Field Level Media
11 Apr 2026, 12:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images)
Ketel Marte and James McCann each drove in two runs as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.
Arizona's Michael Soroka (3-0) settled down after a rough start to allow four runs, five hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out 10 for the second time this season, helping the Diamondbacks to their fifth win in six games.
Brandon Marsh hit a three-run home run for Philadelphia, which has lost three in a row. Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo (1-2) was charged with five runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out eight.
After not scoring in its previous 20 innings, Philadelphia erupted for four runs in the first inning against Soroka.
Trea Turner led off with a single and advanced on Kyle Schwarber's walk. Bryce Harper delivered a double to right to make it 1-0, and Marsh followed with an opposite-field blast over the left-field wall.
The Phillies put two runners on with two outs in the fourth, but Soroka retired Turner to escape the jam. That set the stage for a five-run rally by Arizona in the top of the fifth.
The first three hitters of the inning reached before Luzardo rebounded to strike out Jorge Barrosa. However, Marte followed with a two-run single and then Ildemaro Vargas' base hit made it 4-3.
Two batters later, McCann laced a two-run double to right to put the visitors ahead by a run. McCann began the game on the bench but came on when Gabriel Moreno (lower back tightness) made an early exit. The veteran catcher was 1-for-15 before hitting his second double of the season.
The Phillies did not threaten in the fifth, six or seventh innings against Soroka and relievers Jonathan Loaisiga and Juan Morillo. Morillo came back out for the eighth and struck out three batters, working around a two-out walk to Bryson Stott.
Paul Sewald allowed a two-out triple to Justin Crawford in the ninth before Turner flied out to end the ballgame. Sewald registered his fourth save.
All nine Phillies fanned at least once as the Diamondback pitching staff struck out 16. Marsh and Alec Bohm went down on strikes three times apiece.
--Field Level Media
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