Arizona Diamondbacks at Boston Red Sox

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Arizona Diamondbacks

75-56, 38-30 Away

Final
7 - 5

Boston Red Sox

67-63, 29-36 Home

Eugenio Suárez hits go-ahead 3-run homer to help D-Backs complete 3-game sweep of Red Sox, 7-5

Holding the NL’s top wild-card spot, the Diamondbacks (75-56) reached a season-high 19 games over .500 by winning for the 34th time in 47 games. Geraldo Perdomo hooked a solo homer around the Pesky Pole, estimated at just 319 feet.

Suárez, who went 4 for 4, had a key two-run double off the Monster on Saturday and grand slam over it in Friday’s series opener. He finished with 10 RBI in the series.

“That’s a really, really productive three days no matter where you’re at," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said of Suárez. ”Sometimes you come to this ballpark and hitters get a little pull conscious, a little pull happy. ... It’s probably one of the best I’ve seen over a three-game stretch (here) and I’ve seen some really good players play in this ballpark.”

Rafael Devers, 27, hit his 200th career homer, a three-run shot, to become the 11th and youngest player in Red Sox history to reach that mark.

Triston Casas and Tyler O’Neill added solo shots for Boston, which fell to 29-35 in games at Fenway Park.

It was the Diamondbacks’ second sweep in Fenway, the first came in the club’s initial trip to Boston in June 2002.

Arizona’s Corbin Carroll had a single in four at-bats, reaching safely for the 34th straight start.

Suárez hit a first-pitch sweeper down the middle from Tanner Houck (8-9) that caromed off a light stanchion above the Monster and onto the field.

“For some reason I always have good series here,” Suárez said. “I see the ball good. I don't know what's different.”

Boston manager Alex Cora certainly noticed what Suárez did.

“Suárez, he was a monster the whole weekend,” Cora said.

Arizona’s Merrill Kelly (4-0) grinded through six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking three. Justin Martinez got the final three outs for his sixth save despite allowing O’Neill’s homer.

Boston has lost Houck’s last seven starts. He gave up six runs in six innings.

“The command got worse,” he said. “Early on, I felt like I was pounding the zone, going right after guys. A little bit later on, was just off the (strikezone), out of the zone too much with everything.”

Trailing 4-0, the Diamondbacks — MLB’s highest-scoring team entering at 5.34 runs per game — scored three times on just two hits with a pair of walks against Houck in the fifth. Carroll had a sacrifice fly and Jake McCarthy an RBI single after Perdomo’s run-scoring ground out.

Devers sent a sinker from Kelly into the center-field batters’ eye, his 28th of the season, giving Boston a 4-0 edge in the fourth.

Casas hit a drive estimated at 410 feet over Boston’s bullpen in the first.

Each team turned three double plays, with both converting two 4-6-3.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: RHP Liam Hendriks got two outs, striking out two and giving up an unearned run in a rehab appearance for Double-A Portland on Sunday, his third in his recovery from Tommy John surgery.

Diamondbacks: After an off day, LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0, 3.94 ERA) is slated to start the opener of a three-game series against the Mets on Tuesday. LHP Sean Manaea (9-5, 3.48) is set for New York.

Red Sox: RHP Nick Pivetta (5-8, 4.70) is set to go Monday in the first of two games at Fenway, finishing a suspended contest halted by rain with the Blue Jays at bat in the second inning on June 26.

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 51.9%

Diamondbacks: 48.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	González struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wong lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Yoshida lined out to right.
	9th Inning	O'Neill homered to right (319 feet).
	9th Inning	Martinez relieved Puk
	9th Inning	Pederson fouled out to third.

Statistics

ARI		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	7
5	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	3
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	20
39	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
6.0	Runs Created	5.5
.303	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.485	Slugging Percentage	.625
.333	Secondary Average	.438
.385	On Base Percentage	.343
.869	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.968
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.8
45.0	Batter Rating	42.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.182	Isolated Power	.344
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.156
14.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.8	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0