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Mariners squander 9th-inning lead, rally past D-backs in 10th
Randy Arozarena doubled home the winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Friday night.,J.P. Crawford homered twice and Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley also went deep as the Mariners won their fourth game in a row. R...

Surging Mariners, Diamondbacks set for litmus test in Seattle
The reigning American League West champion Seattle Mariners have finally moved atop the division.,Their reward is a series against the hottest team in baseball.,The Mariners will play host to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game interleague series beginning Friday night. The Diamondbacks have wo...

Trailing early, Diamondbacks rally to extend domination of Giants
Geraldo Perdomo hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks threw out two San Francisco Giants on the basepaths in a crazy eighth to hold on for a 3-2 victory that completed a second consecutive three-game sweep between the National League West rivals Wednesday af...

Ketel Marte, D-backs eager to cut Giants down to size again
The Arizona Diamondbacks will seek a second series sweep over the Giants in the last 10 days when the National League West rivals wrap up a three-game set on Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco.,The Diamondbacks will turn to Michael Soroka (6-2, 3.27 ERA) to start the finale versus fellow right-han...

Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks maintain dominance over Giants
Ketel Marte smacked a two-run homer, Ildemaro Vargas also drove two runs and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks made it five straight wins over the San Francisco Giants with a 7-5 victory on Tuesday.,Adrian Del Castillo chipped in with a homer and Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) threw six effective innings f...

Fever's Caitlin Clark isn't too concerned about back issues
Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark acknowledged Tuesday that she is aware of her back issues.,Concerned, though? She says no.,"I don't think (the back issues) necessarily started at a certain point. I think it's just been over the course of the last year when I've kind of been understanding my b...

Rookies in focus as Giants, Diamondbacks clash
Two prospects experiencing vastly different welcomes to the big time get another opportunity Tuesday night when Tommy Troy and the Arizona Diamondbacks visit Bryce Eldridge and the San Francisco Giants in the continuation of a three-game series.,Troy singled, scored and walked in his second big leag...

Diamondbacks swing away at Giants, nab series-opening win
Ketel Marte continued his torrid pace with four hits and three RBIs, Merrill Kelly threw seven sharp innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks opened a three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants with a 6-2 victory Monday afternoon.,Gabriel Moreno homered and scored twice for the Diamondbacks...

D-backs' Corbin Carroll out to triple his pleasure vs. Giants
The major league leader in triples will take his cracks at "Triples Alley" in San Francisco when Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks attempt to repeat last week's success against the Giants in a three-game set beginning Monday afternoon.,Carroll had three hits, including a pair of triples, i...

Diamondbacks pummel Rockies to take 3 of 4 in series
Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll led a 13-hit attack for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, and Ryne Nelson silenced the Colorado Rockies' bats in a 9-1 victory in Phoenix that gave the hosts their third win in the four-game series.,Marte, who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs, and Carroll,...

Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (elbow discomfort) exits start early
Colorado Rockies left-hander Jose Quintana left with one out in the bottom of the second inning in his start against the host Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.,Colorado later announced Quintana was experiencing left elbow discomfort.,The Rockies trailed 5-0 but had no one warming up at the time of Qui...

D-backs' Ketel Marte brings hot bat into series finale vs. Rockies
Three-time All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte has spent much of this season underperforming with the bat.,But the Arizona Diamondbacks star is on a hot streak and has increased his batting average 42 points in just seven games entering Sunday afternoon's contest against the Colorado Rockies in Phoe...

Ketel Marte leads Diamondbacks past Rockies
Ketel Marte went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night at Phoenix.,Nolan Arenado had a two-run double and Geraldo Perdomo contributed two hits and an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who won for the sixth time in seven gam...

Rockies ride upstarts' late contributions into matchup vs. D-backs
Mickey Moniak, the Colorado Rockies' top offensive player this season, was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a right ankle injury.,The transaction opened the door for Sterlin Thompson to join Chad Stevens as unlikely game-winning heroes.,The two players who were Triple-A teammates at m...

Rockies rally past Diamondbacks on ninth-inning RBI hit
Chad Stevens delivered the tiebreaking single with one out in the top of the ninth to help the Colorado Rockies notch a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Phoenix.,Stevens' first hit of the season and third of his career plated Sterlin Thompson with the decisive run as Colo...

Chad Stevens out to please Rockies, grandmother in series vs. Diamondbacks
Chad Stevens hopes to get a second chance to make a good first impression on his new team when the Colorado Rockies continue their four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.,One of the hottest hitters at the Triple-A level, Stevens owned a 17-game hitting streak wh...

Corbin Carroll's walk-off single lifts surging Diamondbacks past Rockies
Benefitting from a pitch-timer infraction, the Arizona Diamondbacks scratched across a run in the last of the ninth inning on a two-out, two-strike single by Corbin Carroll to beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 2-1 for a fifth consecutive win Thursday night.,After the Rockies tied the game in the ei...

Ketel Marte, D-backs heating up ahead of opener vs. Rockies
The Arizona Diamondbacks will look to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games on Thursday when they host the Colorado Rockies in the opener of a four-game series in Phoenix.,The Diamondbacks won the decisive contest of the three-game series when the clubs met last weekend in Denver. ...

Geraldo Perdomo's double helps Diamondbacks complete sweep of Giants
Ketel Marte had three hits and scored three times, Geraldo Perdomo capped a three-run fifth inning with a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game home sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-3 victory Wednesday afternoon.,Merrill Kelly pitched six effective innings and ...

Merrill Kelly pursues encore as D-backs try to sweep Giants
Merrill Kelly will attempt to earn a spot in franchise lore alongside the likes of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling when he goes for a second consecutive complete game Wednesday afternoon as the Arizona Diamondbacks chase a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix.,The Diamondbacks ha...