Christian Walker homered twice and drove in six runs, and the Diamondbacks added to their wild-card push with a 15-4 victory over the lowly Chicago White Sox.
Christian Walker #53 of the Arizona Diamondbacks is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after scoring in the fifth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 26, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. got the win, tossing 4 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of a shaky Zach Davies.
Arizona moved one game ahead of the Chicago Cubs for the second of three NL wild cards. The Cubs blew a six-run lead in a 7-6 loss at Atlanta. Chicago had a 4-1 lead before Ureña’s throwing error helped Arizona score two runs in the third. The Diamondbacks then went ahead to stay with six runs in the fifth.
"Couple mistakes opened the floodgates for them, and after that, we didn’t get much going offensively after they took Davies out of the game," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.
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