Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin wasn’t sure what to say after a wild game that included 32 hits, 17 runs, great plays and freakish sequences. Hector Neris (2-3) got the win.Jake Lamb gave Arizona 3-2 lead with a bases-empty homer in the seventh inning, his 16th homer of the year.Maikel Franco’s two-out homer in fifth inning, his 13th, gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead before Yasmany Tomas tied the game with a 460-foot homer, his 13th, in the last of the sixth.Welington Castillo had three hits, and Lamb, Tomas and Jean Segura had two for the Diamondbacks (36-44), who have lost four in a row.Franco and Freddy Galvis had two hits for Philadelphia (34-45), which has won four of six.
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Odubel Herrera, second from right, slaps the helmet of Peter Bourjos (17) after Bourjos scored against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Phoenix.
Arizona went ahead 7-4 in the seventh inning on Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run double, but the Phillies scored four times in the eighth to go up 8-7.
Jean Segura tied it in the bottom half on an infield single, but the Diamondbacks allowed Jeanmar Gomez (3-2) to escape a jam in the ninth.
Brett Oberholtzer worked around a single in the 10th for his first save.
Phillies: RHP Zach Eflin (0-2, 6.28 ERA) gets the start as the Phillies try to complete a three-game sweep of the team that swept them in four games in Philadelphia a week ago. “When we left Philly, we became a different team”. “I’m hoping we can take this momentum and build on it”. With thousands of Cubs fans in the stands at Great American Ball Park for each game, they pulled off an invigorating sweep. Despite the rough start, Greinke entered Tuesday’s game with a 10-3 record, a 3.62 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. Run support hasn’t been a friend to Eflin, who received just two runs from the Phillies in his last outing and three in his last two.Bradley saw his pitch count elevate with four walks and was saddled with a no-decision after the bullpen imploded against Colorado on Friday.
WHITE SOX 9, TWISN 6: James Shields broke out of a slump with 6 2/3 innings against one of baseball’s worst lineups, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins.
Philadelphia RF Peter Bourjos is 15-for-31 with six runs scored during his eight-game hitting streak.3.
RAYS 4, RED SOX 0: Matt Moore pitched seven spotless innings and Brandon Guyer homered and drove in two runs in his return from a three-week stint on the disabled list to lead Tampa Bay. The Royals are 39-50 in the I-70 interleague series but 14-12 at 11-year-old Busch Stadium.
The Indians need one more win to match the longest winning streaks in franchise history.
Zack Greinke’s up-and-down inaugural season in Arizona took another unexpected turn as the Diamondbacks’ $206-million investment exited Tuesday’s start against the Phillies with oblique tightness.
The Phillies were of the league’s biggest surprises in the early stages of the regular season and many thought they could shock the world and perhaps challenge for a playoff spot but they have since gone 7-24 in their last 31 contests and are quickly back to where many expected them to be before the season started.
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Arizona starter Archie Bradley was sharp in his previous two starts, allowing a run in 11 innings.
