{"id":704749,"date":"2026-05-21T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:51:18","slug":"diamondbacks-sweep-giants-behind-martes-big-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704749\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks sweep Giants behind Marte\u2019s big game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">It wasn\u2019t enough that Ketel Marte broke the hearts of the San Francisco Giants with a walkoff three-run homer Tuesday night. He just had to go 3-for-3 with a walk and cross home plate as many times as the Giants\u2019 entire team did in a 6-3 Arizona Diamondbacks win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10455\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tyler Mahle;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tyler Mahle&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Mahle<\/a> fell to 1-6 after giving up eight hits and six runs in five innings. At least he didn\u2019t walk anyone! <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11251\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Merrill Kelly;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Merrill Kelly&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Merrill Kelly<\/a> improved to 4-3 and won his ninth career game against the Giants, who went hitless in the final four innings of the game. The team is 20-30, and they deserve to be.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Giants got on the board first when <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12544\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Casey Schmitt;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Casey Schmitt&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casey Schmitt<\/a> launched his ninth home run of the season in the first inning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Marte continued to torment the Giants right away, doubling in the first and scoring on a Gerardo <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10263\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Perdomo;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Perdomo&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perdomo<\/a> sac fly. In the third, he almost got a Desert Splash Hit by launching a two-run homer just to the left of Arizona\u2019s outfield pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For a while, the Giants\u2019 bats were matching the Marte-backs. In the second, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10205\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Chapman;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Matt Chapman&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Chapman<\/a> singled and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/62957\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bryce Eldridge;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bryce Eldridge&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryce Eldridge<\/a> doubled him home, his second RBI and second extra-base hit of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Before the game, Mike Krukow said he thought Eldridge should go down to Triple-A, to improve his hitting and get more playing time. Well he went 1-for-4 and didn\u2019t strike out a single time, so in your face, Kruk!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chapman scored the tying run on <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/60183\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Gilbert;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Drew Gilbert&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Gilbert<\/a>\u2019s RBI single with two outs in the 4th, but that would be the Giants\u2019 penultimate hit of the ballgame. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10235\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rafael Devers;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rafael Devers&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Devers<\/a> hit a two-out double in the 5th and was stranded on second, and that was it for the offense aside from a Jesus Rodriguez pinch-hit walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12703\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Will Brennan;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Will Brennan&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brennan<\/a> experiment seems to have run its course, but the Giants don\u2019t really have other outfield options with <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10944\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Heliot Ramos;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Heliot Ramos&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heliot Ramos<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/63494\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jung Hoo Lee;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jung Hoo Lee&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jung Hoo Lee<\/a> both injured. Where have you gone, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11871\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Luis Matos;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Luis Matos&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Matos<\/a>? (The Nashville Sounds)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Arizona broke the 3-3 tie in the 5th inning, when Marte decided to switch things up and leg out a bunt single to load the bases. After an RBI groundout, Perdomo cleared the bases with a double, his second and third RBIs of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The sweep sends the Giants home with a 4-6 record on their 10-day road trip, a record that would feel better had they not been at 4-3 for the road trip three days ago. They\u2019re getting a much-needed day off Thursday before hosting the surprisingly-competent <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/chi-white-sox\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago White Sox;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chicago White Sox&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> (25-24) on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There\u2019s not much to say, beyond what so many college student have declared after Spring Break trips: Visiting Arizona sucked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It wasn\u2019t enough that Ketel Marte broke the hearts of the San Francisco Giants with a walkoff three-run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[146,22,5,710,9406,49,19916,162,851,375,729,10008,379,660,4,8628,5843,863,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,852,91,9645],"class_list":["post-704749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-giants","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-bryce-eldridge","tag-casey-schmitt","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-drew-gilbert","tag-giants","tag-heliot-ramos","tag-jung-hoo-lee","tag-ketel-marte","tag-luis-matos","tag-matt-chapman","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-mlb","tag-nbcs","tag-perdomo","tag-rafael-devers","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfranciscogiants","tag-sf","tag-sf-giants","tag-sfgiants","tag-the-giants","tag-tyler-mahle","tag-will-brennan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116611952421914445","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}