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    Friday, September 13, 2024

    Eugenio Suárez hits go-ahead 3-run homer to help D-Backs complete 3-game sweep of Red Sox, 7-5

    Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez, center, celebrates after his three-run home run with Pavin Smith, left, near Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, right, in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

    Boston — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead three-run homer over the Green Monster, and the charging Arizona Diamondbacks rallied past the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory, completing a three-game sweep.

    Holding the NL's top wild-card spot, the Diamondbacks (75-56) reached a season-high 19 games over .500 by winning for the 34th time in 47 games. Geraldo Perdomo hooked a solo homer around the Pesky Pole, estimated at just 319 feet.

    Suárez, who went 4 for 4, had a key two-run double off the Monster on Saturday and grand slam over it in Friday's series opener. He finished with 10 RBIs in the series.

    "That's a really, really productive three days no matter where you're at," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said of Suárez. "Sometimes you come to this ballpark and hitters get a little pull conscious, a little pull happy. ... It's probably one of the best I've seen over a three-game stretch (here) and I've seen some really good players play in this ballpark."

    Rafael Devers, 27, hit his 200th career homer, a three-run shot, to become the 11th and youngest player in Red Sox history to reach that mark.

    Triston Casas and Tyler O'Neill added solo shots for Boston, which fell to 29-35 in games at Fenway Park.

    It was the Diamondbacks' second sweep in Fenway, the first came in the club's initial trip to Boston in June 2002.

    Arizona's Corbin Carroll had a single in four at-bats, reaching safely for the 34th straight start.

    Suárez hit a first-pitch sweeper down the middle from Tanner Houck (8-9) that caromed off a light stanchion above the Monster and onto the field.

    "For some reason I always have good series here," Suárez said. "I see the ball good. I don't know what's different."

    Boston manager Alex Cora certainly noticed what Suárez did.

    "Suárez, he was a monster the whole weekend," Cora said.

    Arizona's Merrill Kelly (4-0) grinded through six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking three. Justin Martinez got the final three outs for his sixth save despite allowing O'Neill's homer.

    Boston has lost Houck's last seven starts. He gave up six runs in six innings.

    "The command got worse," he said. "Early on, I felt like I was pounding the zone, going right after guys. A little bit later on, was just off the (strikezone), out of the zone too much with everything."

    Trailing 4-0, the Diamondbacks — MLB's highest-scoring team entering at 5.34 runs per game — scored three times on just two hits with a pair of walks against Houck in the fifth. Carroll had a sacrifice fly and Jake McCarthy an RBI single after Perdomo's run-scoring ground out.

    Devers sent a sinker from Kelly into the center-field batters' eye, his 28th of the season, giving Boston a 4-0 edge in the fourth.

    Casas hit a drive estimated at 410 feet over Boston's bullpen in the first.

    Each team turned three double plays, with both converting two 4-6-3.

    Trainer’s room

    Red Sox: RHP Liam Hendriks got two outs, striking out two and giving up an unearned run in a rehab appearance for Double-A Portland on Sunday, his third in his recovery from Tommy John surgery.

    Up next

    Diamondbacks: After an off day, LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-0, 3.94 ERA) is slated to start the opener of a three-game series against the Mets on Tuesday. LHP Sean Manaea (9-5, 3.48) is set for New York.

    Red Sox: RHP Nick Pivetta (5-8, 4.70) is set to go Monday in the first of two games at Fenway, finishing a suspended contest halted by rain with the Blue Jays at bat in the second inning on June 26.

    Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers, center, celebrates with Wilyer Abreu, left, as he scores on his three-run home run the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez, right, celebrates after his three-run home run with Adrian Del Castillo, left, and Pavin Smith, second from left, in front of Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong, center, in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck steps off the field after giving up runs to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers, right, hits a three-run home run in front of Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Adrian Del Castillo, left, in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez celebrates as he runs the bases toward home after hitting a three-run home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox pitcher Joely Rodríguez winds up for a pitch to a Arizona Diamondbacks batter in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo celebrates as he arrives at home plate to score on his home run off a pitch by Boston Red Sox pitcher Lucas Sims in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Justin Martinez delivers a pitch to a Boston Red Sox batter in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Justin Martinez, right, celebrates with catcher Adrian Del Castillo, left, after defeating the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida runs toward first base as he lines out to right field in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida, right, lines out to right field in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida reacts after he lined out off a pitch by Arizona Diamondbacks' Justin Martinez in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher A.J. Puk winds up to throw to a Boston Red Sox batter in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Triston Casas, left, reacts after he struck out looking in front of Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Adrian Del Castillo, right, in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring on his three-run home run the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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