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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Clubs homer
Ketel Marte went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run during Sunday's 11-2 win over the Padres.Marte tagged Martin Perez for a two-run home run in the fourth inning, marking the second baseman's 36th long ball of the campaign. In September, Marte has gone 15-for-63 (.238) with five home runs, 12 RBI and 11 runs scored.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Starts Tuesday
Ketel Marte started at second base and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a double in Tuesday's 11-0 loss to the Giants.Marte was held out of Monday's starting lineup, as manager Torey Lovullo indicated the second baseman had been grinding and was in the "red zone." With four games left in the regular season and a playoff spot to be won, Marte is expected to be in the starting lineup every day.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Manager explains day off
Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said Monday the decision to hold Ketel Marte out of that day's starting lineup was "preventative" and described the second baseman as being in the "red zone," Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports reports. "The left leg, it probably wasn't 100% when he came back, if you guys studied the swings enough, you could recognize he was protecting that space," the manager said.Lovullo added that Marte was available off the bench, and the infielder entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning and finished the game at second base. The Arizona Diamondbacks lost to the Giants and are now one-and-a-half games ahead of Atlanta for the final wild card spot with five games left (six for Atlanta). Reading between the lines of Lovullo's comments, Monday's lighter-than-normal effort sets up Marte to finish out the season as an everyday lineup presence.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Getting Monday off
Ketel Marte is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Giants.Marte will hit the bench for the third time since he was reinstated from the 10-day injured list Sept. 6 after missing three weeks with an ankle sprain. Kevin Newman will step in at second base in place of Marte, who is slashing .271/.407/.625 with five home runs, one stolen base, 12 RBI and nine runs across 14 games in September.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Reaches base five times in win
Ketel Marte went 2-for-2 with three walks, a home run, a stolen base, two total runs and two total RBI in a 5-0 victory against the Brewers on Saturday.Marte reached base in each of his first four plate appearances, and then capped his performance with a two-run blast in the ninth inning. It was the second straight game with a home run for the second baseman, and he's reached base safely in nine of his last 10 plate appearances. With two RBI Saturday, Marte tied his career-best mark of 92 in a season, and he's already established a new high with 34 home runs on the campaign.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Sets new career high in homers
Ketel Marte went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI in Friday's 7-4 win over Milwaukee.Marte homered in the first inning and drove in a run with a fifth-inning double. The home run was his 33rd, establishing a new career high for the second baseman, and he's up to 90 RBI.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Knocks in run in win
Ketel Marte went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Brewers.Marte has scuffled (.184/.295/.368) over 11 games since coming off the injured list earlier this month, but he has knocked in seven runs during that span. He's up to 88 RBI for the season, four shy of the career best he posted in 2019.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Receiving Tuesday off
Ketel Marte is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies.Marte started the previous six games and will receive a maintenance day after going 6-for-22 with a double and two homers during that stretch. Luis Guillorme is receiving a start at second base while batting eighth.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Blasts 32nd home run
Ketel Marte went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and three strikeouts in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Rockies.Marte got the scoring started Monday when he took Antonio Senzatela deep in the first inning. The 32 home runs have tied Marte's career high he set during the 2019 season. The 30-year-old seems to be finding his power stroke again since returning from an ankle injury, as he now has two homers and six RBI over his last five games. Overall, Marte is slashing .292/.366/.553 with 87 RBI in 124 games this season.
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Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte: Back at second base
Ketel Marte started at second base and went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 14-4 win over Texas.This was Marte's first game in the field since returning from an ankle injury last week. He served as the designated hitter his first three games back and was hitless over 11 at-bats before breaking out Wednesday. He led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and scored Arizona's first run, then his three-run homer in the fourth upped the Arizona Diamondbacks' lead to 8-2. Marte has 31 home runs -- one shy of the career high he set in 2019 -- and 85 RBI through 120 games.