Right-hander Zac Gallen served up two costly homers, and five Cleveland Guardians pitchers combined to shut down the Diamondbacks’ offense, handing Arizona a 3-1 loss on Monday night, Aug. 18, at Chase Field.

C.J. Kayfus and Brayan Rocchio each homered off Gallen — Kayfus with a solo shot in the second, Rocchio a two-run shot in the fifth — spoiling an otherwise sharp performance.

The Diamondbacks had a handful of scoring opportunities in which they came up empty. They put two runners aboard in the first, sixth and eighth innings but went a combined 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position in those situations.

They broke through against Guardians closer Cade Smith in the ninth, getting a run-scoring triple from Geraldo Perdomo to bring the tying run to the plate, but Ketel Marte struc

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