Friday, August 9, 2013

Goldschmidt's walk-off homer in the 9th gives D'backs 5-4 win


Arizona ripped six doubles, but it took a dramatic walk-off home run by Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth inning to give the Diamondbacks a 5-4 win over the New York Mets tonight at Chase Field.

Goldschmidt's 27th home run of the season came after Heath Bell had blown the save in the top of the  eighth inning. Arizona led 4-2 and it looked like Patrick Corbin was going to finally get his 13th win of the season, but Bell gave up two runs on three hits.

The Diamondbacks couldn't score in the bottom of the eighth and it was then up to Brad Ziegler (5-1) to get the Mets out in the top of the ninth. He came through and the D'backs headed for the dugout looking for a game-winner.

Goldy provided just that as he pounded a cutter off Mets' reliever Scott Atchison over the right field fence. It was Goldschmidt's 91st RBI of the season -- the most in the National League.

Corbin pitched six innings, allowed four hits, two earned runs, walked three and struck out four. He remains at 12-3 on the season.

Arizona collected 10 hits -- seven of those were for extra bases. Providing doubles tonight were Adam Eaton (2), Martin Prado, Cody Ross, Wil Nieves and Corbin.

Arizona improves to 59-55. The LA Dodgers (65-50) rally tonight in the ninth inning and beat Tampa Bay 7-6 to remain 5 1/2 ahead of the Diamondbacks in the NL West.

The eight-game homestand continues tomorrow night as Brandon McCarthy (2-5) gets the starting nod as the Diamondbacks have now won three in a row with back-to-back wins over Tampa Bay and their dramatic win tonight over the Mets.

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