Diamondbacks grind out win vs. White Sox amid more injury adversity

With unrelenting injury news piling up, playing the eighth game of a nine-game road trip and doing so in the rain, the Arizona Diamondbacks muscled out a 4-1 win at the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.

Ketel Marte got the Diamondbacks started with a home run in the first inning, and the Diamondbacks put together a game-deciding three-run seventh frame to clinch the series. D-backs pitchers held the White Sox to three hits, helped by a stout defensive effort from the team as a whole.

Arizona has won five out of its last six games, all while seemingly every day has brought another gutting update for a different teammate.

Since the Diamondbacks left Chase Field, Gabriel Moreno (fractured finger) and Corbin Carroll (fractured wrist) have gone on the injured list. Josh Naylor (shoulder discomfort) and Eugenio Suarez (hand contusion) were kept out of Tuesday’s lineup with injuries and are day-to-day for the time being. Ildemaro Vargas left Tuesday’s game after getting hit by a pitch on the right foot in the second inning, and the team later said he fractured his fifth metatarsal.

The Diamondbacks will have a different look when they come back home, and yet they’ve continued to handle business with a 41-38 record to stay within striking distance of a Wild Card spot.

Marte has a lot to do with that as one of the hottest hitters in the game. He attacked a 3-0 fastball on the low-outside corner from White Sox opener Jordan Leasure and blasted it out to right-center field. It was his 15th long ball of the season in only 53 games, which over 162 is on pace for more than 45 home runs.

Marte finished 2-for-4, a fifth straight start in which he recorded multiple hits.

Ketel Marte is insane (and also an All-Star).https://t.co/4SLoL8HfgQ pic.twitter.com/HrBESpNoxe

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 24, 2025

Arizona starter Ryne Nelson continued to provide consistent coverage with five innings and one earned run. A Luis Robert Jr. solo shot in the second inning was the only blemish against Nelson, although his defense helped out. Right fielder Jake McCarthy robbed Ryan Noda of a home run in the second, and Alek Thomas locked down center field all night.

HOME RUN ROBBERY 😳 pic.twitter.com/ICYL14cdUr

— MLB (@MLB) June 25, 2025

Nelson has worked 15.2 innings over his last three starts with two earned runs, lowering his season ERA to 3.71. He struck out seven batters and walked three on Tuesday, only giving up the one hit. He only allowed one hit in his previous start, too, which was also a solo home run last week at the Blue Jays.

Neither team could get much going offensively through six innings, but as the rain started coming down in the seventh, the D-backs rallied.

Randal Grichuk singled, Tim Tawa reached on a throwing error and Thomas singled to put the D-backs ahead 2-1. Jose Herrera hit a sacrifice fly, and Geraldo Perdomo singled home Thomas as a compromised D-backs lineup finally broke through.

Arizona’s bullpen came through with four shutout innings, as Shelby Miller recorded the save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Diamondbacks relievers have allowed one earned run over their last 17 innings pitched.

Tawa made a terrific snag at third base in the eighth to start an inning-ending double play, which halted Chicago’s final push.

Diamondbacks’ next game

The Diamondbacks will go for the sweep with Zac Gallen (5.60 ERA) on the mound against Chicago right-hander Sean Burke (4.50 ERA) on Wednesday.

First pitch is at 11:10 a.m. MST on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app. 

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