Texas Rangers at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Texas Rangers

72-76, 32-44 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

79-69, 42-31 Home

Ketel Marte has 3 RBIs to earn big cheers from Chase Field crowd, Diamondbacks beat Rangers 9-1

Justin Martinez throws immaculate 6th inning

Marte’s performance came less than two weeks after he was booed by the home fans Aug. 31 in his return from the injured list. The three-time All-Star missed 13 games after an unexpected no-show before a game in Boston, leading to days of confusion about his health and frame of mind.

The veteran second baseman eventually apologized for how he handled the situation. He received mostly cheers before Friday’s game and the crowd roared in approval after his two doubles.

It was a much-needed breakout from Arizona's offense, which was averaging less than three runs per game so far in September. The D-backs are locked in a tight battle with the San Diego Padres for the final National League wild card.

The D-backs scored four runs in the fifth and five more in the sixth to take a 9-1 lead. Marte had a two-run double in the fourth while Carroll and Arenado had back-to-back homers in the sixth.

It was Carroll's 20th home run of the season and the fourth straight season he's gone deep at least 20 times.

Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly gave up one run over 4 1/3 innings. Reliever Justin Martinez threw an immaculate inning in the sixth, retiring Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter and Jake Burger on nine pitches.

Texas left-hander Mackenzie Gore (8-11) gave up four runs over four innings. The Rangers fell to 72-76 and are three games behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final AL wild card.

The Rangers took a brief 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth on Joc Pederson's RBI double to right field.

Up next The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-2, 3.53 ERA) to the mound Saturday night to face Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.61).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pederson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, O'Hoppe out at second.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe singled to center.
	9th Inning	Lopez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	McCann at first base.
	9th Inning	Troy at second base.
	9th Inning	Tawa in right field.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	14
8	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	9
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	9
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	5
12	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	22
37	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	7
2.0	Runs Created	8.9
.167	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.629
.167	Secondary Average	.457
.306	On Base Percentage	.415
.506	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.043
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.0
11.0	Batter Rating	63.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.033	Isolated Power	.314
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
2.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
65.5	MLB Rating	104.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0