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The Arizona Diamondbacks earned their first win of the NLCS in walk-off fashion Thursday, taking a 2-1 victory to make the series 2-1.
Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks, NLCS Game 3: D-backs 2, Phillies 1 (Philly leads series 2-1)
Game summary:
It was a pitcher's duel into the sixth inning between Ranger Suárez and Brandon Pfaadt. They combined for 16 strikeouts and five total hits allowed, but both were pulled before they could get through the sixth inning.
Game 3 opened up a little bit once the bullpens came into play. In the seventh, Bryce Harper walked to lead off and eventually came home on a wild pitch, giving the Phillies the lead.
The Diamondbacks immediately punched back. Alek Thomas, who pitch-ran for Tommy Pham in the bottom of the seventh, scored on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s RBI double. It was Arizona’s first run in 17 innings.
The score remained tied until the bottom of the ninth, which was an adventurous one for Arizona.
After Gurriel walked on a full count, he got a huge jump off Phillies reliever Craig Kimbrel to take second base with no outs. He advanced to third on Pavin Smith’s infield single, putting the Diamondbacks in good position. But Emmanuel Rivera’s chopper to short saw Trea Turner fire home to get Gurriel tagged out at home.
One down, but the Diamondbacks still had two runners on. Geraldo Perdomo walked to load the bases, setting up Ketel Marte. The second baseman told TNT’s Matt Winer that he was sitting fastball during that at-bat, and that’s exactly what he got from Kimbrel.
The victory was the third postseason walk-off win in Diamondbacks franchise history, with the previous two occurring during the team's 2001 World Series run.
Key moment:
Marte continued his torrid play this postseason with another multi-hit game. He now has hits in all eight Diamondbacks playoff games and is batting .375 (13-for-35) in the 2023 postseason.
Impact player:
No surprise here. Marte went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Game 3. Besides the walk-off, he doubled twice earlier in the game, though the Diamondbacks couldn’t make anything of it, as their struggles with runners in scoring position continued until the very end of the game.
What’s next?
Game 4 begins at 8:07 p.m. ET Friday. The Phillies will give the ball to Cristopher Sánchez. Arizona will counter with Joe Mantiply.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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