Ketel Marte's 431-Foot Moonshot Erased The Dodgers' Lead, And Their Wildest Inning

Holy smokes, did you catch the end of the Diamondbacks-Dodgers game last night? What a wild ride! Ketel Marte stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth, first pitch he saw from Tanner Scott, and BAM! He absolutely crushed a 431-foot missile deep down the left field line. That was his 11th homer of the season, a walk-off blast that sealed a 3-2 comeback win for Arizona and split that four-game series right down the middle. Unbelievable finish!

A Fifth Inning That Went All Wrong

Before that heroics, the Dodgers looked like they had things locked down. Their pitcher, Justin Wrobleski, was carving through the D-backs lineup, giving up just six hits, striking out four, and walking nobody through six scoreless innings. Ryne Nelson, the Diamondbacks starter, retired the first 12 batters he faced on just 43 pitches before Kyle Tucker finally singled in the fifth.

But man, that fifth inning was something else entirely. It felt like it lasted forever! First, there was a scary collision at first base between Dodgers' Max Muncy and Arizona's Ildemaro Vargas. Muncy beat Vargas to the bag, but they met head-on, Muncy's forearms hitting Vargas's chest. Both guys were down, got medical attention, and had to leave the game. Muncy was pulled due to shortness of breath and to check for a concussion, while Vargas held his left hip but walked off on his own.

When play finally resumed, things just kept going sideways for Arizona. Right fielder Corbin Carroll misjudged a line drive from Ryan Ward, letting it sail over his head for a double, scoring pinch runner Santiago Espinal for the first run. Then center fielder Ryan Wildschmidt misjudged a high pop from Dalton Rushing that fell into left-center for a single, driving in Ward and giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. Talk about a brutal series of events!

The Comeback Kids and a Monster Shot

Considering the Diamondbacks had dropped five of their previous six games, and the Dodgers were on fire, winning 16 of their prior 20, that 2-0 deficit felt huge. But the D-backs didn't quit. In the eighth inning, Corbin Carroll, who finished with three hits on the night, started things off with a solo shot off Will Klein. Gabriel Moreno then walked, and Ryan Wildschmidt singled to left with one out. Alex Vesia came in for Klein, and Geraldo Perdomo delivered a two-out single, tying the game 2-2. Perdomo also had a two-hit night, just like Wildschmidt.

Arizona reliever Paul Sewald came in and pitched around Will Smith's two-out double in the ninth, keeping the game tied. That set the stage for Marte's absolute bomb. What a way to cap off a crazy night! The Diamondbacks needed that one, badly, after how that fifth inning went down. You just love to see a team fight back like that, especially against a squad as hot as the Dodgers have been.

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