The Arizona Diamondbacks will defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-5 this Monday and with a tie of three victories per side, they forced the National League Championship Series to the seventh game.
The saving victory was achieved by the American Tommy Pham and the Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who hit consecutive home runs, as well as the Dominican Ketel Marte by driving in two runs.
The Diamondbacks beat the Phillies for the first time at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
Pham and Gurriel Jr. sent the ball out of the park in the second inning and They became the third couple on the team to hit consecutive home runs in this postseason.
Corbin Carroll and Dominican Ketel Marte did it before in the Wild Card Series against the Milwaukee Brewersand Christian Walker and Venezuelan Gabriel Moreno in the Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Marte, who hit two hits through no man’s land, reached 15 consecutive hit-hit games in the postseason.
Right-handed pitcher Merrill Kelly (2-1) worked five innings today with just three hits and one run, and struck out eight.
On the contrary Aaron Nola (3-1) took the loss by allowing four runs in just 4.1 innings in which he struck out four rivals.
The Diamondbacks launched their attack in the second inning, scoring three times against Nola.
The visitors’ first score came on a home run by Pham. Gurriel Jr. followed with a hit that also disappeared the ball.
The experienced Evan Longoria extended the difference in the second inning with a double to the left field side and He pushed Alek Thomas to the register.
Those directed by Torey Lovullo They could not prevent the reaction of the Phillies at the end of the second inning with an undisputed RBI by Brandon Marsh.
In the fifth episode, Marte hit a hit down the right field line and recorded a triple with which he took Corbin Carroll to the buzzer.
Mars returned to the attack again in the seventh chapter and with a hit that brought his compatriot Geraldo Perdomo to the plate.