Arizona Diamondbacks at Baltimore Orioles

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Arizona Diamondbacks

10-8, 5-6 Away

Final
4 - 3

Baltimore Orioles

9-8, 6-5 Home

Ildemaro Vargas' 3-run homer helps the Diamondbacks top the Orioles 4-3

Colton Cowser lays out to make a sweet grab for Orioles

A night after the Orioles rallied from a 7-1 deficit, Arizona turned the tables with a smaller comeback. The Diamondbacks were down 2-0 when Vargas connected off Trevor Rogers (2-1) for his second homer of the year.

Merrill Kelly (1-0) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first start of the season. He walked four and struck out three.

Ryan Thompson retired Jeremiah Jackson on a grounder with the bases loaded in the eighth to preserve Arizona's one-run lead, and Paul Sewald worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save.

Geraldo Perdomo had three hits for Arizona.

Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was scratched shortly before the game because of back tightness. Manager Torey Lovullo said afterward he's planning for Marte to be in the lineup Wednesday.

Kelly (left intercostal nerve irritation) started the season on the injured list, and Samuel Basallo hit a solo homer off him in the second inning. In the third, Kelly walked three hitters, including Leody Taveras with the bases loaded to make it 2-0.

After Vargas' one-out homer in the fifth, Jose Fernandez doubled home a run to chase Rogers.

Taveras singled home a run in the eighth, and Thompson came on with two outs and the bases full to face Jackson, who homered twice in Baltimore's win Monday. Jackson hit the first pitch into the ground, and Thompson came off the mound quickly to field the ball and throw him out.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz was back in the dugout after being hit in the face by a foul ball Monday.

Up next Kyle Bradish (1-2) starts for the Orioles on Wednesday against Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ward grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Henderson popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Alexander struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Thompson
	9th Inning	Vargas flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Barrosa hit by pitch, Tawa to second.

Statistics

ARI		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
13	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
10	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
161	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.9	Runs Created	4.3
.286	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.355
.229	Secondary Average	.323
.324	On Base Percentage	.351
.753	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.706
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
35.0	Batter Rating	25.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.143	Isolated Power	.129
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.158
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.5	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0