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PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez homered in his first four at-bats against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Suárez's fourth homer tied it 7 in the ninth inning off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias. He's the 19th player in MLB history to hit four homers in a game and first since J.
D. Martinez accomplished the feat — also for the D-backs — in 2017. The 33-year-old third baseman hit a solo shot in the second, a two-run homer in the fourth, and two more solo drives in the sixth and ninth.
The first three came off Braves starter Grant Holmes. The right-hander was taken out of the game following Suarez's third homer, which traveled 443 feet to center. Suárez has 19 hits this season and 10 of them are homers.
Braves win in extra innings Matt Olson scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Diamondbacks reliever Justin Martinez in the 10th inning. Arizona has lost four straight games. Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley made the final out on a fantastic defensive play, backhanding a ball by the line and throwing a bouncer all the way across the diamond to Olson.
The runner was originally called safe, but the call was overturned after a quick review. Atlanta trailed 6-2 entering the seventh inning, but Eli White's two-run homer off Ryan Thompson cut the margin to 6-4. The Braves scored three more runs in the eighth off lefty Jalen Beeks, who had given up just one run in 12 appearances before Saturday.
Michael Harris II's two-run double was the big blow. Arizona center fielder Alek Thomas misjudged the hard-hit liner, moving in a few steps before realizing the ball was over his head. He almost recovered to catch it, but couldn't quite make the play.
Sean Murphy and Ozzie Albies scored to make it 7-6. Arizona starter Merrill Kelly gave up two runs over six innings. Holmes gave up six runs over 5 2/3 innings.
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