D-backs match 2 Reds’ rallies, walk off on WP

PHOENIX — After the D-backs blew a lead in the ninth inning and had to rally after falling behind in the 10th, Brandon Drury scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th to lift Arizona to a 4-3 win over the Reds in the series opener at Chase Field on Friday night.

Drury hit a one-out double to left off Cincinnati right-hander Blake Wood (5-3), then advanced to third on a Chris Owings groundout. After Tuffy Gosewisch walked, Drury came home with the winning run when the first pitch Wood threw to Jean Segura bounced to the backstop. Edwin Escobar (1-2) notched his first career win, pitching a scoreless top of the 11th.

Scott Schebler and Eugenio Suarez hit consecutive one-out singles in the 10th, each moved up a base on a balk by D-backs reliever Enrique Burgos and Schebler scored Cincinnati’s go-ahead run on a Ramon Cabrera sacrifice fly. But Arizona tied it at 3 in the bottom of the inning after Phil Gosselin walked, moved to second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a balk, and scored on a fielder’s choice.

D-backs reliever Daniel Hudson blew a save opportunity after allowing three straight two-out singles in the ninth, with Jose Peraza’s knock to right tying the game at 2. Arizona lost a ninth-inning lead for the third time in five games — but has won all three of them.

Reds starter Brandon Finnegan struck out a career-high 12 batters, allowing two runs on three hits and lowering his ERA for the month to 2.67. D-backs starter Braden Shipley pitched seven innings of one-run ball, allowing four hits and four walks.

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