Following a competitive opener, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Guardians will wait to conclude an already entertaining series. After rain washed away the middle game of the set on Tuesday, the visiting Diamondbacks will look to continue their surge in a traditional doubleheader against the Guardians on Wednesday. With a 7-6, 10-inning victory on Monday, Arizona has won 10 of 12 and is 22-9 since June 29 to move into wild-card position in the NL.
Joc Pederson clubbed a pinch-hit, go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning after Ketel Marte and Gabriel Moreno opened the contest with back-to-back homers. Arizona's Justin Martinez stranded a pair of runners in the 10th to lock down the win against the Guardians, who have allowed 23 runs while losing three straight. "It's fun, that's a great team over there.
They're competing, we're competing," Pederson, who is 9-for-22 (.409) with five homers and 12 RBIs in his last nine games, told the Diamondbacks broadcast. In the downside for Arizona, Gold Glove-winning catcher Moreno was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday after he sustained a strained adductor the previous night.
The Diamondbacks are 6-1 in the last seven games pitched by scheduled Game 1 starter Brandon Pfaadt (5-6, 3.97 ERA). That includes the past two outings, in which the right-hander allowed a combined eight runs over 11 innings.
Pfaadt surrendered three of those runs over five innings in a no-decision at Pittsburgh on Friday. Arizona left-hander Edua.