Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Detroit Tigers

23-23, 13-10 Away

Final
4 - 6

Arizona Diamondbacks

22-25, 12-13 Home

D-backs scratch across two late runs to beat Tigers 6-4, avoid three-game sweep

The D-backs scratched across two runs in the seventh to break a 4-all tie.

Randal Grichuk scored on a weak groundout by Pavin Smith after catcher Jake Rogers couldn't handle a bouncing throw from shortstop Javier Báez, who had trouble getting the ball out of his glove. Christian Walker came home one batter later on another soft grounder by rookie Blaze Alexander.

The D-backs finished their homestand 3-3. The defending National League champions have struggled with consistency this season and have a 22-25 record.

“This team's grinding right now, it's not a mystery. We're grinding hard,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “But they're fighting and they got a big win on a getaway day and I'm proud of them for that.”

Detroit squandered an opportunity in the eighth with runners on second and third and one out when Ryan Thompson (2-1) struck out Matt Vierling and Gio Urshela.

D-backs closer Paul Sewald retired the Tigers in order in the ninth for his third save.

Tigers pinch-hitter Kerry Carpenter had a two-out, RBI triple high off the center-field wall that tied the score in the seventh. Carpenter tried for the inside-the-park homer, but Tucker Barnhart tagged Carpenter just before the runner could get a hand on home plate, taking the relay from shortstop Kevin Newman after Smith's throw from right.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch challenged the out call, but replay confirmed that Barnhart applied the tag and didn't block the plate.

“You've got to try and stay from blocking the plate as much as possible,” Barnhart said. “At the end of the day, you've got to make the play, catch the ball and make the tag. It was a great relay from Pavin to Kevin and then Kevin to me. Made the job easy for me.”

Tigers third base coach Joey Cora is known for his aggressive philosophy and never hesitated to send Carpenter.

“I was running as if it wasn't going to go out," Carpenter said. "It didn't and I almost got home. It was close.”

Arizona's Corbin Carroll led off the game with a triple, using some aggressive baserunning to take an extra base on a ball that got over left fielder Mark Canha. He scored on Joc Pederson's RBI double.

Spencer Torkelson pulled the Tigers within 3-1 on a solo shot to left-center in the third. It was his third homer of the season.

The Tigers used an RBI double from Vierling in the sixth — a hard grounder that hit third base before scooting down the left-field line — to cut Arizona's lead to 4-3.

Arizona's Jordan Montgomery gave up four runs and five hits over six innings, striking out three and walking two.

“It was pretty good,” Montgomery said. “Threw a lot of strikes, sinker was at the bottom of the zone more consistently.”

Tigers righty Matt Manning gave up four runs on 10 hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out one. Tyler Holton (3-1) took the loss after giving up one run in one inning of relief.

D-backs second baseman Ketel Marte extended his hitting streak to 18 games in the second inning with a line drive single.

Tigers: At Kansas City for a three-game series starting Monday. The Tigers will throw RHP Reese Olson (0-4, 2.09 ERA) while the Royals counter with Michael Wacha (3-4, 4.71 ERA) in the first game.

Diamondbacks: At Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series starting Monday. The D-backs will start LHP Joe Mantiply (2-1, 4.67 ERA) in the first game. The Dodgers will start RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-1, 3.21 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Diamondbacks: 62.2%

Tigers: 37.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Báez flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Torkelson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pérez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Thompson
	8th Inning	Grichuk struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Marte grounded out to first.

Statistics

DET		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	12
2	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	1
132	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
2	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	15
35	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.1	Runs Created	6.5
.242	Batting Average	.364
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.455
.303	Secondary Average	.212
.286	On Base Percentage	.410
.710	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.865
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
33.5	Batter Rating	41.5
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.41
.182	Isolated Power	.091
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.0	MLB Rating	93.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0