Arizona 16, Atlanta 13
When: 7:20 PM ET, Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Where: Truist Park, Cumberland, Georgia
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Pat Hoberg, 1B -
Nestor Ceja, 2B -
Brian O'Nora, 3B -
Edwin Jimenez
Attendance:
41100
By Field Level Media
Christian Walker homered twice and drove in five runs, Geraldo Perdomo delivered a tiebreaking, two-run double in the ninth inning and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks outlasted the Atlanta Braves 16-13 on Tuesday.
Emmanuel Rivera homered and Ketel Marte had three hits and three RBIs for Arizona, which outhit the Braves 16-11 and snapped a four-game losing streak. Corbin Carroll reached base four times with two hits, two RBIs and three runs.
The D-backs prevailed in the wild contest despite the efforts of Atlanta's Austin Riley, who homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs. Orlando Arcia added a two-run homer and Sean Murphy drove in two runs.
Miguel Castro (5-3) pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Kevin Ginkel struck out the side in the ninth for his first save. Atlanta has lost three straight for the first time since May 12-14.
Arizona tied the game at 13-13 with two outs in the eighth inning when Dominic Canzone delivered an RBI single for his first career hit. The D-backs moved ahead in the ninth when Perdomo doubled in two runs off Raisel Iglesias (3-4) and Marte followed with an RBI single.
The teams set the stage for an offensive show with a total of seven runs in the first inning. Arizona took a brief 2-0 lead when Carroll tripled in a run against Bryce Elder and scored on a fielding error.
Atlanta responded with five runs in the bottom half of the inning, on a pair of two-run doubles by Riley and Murphy and Michael Harris II's RBI single off Zach Davies.
The D-backs quickly retook the lead with five runs in the second inning, highlighted by Rivera's leadoff homer and Marte's two-run double.
After Walker extended Arizona's lead to 8-5 with a solo homer in the top of the fourth inning, Atlanta moved ahead with four runs in the bottom half. Kevin Pillar doubled in a run and Riley hit a two-out, three-run homer.
Arcia put Atlanta ahead 11-8 with a two-run homer in the fifth inning before the D-backs regained the lead with four runs in the sixth. Carroll singled in a run and Walker hit a three-run homer off Ben Heller.
Riley answered again in the bottom of the sixth with a one-out, two-run homer off Austin Adams.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona |
|
Atlanta |
Zach Davies |
Player |
Bryce Elder
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
3.2 |
IP |
2.2 |
1 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
8 |
Hits |
7 |
22.09 |
ERA |
16.88 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Arizona
|
16 |
3 |
30 |
.356 |
20 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Atlanta
|
11 |
3 |
24 |
.297 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
3 |