scored twice for the Diamondbacks (77-74), who despite the victory were unable to gain ground on the Chicago Cubs and remained 5 1/2 games back of the second NL wild card with 11 games to play. Starlin Castro's single in the sixth inning was the Marlins' only hit until Neil Walker's two-run pinch-hit homer ignited a five-run rally in the top of the seventh for a 5-3 lead before Arizona rebounded off relievers Tayron Guerrero (1-2) and Tyler Kinley. Continue to Article

September 17, 2019 1:21:am EST

Eugenio Suarez hit two solo home runs, including a 456-foot blast, and Trevor Bauer pitched eight strong innings to help the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in Phoenix. Suarez moved into a tie for the major league lead with 47 homers, the same as New York Mets rookie Pete Alonso, who played later Sunday. Suarez has three multi-homer games this season, two against the Diamondbacks in the past eight days. Continue to Article

September 15, 2019 7:23:pm EST

Nick Ahmed tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly in the third inning, and right-hander Merrill Kelly pitched seven scoreless innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks broke a six-game losing streak with 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday in Phoenix. Ahmed's triple was the D-backs' only hit of the game. Kelly gave up only three hits, all singles, and struck out five to out-duel Cincinnati right-hander Anthony DeSclafani, who retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced in seven innings. Continue to Article

September 15, 2019 1:27:am EST

Zac Gallen had just moved into his Miami apartment. A day after making his seventh career start with the Marlins and lowering his ERA to 2.72 with seven innings of two-run, eight-strikeout ball, the rookie right-hander was summoned to manager Don Mattingly's office. Gallen, who was just beginning to get acclimated to his new surroundings, initially assumed the coaching staff wanted to go over his last outing. Continue to Article

September 14, 2019 9:32:pm EST