Rays outlive Diamondbacks 7-6 in 11 innings, conquering Carroll’s 2

PHOENIX (AP)– Kameron Misner and Yandy Díaz had RBI doubles in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 7-6 triumph over Arizona on Wednesday night, overcoming Corbin Carroll’s 2 home runs.Misner drove

in Chandler Simpson with a double off Drey Jameson (0-1), but was tossed out trying for a triple. Jonathan Aranda walked and scored on a two-out double by Díaz.Advertisement Eric Orze surrendered an RBI single

to Alek Thomas leading off the bottom half, then strolled Tim Tawa. Carroll drew a one-out walk to pack the bases, but Orze induced Geraldo Perdomo to hit into a game-ending double play for his first career save.Pete Fairbanks( 2-1)got the last two outs in the 10th for the win.Carroll homered on the 3rd pitch from Rays starter Taj Bradley. Carroll included his ninth of the season with a two-run shot off Mason Montgomery for a 5-4 lead in the seventh.Díaz had a two-run single in the seventh to give Tampa Bay a 4-3 lead. Chandler Simpson’s RBI single tied it at

5. Ad Christopher Morel struck a homer off Eduardo Rodriguez in the second to connect it. Misner had a two-out double and scored on José Caballero’s single for a 2-1 lead.Tampa Bay won for the second time in eight games and improved to 1-4 on the road.Key minute Arizona reliever Ryan Thompson yielded the tying run in the eighth and had the bases packed with nobody out. He struck out pinch-hitter Jonathan Aranda and Caballero before getting Diaz to fly

out.Key stat Arizona’s Carroll, Geraldo Perdomo, Pavin Smith and Josh Naylor began the day with an MLB-best.961 OPS from the first four spots in the order. The Diamondbacks entered with an.832 OPS versus right-handers– tops in the majors.Up next RHP Drew Rasmussen(1-1, 0.87) was set to start for the Rays on Thursday night versus Diamondbacks RHP Corbin Burnes( 0-1, 4.64). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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