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Yankees walked off by Diamondbacks in 5-3 loss
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The Yankees were walked off on Saturday night by the Arizona Diamondbacks , losing by a score of 5-3.
Here are the key takeaways...
-- We pick this one up in the fifth inning after both teams couldn't get anything going through the first four. Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe opened the frame with back-to-back singles and Jose Caballero loaded the bases with another single. Ben Rice followed with a sacrifice fly to bring home the game's first run and give New York a 1-0 lead.
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-- The lead was short lived, though, after the Diamondbacks scored two in the bottom half of the inning on a two-run triple by Jordan Lawler. Both runs were unearned against Cam Schlittler who didn't help his own cause with a fielding error on a sacrifice bunt in the inning.
-- New York quickly tied things up in the sixth on Heliot Ramos ' solo home run and then re-took the lead after Wells hit his 13th dinger of the season. Both long balls came against reliever Kevin Ginkel after starter Brandon Pfaadt went 4.1 innings.
-- However, Schlittler couldn't make it stick and immediately allowed another run in the bottom half of the inning after loading the bases with no outs on two walks and a single before Corbin Carroll 's sacrifice fly.
-- The right-hander struck out the next two batters to end his night. His final line: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K on 98 pitches (61 strikes). He lowered his season ERA to 1.94.
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-- Things stayed knotted at 3 apiece until the bottom of the ninth when Pavin Smith walked things off with a two-run homer off reliever Michael Fulmer .
Game MVP: Pavin Smith
His walk-off sent the D-backs fans home happy.
Highlights
What's next
The Yankees close out their series with the Diamondbacks on Sunday with a 4:10 p.m. first pitch.
RHP Will Warren (10-6, 3.89 ERA) goes up against RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, 5.87 ERA).
