Boston Red Sox at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

78-64, 34-36 Away

Final
5 - 10

Arizona Diamondbacks

71-71, 37-33 Home

Carroll hits 30th home run and Diamondbacks pull away late to beat Red Sox 10-5

Boston Red Sox vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

The surging D-backs have won seven of their last nine games, including three straight, to stay on the fringe of the National League wild-card race. Arizona improved to 71-71 for the season, climbing back to .500 for the first time since July 20.

Boston has lost two straight and is a half-game behind the New York Yankees for second place in the AL East.

Arizona scored four runs in the eighth off reliever Justin Slaten, turning a tight game into a comfortable win. With two outs, Geraldo Perdomo’s RBI single made it 7-5 and Carroll’s three-run shot to right field made it 10-5.

It was Carroll’s 30th homer of the season.

Perdomo also had a solo homer as part of a four-hit night. Rodriguez (7-8) gave up one run on four hits and two walks, striking out four.

Boston trailed 6-1 after seven innings, but used a four-run eighth to briefly make it close. Alex Bregman had a two-run double, Romy Gonzalez contributed a sacrifice fly and Rob Refsnyder added an RBI double during the rally.

Red Sox rookie Peyton Tolle (0-1) was roughed up in his second big league start after a stellar debut on Aug. 29. The burly 6-foot-6 left-hander gave up five runs on five hits and four walks over three innings. He struck out two.

Vargas hit his three-run homer in the third, crushing a fastball into the left-field seats. The big blow came after Tolle issued consecutive walks to Gabriel Moreno and Blaze Alexander.

Key moment Diamondbacks reliever Andrew Saalfrank struck out Nate Eaton to end the top of the eighth and preserve a 6-5 lead.

Key stat The 25-year-old Carroll already has 81 career homers.

Up next The Diamondbacks will throw RHP Brandon Pfaadt (12-8, 5.33 ERA) against Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (10-2, 3.38) on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Narváez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rafaela fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Rashi relieved Saalfrank
	9th Inning	Thomas in center field.
	9th Inning	Alexander at third base.

Statistics

BOS		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	13
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	21
37	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
4.4	Runs Created	9.1
.242	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.656
.273	Secondary Average	.563
.297	On Base Percentage	.450
.691	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.106
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
37.5	Batter Rating	61.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.152	Isolated Power	.313
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.40
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.219
10.0	Runs Produced	19.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.0	MLB Rating	105.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0