Duo steers Diamondbacks to facile win over Phillies

PHOENIX: Andrew Chafin entered on Tuesday as the National League leader in inherited run percentage and the Arizona Diamondbacks reliever did his job in a key situation against Philadelphia Phillies.

Chafin (1-2) struck out sluggers Rhys Hoskins and Bryce Harper with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, and the Diamondbacks rallied for an 8-4 victory.

“Huge moment there,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “Two proven guys that are run producers. It was the right guy in the right situation that kept the score right there. Andrew’s been doing that a lot for us. You feel the energy ater that moment.”

Eduardo Escobar and Alex Avila both homered and drove in three runs and David Peralta also homered for Arizona, which has won three of four as it fights for a National League wild-card spot.

Chafin was allowing a mere 8.6 percent of his inherited runners to score. Ater his big outs Tuesday, the Diamondbacks scored five runs off Phillies relievers Ranger Suarez and Blake Parker and turned a 3-2 deficit into a comfortable lead. Suarez (3-1) took the loss.

Mike Leake, in his Diamondbacks debut ater being acquired in a trade with Seatle on July 31, allowed two earned runs on 11 hits. The Diamondbacks won despite commiting three errors, two by first baseman Christian Walker.

Philadelphia’s Jake Arrieta let with a lead, charged with two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in five innings. Adam Haseley had a career-high three hits for the Phillies and drove in two runs, and Jean Segura added three hits.

It didn’t start well for Leake, who played in college at nearby Arizona State. Corey Dickerson ripped Leake’s third pitch of the game into the overhang in right center field for his seventh career leadoff homer.

Nick Ahmed’s atempt to throw out Segura on a grounder wide of shortstop resulted in a two-base error in the fourth inning, and Segura came home on Haseley’s single for a 2-0 lead.

The Diamondbacks drew even at 2 in the botom of the fourth. Ketel Marte led off with a single - his National League-leading 139th hit of the season - and scored on Escobar’s home run to right field.

Harper’s diving catch in the botom of the fith with runners on second and third prevented at least one run from scoring on Marte’s blooper to shallow right field. Arrieta got out of the inning unscathed with a 3-2 lead.

“Second and third, one out in the fith and made some really good pitches with the changeup,” Arrieta said. “Yeah, I would have liked one more (inning) but they decided to pinch hit for me.” Harper had a chance to add to the Phillies’ lead in the sixth, but struck out swinging against Chafin to end the inning. The Phillies let 10 men on base.