The Arizona Diamondbacks broke out of a hunch Monday as Josh Naylor belted a walk-off grand slam to cap an 8-4 win in 11 innings in opposition to the Seattle Mariners.
The Mariners will attempt to do the identical on Tuesday within the second contest of the three-game sequence in Phoenix.
Naylor’s homer, his third hit of the sport, helped the Diamondbacks snap a three-game shedding streak.
“It was magical,” Arizona supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned of the win.
The Mariners tied the sport by scoring 4 runs with two outs and nobody on in ninth inning. They got here up empty within the tenth and eleventh innings, nonetheless, and misplaced for the sixth time in seven video games.
“Proceed to see the battle in these guys and proceed to see them bounce again time after time,” Seattle supervisor Dan Wilson mentioned. “We have been just a bit bit quick.”
Arizona right-hander Brandon Pfaadt (7-4, 5.51 ERA) is scheduled to face Mariners’ rookie right-hander Logan Evans (3-1, 2.83) on Tuesday.
Bryan Woo initially was scheduled to begin Tuesday for the Mariners, however the crew pushed him again to the sequence finale Wednesday after Bryce Miller didn’t reply properly to a cortisone shot. Miller can be positioned on the injured record with proper elbow irritation.
The Diamondbacks appeared to lose a useful member of their pitching employees Monday when nearer Justin Martinez was eliminated with two outs within the ninth inning with proper elbow tightness.
Martinez signaled to the dugout after throwing a 1-0 pitch to Donovan Solano.
“Excessive. Pretty excessive,” Lovullo mentioned of his concern relating to Martinez, who had Tommy John surgical procedure in 2021.
The pitcher is ready to have an MRI on Tuesday.
The Diamondbacks made a bullpen transfer earlier within the day, with Kendall Graveman being positioned on the injured record with a proper hip impingement. He missed the beginning of the season with a lumbar pressure and has made solely 9 appearances for Arizona.
The Mariners additionally retooled Monday in a transfer that paid fast dividends. Former Diamondbacks outfielder Dominic Canzone, who was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma, hit a 450-foot, two-run homer to tie the sport within the ninth inning.
Canzone hit .296 with 13 dwelling runs, 36 RBIs and a .924 OPS in 45 video games at Tacoma. Veteran outfielder Leody Taveras was designated for task to make room.
“You simply need to come out with the victory there and get again heading in the right direction,” Canzone mentioned. “I do know we have been struggling somewhat bit. It might have been an enormous (win) to get.”
Evans stepped as much as make six begins this season for the Mariners on the heels of accidents to George Kirby and Logan Gilbert.
Evans arguably made his finest begin in his most up-to-date look, a 9-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Could 27. He allowed one run on 4 hits and struck out 4 in eight innings. Evans, who was optioned to Tacoma the subsequent day, will face Arizona for the primary time in his profession.
Pfaadt, who signed a five-year, $45 million contract the primary week of the season, is returning after the worst two begins of his profession. He gave up eight runs on six hits with out getting an out in an 11-7 loss to Washington on Could 31.
Pfaadt allowed six runs (5 earned) in three innings at Atlanta final Thursday. The D-backs, nonetheless, scored seven runs within the ninth inning for an 11-10 victory to get him off the hook.
Pfaadt has a 3.86 ERA with no choice in two profession begins versus Seattle.
–Discipline Degree Media