Ketel Marte drilled a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday at Phoenix.Marte, Blaze Alexander and Jordan Lawlar had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks (69-72), who won for the fifth time in their past seven games.Michael Helman, Alejandro Osuna and Joc Pederson had two hits apiece for the Rangers (72-68). Osuna, Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim drove in Texas’ runs.The Rangers, who went hitless in nine at-bats with runners in scoring position, had a six-game winning streak halted and lost for just the second time in 11 games.Hoby Milner (2-4) entered for Texas in a tie game in the bottom of the seventh, and Jorge Barrosa and Lawlar greeted him with singles. Marte then walloped an 0-1 changeup over the wall in left-center to give the Diamondbacks a 5-2 lead.Jalen Beeks (5-1) walked two in the top of the seventh before he retired Helman on a fly ball and Josh Smith on a grounder to end the inning.Arizona’s Taylor Rashi allowed one-out singles to Pederson and Rowdy Tellez in the eighth before he struck out Josh Jung and induced a grounder from Cody Freeman to get out of the jam.Texas’ Ezequiel Duran doubled to start the ninth, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a grounder by Heim. Helman nearly homered, but his drive to left went foul, and Rashi rallied to strike him out. The rookie right-hander, who was recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day, then retired Smith on a grounder to pick up his second save in two career appearances.
