2023-10-29 06:01:18
Merrill Kelly pitched three-hit ball in seven innings, Ketel Marte extended his postseason hitting streak to a record 18 games, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Texas Rangers 9-1 on Saturday to even the World Series at one victory per side.
Venezuelan Gabriel Moreno hit a go-ahead home run as part of a four-run attack in the fourth inning against Jordan Montgomery.
Tommy Pham went 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles.
Dominican Marte added a two-run single in a three-run attack in the eighth inning. He thus broke the tie he had with Derek Jeter, the Dominican Manny Ramírez and Hank Bauker, as the players with the most consecutive games hitting hits in the playoffs.
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Marte has hit undisputedly in every postseason game he has played.
One night after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning to fall 6-5 in 11 innings, the Diamondbacks They beat Texas by 16 hits to 4 and were never behind.
Puerto Rican Emmanuel Rivera hit a two-run single, while rookie Corbin Carroll hit a pair of RBI singles. Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Evan Longoria, 38, added singles to the cause of Arizona, which achieved its first road victory in the World Series in its history.
They had suffered four away losses during the Fall Classic since 2001.
The series, the third in history between wild card teams, moves to Arizona for the third game, scheduled for Monday. Phoenix has not hosted the World Series since 2001.
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For the Diamondbacks, the Dominicans Marte 1-for-5 with two RBIs, Geraldo Perdomo 1-for-2 with one run scored. Venezuelan Moreno is 1-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI. Cuban Gurriel Jr. was 3-2 with one run scored and one RBI. Puerto Rican Rivera was 1-1 with one run scored and two RBIs.
For the Rangers, the Cuban Adolis García 3-0. Dominican Leody Taveras 3-0.
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