PHOENIX — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, Adrian Del Castillo had a broken-bat RBI single in the 10th and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday.
Gurriel hit his 17th home of the season, a 424-foot shot to left off Cade Smith. The Arizona outfielder also had an RBI single off Parker Messick in the first.
Making his major league debut, Messick allowed a run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, leaving with a 2-1 lead. The left-hander struck out six and walked one.
In the bottom of the 10th, Alex Thomas led off with sacrifice bunt to move automatic runner Pavin Smith to third, and Del Castillo followed with the broken-bat single to left.
Arizona's John Curtiss got four outs, striking out Angel Martínez to begin the 10th. Andrew