


9/25/16
Baltimore, MD (AP) – The Arizona Diamondbacks kept the train rolling on Sunday afternoon as they rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to complete the three game sweep. Ketel Marte broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the eighth with a bloop single to right, that scored Jean Segura. Segura had reached on a two-out single and then stole second to setup Marte for the heroics.

Welington Castillo hits a no doubter off of Chris Tillman in the fourth inning.
A two-out walk by Ketel Marte setup the DBacks to score their first run of the game in the third. Paul Goldschmidt lined a 3-2 fastball off of the wall in right to score Marte, who was going on the pitch.
Welington Castillo would tie it up in the fourth as he absolutely crushed a Chris Tillman fastball deep into the left field seats. The home run was measured at 443 feet and was Castillo's 13th on the season.
The Dbacks would take the lead in the eighth. Socrates Brito drew a leadoff walk and advanced to third on a Jean Segura single. Segura then stole second. Ketel Marte blloped one to right that Mark Trumbo could not get to and Brito scored, but he did throw out Segura at the plate.
Nate Karns would only last five innings as he drove his pitch count to almost 100 pitches through five. He allowed the two earned runs on just four hits. He struck out five and walked one, but did not figure into the decision. Silvino Bracho, Andrew Chafin, Tyler Clippard and Randall Delgado worked the final four innings of shutout relie. Chafin picked up the win, with Delgado picking up his second save. He had to come on for Clippard, who left the game with a groin injury after facing just one batter in the ninth.
Arizona will finish off this 10-game road trip with a four game series in Washington as they face the Nationals, who have the best record in baseball. They have already clinched the National League's best record and will likely rest some players, which may help out the DBacks. This is a possible first round playoff matchup.




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