D-Backs walk off winners on wild pitch
Hudson blows save in 9th, but Arizona rallies back
Brandon Drury scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the 11th inning Friday night, giving the Diamondbacks a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
After the Diamondbacks gave up a 2-1 lead in the ninth and then rallied to tie it in the 10th, a wild pitch by Blake Wood ended the game.
Drury doubled with one out off Wood (5-3) and took third on a groundout. A walk brought up Jean Segura, and Wood’s first pitch bounced in front of home plate and went all the way to the backstop.
Drury slid home head-first for Arizona’s second extra-inning win in three nights.
Edwin Escobar (1-2) got the victory with a scoreless inning.
A.J. Pollock, playing his first game in the majors this season after breaking his elbow in spring training, drove in the tying run for Arizona in the 10th.
The Diamondbacks trailed 3-2 when pinch-hitter Phil Gosselin drew a leadoff walk, took second on a wild pitch and went to third on a balk by Raisel Iglesias. Pollock hit a grounder and Gosselin beat the throw home.
Ramon Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th drove in Scott Schebler, putting the Reds ahead 3-2.
The Reds had runners on second and third base with one out after reliever Enrique Burgos balked. Cabrera hit a shallow fly ball to right field and Yasmany Tomas caught it and threw to third base for a double play, but Schebler crossed the plate in time.
Cincinnati tied it at 2 in the ninth. Daniel Hudson got the first two outs, but singles by pinch-hitter Ivan DeJesus Jr., Billy Hamilton and Jose Peraza brought home a run.
Reds starter Brandon Finnegan struck out a career- high 12. He allowed only two runs on three hits and two walks over six innings.
Rickie Weeks Jr. homered and tripled for Arizona.
Braden Shipley overcame some control issues and pitched four-hit ball for seven innings, giving up a run with four walks and a strikeout.
A.J.’s day
Pollock started in center field, batted second and struck out swinging at an offspeed pitch in his first at-bat, soon after getting a nice ovation from fans at Chase Field as he walked up to the plate.
Pollock struck out twice on an 0for-5 night, but he made a running catch.
Trainer’s room
Reds: C Tucker Barnhart was scratched from the original lineup with a sore right hand and replaced by Cabrera. Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta was transferred to the 60-day disabled list with a right wrist injury.
MLB note
Trying to make a push in the crowded NL playoff race, the New York Mets plan to skip struggling right-hander Jacob deGrom the next time through the rotation.
The team said it hadn’t decided who will start in deGrom’s place Monday night against Miami, another club in the wild-card hunt. New York manager Terry Collins rattled off five potential candidates Friday: Sean Gilmartin, Seth Lugo, Logan Verrett, Gabriel Ynoa and Rafael Montero.
The latter three are in the minors. Lugo, who earned his first major league win Thursday night at St. Louis, would have only three days of rest after throwing 82 pitches against the Cardinals. He exited with cramping in his right calf but was fine by Friday, the Mets said.
The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, deGrom had been on an extended roll, lowering his ERA to 2.29, before getting rocked for 13 runs and 25 hits over 9 2/3 innings in his last two outings.