Taiwanese-American Corbin Carroll on Monday night hit a pinch-hit homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a five-run rally, as the Arizona Diamondbacks shocked the Washington Nationals with a 9-8 win.
The D-backs trailed 8-4 heading to the ninth, but Geraldo Perdomo’s RBI single brought home Alek Thomas and Ketel Marte followed with a two-run homer down the right-field line off Washington’s All-Star closer Kyle Finnegan.
“We’ve been saying it all year — we’re never out of the game,” Carroll said. “It’s not over until it’s over and we’ve been putting together some really great late-game at-bats and it’s been paying off.”
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Finnegan (2-5) retired Gabriel Moreno for the first out before Lourdes Gurriel Jr singled up the middle. That brought up Carroll, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year who has struggled at times this season.
However, he jumped all over a Finnegan splitter, launching the ball over the right-center fence to set off a raucous Arizona celebration. It was Finnegan’s fifth blow save of the season in 33 chances.
“Just wasn’t able to get it done tonight,” Finnegan said. “I was ahead of every guy I faced — just wasn’t able to put them away.”
“That was a team that played with heart, determination and a lot of will,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “The first couple innings were very difficult. We got flattened. But we kept chipping away.”
Elsewhere, the Cleveland Guardian outplayed the Detroit Tigers 8-4, the Cincinnati Reds dominated the Chicago Cubs 7-1, the New York Yankees devastated the Philadelphia Phillies 14-4 and the Boston Red Sox topped the Seattle Mariners 14-7.
The Milwaukee Brewers took down the Atlanta Braves 8-3, the New York Mets overpowered the Minnesota Twins 15-2, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-5 in their early game, but lost 8-4 in the late game.
The Pittsburgh Pirates survived the Houston Astros 5-3, the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 and the Texas Rangers dropped the St Louis Cardinals 6-3.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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