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Dorton Vasho hit a 7-run double in the seventh inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 in Phoenix on Thursday.
Emmanuel Rivera stole 3 of his 4 RBIs from the Pirates with a home run, a double and a 3 RBI, giving him six wins in his last nine games. Kevin Ginkel (1-0) scored his two outs in his seventh inning to clinch the win.
Arizona, tied 3-2 in the seventh inning, sent 11 batters to bat in the bottom half, including relievers Chase De Jong (4-1), Yelly de los Santos and Duane Underwood Jr.
Ke'Bryan Hayes, who had seven runs against . I was.
The Pirates took the lead with three runs in his fourth inning against Arizona starter Meryl Kelly.
After Hayes scored a goal from his third on a fielder's choice by Tucupita Marcano, Greg Allen came to bat with runners in the four corners.
Allen's bloop single to center scored O'Neill Cruz from the third before Allen was caught in a rundown after rounding first. Marcano scored during the rundown and Allen was able to get back to first safely.
Kelly allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, with 4 hits, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts.
Arizona responded by scoring two runs in the fourth round against JT Brubaker. Rivera hit a leadoff home run 437 feet to center, and Carson Kelly hit a run-scoring single with two outs.
Brubaker went 5 innings where he got 3 hits and he gave up 2 runs. He hit his two steps, six.
DeJong said he replaced Brubaker in the sixth and allowed his first three batters to get on base in the seventh. After Arizona tied the game when Jake McCarthy scored on Alec Thomas' groundout, the D-back advanced on Rivera's two-run double.
Varsho hit his 3-run double off the wall in center field to push the lead to 8-3 and McCarthy scored his Varsho from his 3rd place rally on a groundout. closed.
Arizona improved to his 22-7 record in his final 29 games against Pittsburgh. This includes his 10 wins and 3 losses at Chase Field during that period.
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