Diamondbacks win 6-5 on Vargas walk-off single in 10th

Ildemaro Vargas delivered a walk-off single in the 10th inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a dramatic 6-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night at Phoenix. The win capped a roller-coaster game where Arizona blew a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth inning before rallying again in extra innings.

The Diamondbacks appeared to have the game secured with a 4-2 lead entering the ninth. Closer Paul Sewald recorded two quick outs, but Donovan Walton kept Oakland alive with a triple. Jacob Wilson then tied the game with a two-run homer to left field, his seventh of the season. In the top of the 10th, the Athletics took a 5-4 lead on a sacrifice fly by Jonah Heim off reliever Kevin Ginkel.

Arizona mounted its final rally in the bottom of the 10th. With automatic runner Corbin Carroll on second, Athletics pitcher Luis Medina walked Gabriel Moreno and Max Kepler to load the bases with no outs. Nolan Arenado tied the game with a bloop single to center. After a strikeout, the left-handed hitting Vargas came to the plate and drove a high fastball through the hole between shortstop and third base, scoring Moreno with the winning run.