Corbin Carroll’s game-tying home run in the eighth inning was not enough as Will Smith hit a walk-off homer as the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 to avoid a sweep.
The Diamondbacks trailed 4-1 headed into the eighth inning as lefty reliever Tanner Scott took the mound for the Dodgers. He retired the first two hitters of the inning before Geraldo Perdomo and Ketel Marte both registered two-out singles.
Carroll then stepped up to the plate and hit a 97 MPH fastball to left center field that cleared the wall at Dodger Stadium to tie the game. Sunday’s home run marked the second game in a row in this series that Carroll hit a late-inning home run after breaking a scoreless tie with a homer in the seventh inning on Saturday in the D-backs’ 6-1 win against the Dodgers.
The offensive breakthrough for the Diamondbacks came after righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a gem on Sunday, going seven innings and surrendering just one run on four hits which lowered his season ERA to 2.82.
After pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the eighth inning, D-backs righty John Curtiss returned to the mound for the bottom of the ninth inning and faced Smith who pinch-hit for Dalton Rushing. Smith then hit a 96 MPH fastball to left center field that secured the win for the Dodgers.
Despite the loss, the Diamondbacks clinched a series win on Saturday and finished the road trip going 4-3 against two National League division leading teams in the Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers.
D-backs’ next game
Following a seven-game road trip, the Diamondbacks return to Chase Field on Monday to start a three-game series against the Texas Rangers. First pitch is at 5:10 p.m.
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