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Ketel Marte's Walk-Off Homer Downs Dodgers and Puts Spotlight on Late-Inning Relief

The ninth-inning blast ended Arizona’s comeback and highlights doubts about the Dodgers' late-inning reliever choices.

Overview

  • Ketel Marte hit a walk-off home run to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • Reliever Tanner Scott entered the ninth, recorded one out, and surrendered Marte’s homer, dropping his record to 1-3 with a 2.42 ERA.
  • The Dodgers built a 2-0 lead with two runs in the fifth but Justin Wrobleski, who worked six shutout innings for Los Angeles, could not prevent the late rally.
  • Corbin Carroll hit a solo shot in the eighth and Geraldo Perdomo delivered the game-tying RBI single before Marte finished the comeback, while Paul Sewald earned the win for Arizona.
  • The loss was the Dodgers’ first walk-off defeat this season and raises short-term questions about bullpen usage and late-inning matchups as both teams continue the NL West race.