New York Yankees at Arizona Diamondbacks

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New York Yankees

89-65, 47-33 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

81-74, 44-36 Home

Pavin Smith's 2-run, game-winning homer lifts D-backs over Yankees 5-3, helps slim playoff hopes

New York Yankees vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

Ildemaro Vargas started the ninth with a walk, winning an ABS challenge on a full-count pitch initially called a strike. After Jordan Lawlar struck out, Smith pinch hit and drove a cutter from Michael Fulmer (0-1) into the right-field seats.

Arizona pulled within four games of Philadelphia for the final NL wild card with seven games remaining, snapping a three-game losing streak on a night the franchise celebrated the 25th anniversary of its 2001 World Series win over the Yankees.

Juan Morillo (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings. D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt gave up one run on four hits and a walk over 4 1/3 innings, striking out three.

New York's 11 walk-off losses are one behind San Francisco, which has the most in the major leagues.

New York ace Cam Schlittler gave up three runs — but only one earned — over six innings. The right-hander allowed three hits and three walks, striking out six and lowering his ERA to 1.94.

Schlitter’s 24 starts with one or no earned runs this year is one shy of the record in the live-ball era since 1920, set by Sandy Koufax in 1963, according to Major League Baseball.

The All-Star didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning when Nolan Arenado lined a one-out single into left field. The right-hander then made a costly error on Tim Tawa's sacrifice bunt attempt, dropping the ball as he tried to throw to first. Jordan Lawlar capitalized on the miscue with a two-out triple into the left-center field gap for a 2-1 lead.

Austin Wells and Heliot Ramos hit solo homers off Kevin Ginkel in the sixth to push the Yankees ahead 3-2.

Corbin Carroll hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half but Schlittler limited damage by striking out Arenado and Tawa to end the threat.

Up next 1. Arizona RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, 5.87 ERA) and Yankees RHP Will Warren (10-6, 3.89) start Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith homered to right center (391 feet), Vargas scored.
	9th Inning	Smith hit for Fernandez
	9th Inning	Lawlar struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vargas walked. Arizona Diamondbacks challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Fulmer relieved Blackburn
	9th Inning	Sánchez catching.

Statistics

NYY		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.0	Runs Created	4.1
.194	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.667
.387	Slugging Percentage	.387
.290	Secondary Average	.290
.257	On Base Percentage	.306
.644	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.693
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
24.0	Batter Rating	32.5
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.194	Isolated Power	.161
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.3	MLB Rating	81.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0