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D-backs use long ball to blank Rangers
Christian Walker belted two homers and Joc Pederson hit one as the Arizona Diamondbacks notched a 6-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night at Phoenix.,Pavin Smith and Jose Herrera added RBI doubles for Arizona (81-64), which moved into a tie for the National League's top wild-card spot, p...
Rangers, D-backs get together for World Series rematch
The Texas Rangers have returned to Phoenix for their first appearance in the city since clinching the World Series crown last Nov. 1.,The Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games in last season's World Series, and after Texas swept a two-game home series from Arizona in late May, the team...
D-backs get 3 HRs, 8 RBIs from Pavin Smith, blast Astros
Pavin Smith homered in each of his first three at-bats and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night.,Smith recorded his first career multi-homer game and collected a career-high eight RBIs to power Arizona (8...
Astros' Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez aim to stay hot vs. D-backs
One game after Jose Altuve and Yordan Alvarez produced multi-hit games to spur an eruption from atop the lineup, that duo did so again to help the Houston Astros cruise to an 11-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday and clinch this three-game interleague series.,Altuve and Alvarez fini...
Two big innings propel Astros past Diamondbacks
Jeremy Pena capped a five-run sixth inning with a three-run home run, and the Houston Astros remained unbeaten with Yusei Kikuchi on the mound by toppling the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 on Saturday.,Pena chased Diamondbacks reliever Dylan Florio with a 390-foot blast the opposite way into th...
Astros aim to build on shutout of Diamondbacks
The Houston Astros welcomed back All-Star Kyle Tucker in the opener of an interleague series against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, an 8-0 win highlighted by Yordan Alvarez blasting a pair of three-run homers.,After ending a three-game skid, the Astros will seek another victory on Satu...
Yordan Alvarez homers twice as Astros blank D-backs
Yordan Alvarez slugged two three-run home runs while Framber Valdez tossed seven shutout innings as the Houston Astros claimed the opener of a three-game interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0 on Friday.,Alvarez produced his second multi-homer effort in as many home games. Before accom...
Diamondbacks activate All-Star 2B Ketel Marte from IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks reinstated All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte from the 10-day injured list prior to Friday's game against the host Houston Astros.,Marte has missed the past 16 games with a sprained left ankle. He last played on Aug. 18 but first injured the ankle on Aug. 10.,Marte will bat...
Patrick Bailey supplies the offense in Giants' walk-off win over Diamondbacks
Patrick Bailey bounced a ground-rule double over the left-center field fence with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Tyler Fitzgerald and allow the San Francisco Giants to walk off the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Thursday afternoon.,Bailey drove in all three runs for the Gia...
Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks shoot for sweep of Giants
Two pitchers on opposite ends of the support spectrum go head to head Thursday afternoon when Merrill Kelly and the Arizona Diamondbacks try for a three-game road sweep of Blake Snell and the San Francisco Giants.,The Diamondbacks have ridden strong outings from starting pitchers Ryne Nelson and Zac...
Zac Gallen exits no-hit bid as D-backs down Giants
Zac Gallen threw no-hit ball for six innings, Eugenio Suarez and Pavin Smith hit home runs and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.,Having allowed five runs in five innings in his previous start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Gall...
D-backs hope stellar version of Zac Gallen shows up to face Giants
The Arizona Diamondbacks hope August inconsistency can be turned into September and October consistency when they send ace Zac Gallen to face the San Francisco Giants in the second contest of their three-game series Wednesday night.,Struggling to retain their National League wild-card playoff positi...
Randal Grichuk belts 2 HRs as Diamondbacks beat Giants
Randal Grichuk hit two home runs, Ryne Nelson pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks opened a key three-game road series by holding on for an 8-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,With just a second win in their last six games, the Diamondbacks...
Christian Walker returns to D-backs, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. goes on IL
The Arizona Diamondbacks activated slugger Christian Walker from the 10-day injured list but also will be without outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. due to a calf injury when they face the host San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.,Gurriel was placed on the injured list, retroactive to Monday. The club...
Do-or-die time for Giants as they begin series vs. Diamondbacks
The San Francisco Giants embark on the do-or-die portion of their schedule when they open a three-game home series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.,The Giants (68-70) trail the Diamondbacks (77-61) by nine games in the National League wild-card standings with just four weeks remain...
Freddie Freeman (2 HRs, 5 RBIs) powers Dodgers past Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman homered twice and drove in five runs, and Teoscar Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a triple, double and two runs scored to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of their four-game series in Phoenix, Ariz., ,It was the 20th multi-homer ...
Freddie Freeman (2HRs, 5 RBIs) powers Dodgers past Diamondbacks
Freddie Freeman homered twice and drove in five runs, and Teoscar Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a triple, double and two runs scored to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the finale of their four-game series in Phoenix, Ariz., ,It was the 20th multi-homer ...
Diamondbacks use big 2nd inning to rout Dodgers
Randal Grichuk hit a three-run homer to cap an eight-run second inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks pummeled the Los Angeles Dodgers 14-3 on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Eugenio Suarez also homered and had two RBIs for Arizona (77-60), which pounded out 17 hits and ended a three-game losing streak....
Dodgers aim to extend lead over Diamondbacks again
The first two contests of a pivotal four-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks have been wild and woolly.,But both games have been more fun for the Dodgers, who again will look to extend their lead in the National League West when they battle the Diamondbacks on Sunday...
Dodgers set club HR record, top D-backs on late hit
Tommy Edman delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night at Phoenix.,The Dodgers also started fast as Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman because the first trio in f...