Ketel Marte pierced a three-round circuit in seventh round, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday in Phoenix.
Marte, Blaze Alexander and Jordan Lawlar had two strokes each for the Diamondbacks (69-72), who won for the fifth time in their last seven games.
Michael Helman, Alejandro Osuna and Joc Pederson succeeded two strokes for the Rangers (72-68). Osuna, Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim led Texas.
The Rangers, who went without a safe blow in nine bats with runners in the score position, had a sequence of six consecutive victories arrested and lost for the second time in 11 games.
Hoby Milner (2-4) entered Texas in a match equally at the end of the seventh, and Jorge Barrosa and Lawlar welcomed him with singles. Marte then Wallopé a change of 0-1 on the wall in the center left to give the diamondbacks an advance of 5-2.
Jalen Beeks (5-1) walked two at the top of the seventh before removing Helman on a fly ball and Josh Smith on a group to end the Channel.
Taylor Rashi from Arizona granted a single to Pederson and Rowdy Telz in the eighth before removing Josh Jung and induced a Cody Freeman group to get out of the jam.
Ezequiel Duran du Texas doubled to start the ninth, went to the third on wild land and scored on a group by Heim. Helman almost established himself, but his will on the left became gross, and Rashi rallied to hit him. The right-handed right-handed, which was recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier during the day, then removed Smith on a group to recover his second stop in two career appearances.
Nabil Crismatt from Arizona granted two points and seven strokes in 6 1/3 rounds. He withdrew three and walked one.
Jacob Latz of Texas was accused of two points in 5 1/3 rounds. He abandoned five safe and two walks and withdrew one.
The rangers went up to the table during the third round after Helman struck a triple in advance on the left. A later, Langford struck a sacrificial fly in the center.
There were two withdrawals in the fourth when Freeman hit a roller for a simple in the inner field. Osuna followed with a looper to a shallow center, and Alexandre came empty during her diving attempt. The Geraldo Perdomo stop stop recovered the ball and threw at home, and the draw escaped for an error while Freeman marked and Osuna ended up in the third. However, Heim then put himself to the ground to end the Channel.
Arizona equalized it in the sixth on a Single RBI of Alexander and a sacrificial fly from Ildemaro Vargas.
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