Christian Walker drops twice as Dodgers D-back down | Sports

Christian Walker pitched his second straight sport because the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to a 9-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday evening. Walker hit 5 homers within the streak to assist the Diamondbacks win the ultimate two video games after dropping the opener on Tuesday. In response to the Elias Sports activities Bureau, Walker's 19 homers at Dodger Stadium are tied for probably the most by any visiting participant at any ballpark since 2018. Aaron Choose of the New York Yankees hit 19 homers throughout that span in Baltimore. Joc Pederson and Walker homered in opposition to Los Angeles rookie Landon Knack (1-2) within the first inning to present Arizona a 2-0 lead. Walker related once more within the third with a two-run shot that made it 4-0. The primary baseman completed with a career-high fifth straight, elevating his season homer complete to 22. Walker missed an opportunity for a 3rd homer when the Dodgers deliberately walked him within the fifth and left him on the bottom to finish the sport. seventh. He got here up with two on within the ninth in opposition to Nick Ramirez and drew a stroll on 4 pitches. Ketel Marte, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Gabriel Moreno added RBI hits to assist the Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers for the fourth time within the final 5 conferences. Enrique Hernandez hit an RBI grounder and Austin Barnes had a two-run single throughout a three-run fourth for Los Angeles. Knack allowed 4 runs on 4 hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one. Arizona's Zac Gallen gave up three runs on 4 hits in 4 innings. In his second begin since coming back from a strained hamstring final week, he struck out 4 and walked three. Justin Martinez (3-0) struck out 5 in three scoreless innings and highlighted his outing by fanning Shohei Ohtani within the seventh. Arizona's Ryan Thompson, with assist from sliding middle fielder Alek Thomas, pitched a 1-2-3 eighth earlier than Thyago Viera homered within the ninth. –Discipline degree media