Arizona Diamondbacks at Athletics

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Arizona Diamondbacks

52-59, 26-31 Away

Final
7 - 2

Athletics

49-64, 23-33 Home

Diamondbacks beat Athletics 7-2 to end six-game losing streak

Zac Gallen (8-12) allowed two runs on nine hits in six innings. Andrew Saalfrank, Kendall Graveman and Kevin Ginkel each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out.

Marte hit his 21st home run of the season — a solo shot off J.T. Ginn (2-3) in the first — to give the Diamondbacks the early lead.

Nick Kurtz had a one-out single in the third off Gallen and Shea Langeliers and Tyler Soderstrom had back-to-back two-out doubles to give the Athletics a 2-1 lead.

Thomas and Blaze Alexander had singles leading off the fifth to put runners on the corners. Carroll walked to load the bases for Marte, who tied it 2-2 with a groundout. Geraldo Perdomo walked to reload the bases and Gurriel drilled a two-run single for a 4-2 lead.

Thomas hit a solo homer off Justin Sterner in the sixth and Adrian Del Castillo had a sacrifice fly in the seventh for a 6-2 advantage. Carroll capped the scoring in the ninth with his 22nd homer.

Ginn allowed four runs on four hits and five walks in four innings. With the loss, the A's three-game win streak ended.

Arizona won for the second time in 11 games.

Key moment Gurriel had seven grand slams and a .394 career average with the bases loaded before delivering the go-ahead single.

Key stat Gallen had lost his three previous starts and allowed 16 runs in 17 innings before righting the ship against the A's.

Up next The Athletics haven't named a starter for Sunday's rubber game opposite Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7, 5.63 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Butler struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Cortes to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Bleday struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bleday hit for Hernaiz
	9th Inning	Schuemann flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Cortes singled to left.

Statistics

ARI		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	16
7	Strikeouts	5
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	10
4	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	37
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	13
41	Plate Appearances	37
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
7.0	Runs Created	3.4
.219	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.351
.625	Secondary Average	.081
.366	On Base Percentage	.270
.866	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.622
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
7.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
48.0	Batter Rating	24.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.80	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.46
.281	Isolated Power	.081
1.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.195	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.406	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.189
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.0	MLB Rating	78.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0