D-backs’ Daniel Descalso hits go-ahead home run in ninth inning
Sep 2, 2018, 4:31 PM | Updated: 5:52 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks' Daniel Descalso celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
It’s tough to define clutch, and it’s even harder to measure it.
Daniel Descalso might just be the barometer.
He hit a solo home run to lead off the top of the ninth inning and give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
If the lead holds, the D-backs would tie a pivotal series and get back a one-game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West.
Desclutcho! @Dbacks take the lead on Descalso’s fence-skimmer. pic.twitter.com/GfFq4SUey1
— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) September 2, 2018
Arizona couldn’t touch Dodgers starter Walker Buehler. First baseman Paul Goldschmidt was the only player to get a hit off him.
But, in the seventh, Goldschmidt managed to score on a sac-fly to tie the game at one.
Alex Avila doubled in the ninth, but the D-backs couldn’t drive him in.
They went into the bottom ninth with a one-run lead.
