PHOENIX — Ketel Marte doubled on the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th inning to score automatic runner Jorge Barrosa as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Sunday to split their four-game series at Chase Field.
Taylor Rashi, making his first appearance of the season, pitched a scoreless 10th for the first win of his MLB career. He was helped by shortstop Geraldo Perdomo, who made a backhanded stop on a sharp grounder while playing in and threw out Mauricio Dubón for the second out in the top of the 10th to keep Atlanta’s automatic runner at third.
Marte greeted Joel Payamps (0-1) with a line-drive double over the head of right fielder Mike Yastrzemski for a walk-off winner in a game with five lead changes.
Corbin Carroll had three hits for Arizona, including a tiebreaking triple in the seventh, and Ildemaro Vargas came off the bench to contribute a two-run triple. He replaced first baseman Carlos Santana, who left with right groin tightness after a second-inning single.
Drake Baldwin drove in three runs for Atlanta, including a tying single in the ninth against Jonathan Loáisiga. Baldwin hit a home run, his fourth of the season, off Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt.
Braves third baseman Austin Riley, mired in a 2-for-25 slump entering Sunday and still looking for his first homer of the season, was not in the starting lineup. He later pinch hit, stayed in the game and went 0-for-2.
The Braves (6-4), who lost 2-1 on Saturday night after winning 17-2 on Thursday and 2-0 on Friday, are playing 13 straight days to open the season. They will begin a three-game series against the host Los Angeles Angels on Monday, when the scheduled starting pitchers are Atlanta left-hander Chris Sale (2-0, 0.75 ERA) and Angels right-hander José Soriano (2-0, 0.00).
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