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Ketel Marte punctuated the Ariz ona Diamondbacks' series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in grand fashion.
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Marte called game on the Dodgers on Thursday, as he hit a walk-off home run to give the D'backs a 3-2 victory over the reigning World Series champions at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
With the score tied at 2-2 and one out, the Arizona star second baseman swung on the very first pitch he saw from Los Angeles reliever Tanner Scott , a 97 mph four-seamer that Marte delivered 431 feet into thin air.
It was Marte's only hit in the game, and he made it count. He finished 1-for-5 with two strikeouts and, of course, the game-winning home run. He looked to be a good bet to finish the game, as he was a career 3-for-5 with an RBI and a walk against Scott going into the series finale .
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Los Angeles looked poised to win the series when they went up 2-0 in the fifth frame, with Ryan Ward hitting an RBI double and Dalton Rushing producing an RBI single. The Diamondbacks ' offense woke up in the eighth inning, where Corbin Carroll lifted a solo home run, followed by an RBI single by Geraldo Perdomo to tie the score at 2-2.
With their win on Thursday, the Diamondbacks ended the Dodgers series on a 2-2 tie.
The two National League West Division rivals will meet in one more series before the All-Star break, with the Diamondbacks visiting the Dodgers for a three-game series that starts on Jul. 10 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
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