Arizona Diamondbacks at Athletics

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Arizona Diamondbacks

53-59, 27-31 Away

Final
6 - 4

Athletics

49-65, 23-34 Home

Blaze Alexander homers as the Diamondbacks beat the Athletics 6-4

D-backs win second straight game vs. A's

Alek Thomas and Geraldo Perdomo each had three hits as Arizona won the rubber game of the weekend set. Tyler Locklear had two hits and scored two runs.

Eduardo Rodriguez (4-7) pitched five innings of two-run ball in his first win since June 23. The left-hander was 0-3 with a 6.23 ERA in his previous five starts.

Kyle Nelson handled the ninth for his first save of the season. JJ Bleday hit a one-out solo homer for the A's, but Nelson closed it out when Gio Urshela flied to center and Max Schuemann struck out swinging.

The Diamondbacks scored three runs in the second against rookie Jack Perkins. Connor Kaiser walked with the bases loaded, driving in Jake McCarthy. Jose Herrera had a sacrifice fly, and Corbin Carroll singled in Thomas.

Locklear reached on a two-out walk in the third, stole second and scored on Thomas' single for a 4-0 lead. Locklear was acquired from Seattle in the Eugenio Suárez trade.

Perkins (0-2) gave up five hits and walked three in three innings.

The A's got two runs back in the fifth on rookie Nick Kurtz's two-run single.

Alexander hit a solo drive off Elvis Alvarado in the seventh for his first homer of the season. He also hit an RBI single off Michael Kelly in the ninth.

Bleday went 4 for 4 and scored three times.

Key moment The A’s loaded the bases in the second before Schuemann bounced into an inning-ending double play.

Key stat The A’s dropped to 23-34 at temporary home Sutter Health Park after a second straight loss.

Up next Diamondbacks: Host the San Diego Padres on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series.

Athletics: Travel to Washington to face the Nationals on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game set.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Schuemann struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Urshela flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bleday homered to right (394 feet).
	9th Inning	Hernaiz fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	K. Nelson relieved Graveman
	9th Inning	McCarthy struck out swinging.

Statistics

ARI		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
22	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	144
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
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
6.0	Runs Created	3.9
.333	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.406
.222	Secondary Average	.281
.390	On Base Percentage	.333
.835	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.740
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
42.0	Batter Rating	31.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.111	Isolated Power	.156
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.3	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0