PAVIN Smith clubbed a pinch-hit, walk-off two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night (Tuesday in Manila) at Phoenix in the opener of a three-game series.
Jake McCarthy doubled to left field off Randy Rodriguez (1-1) and Smith followed by drilling a fastball that barely cleared the wall in center. The 424-foot blast gave Arizona its third straight victory. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit his 100th career homer and Blaze Alexander had two hits and one RBI for the Diamondbacks.
Heliot Ramos homered for the Giants, who lost their fifth straight game–but briefly believed they had taken the lead in the ninth inning.
With runners on the corners, Jorge Soler hit a bouncer to third. The throw by Eugenio Suarez was high and Soler was ruled to have touched the base before he was tagged by Arizona’s Christian Walker. But a review showed that Walker made the tag before Soler’s foot came down on the bag, erasing the would-be go-ahead run and keeping the game tied entering the bottom of the ninth.
In other games, it was the Phillies 3, Brewers 1; Tigers 2, Rangers 1; Orioles 7, Blue Jays 2; Astros 7, Cardinals 4; Mets 8, Nationals 7; Angels 2, Padres 1; and Reds 13, Rockies 3.
Phillies 3, Brewers 1
David Dahl hit a solo home run and a single, Zack Wheeler tossed seven strong innings and host Philadelphia defeated Milwaukee.
Johan Rojas added two singles and an RBI for the Phillies, and Edmundo Sosa had an RBI single. Wheeler (7-3) allowed five hits and one run to go along with six strikeouts and three walks. Jeff Hoffman pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jose Alvarado logged a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save of the season.
Facing his former team, Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run for the Brewers. Blake Perkins had two hits. Milwaukee had its five-game winning streak snapped.
Tigers 2, Rangers 1
Jake Rogers hit a pair of solo homers as Detroit opened a three-game series with a victory in Arlington, Texas. Rogers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out homer in the eighth inning against Jose Leclerc (3-4).
Beau Brieske (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of relief for Detroit, which won its second straight game despite being held to four hits.
Marcus Semien homered and Wyatt Langford tripled and singled for the Rangers, who went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Nathan Eovaldi gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings.
