DENVER (AP) — Ketel Marte was told his playing time would decrease. A struggling bullpen was informed their roles would be juggled.They responded in a big way. Marte drove in four runs http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-andrew-benintendi-jersey , including a two-out, two-run triple to break a sixth-inning tie, reliever Yoshihisa Hirano helped Arizona weather a ninth-inning scare for his first big league save and the Diamondbacks pulled closer in the NL West standings by beating the first-place Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Tuesday night.The Diamondbacks cut their deficit in the division to 2½ games. The Rockies maintained a 1½ -game advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost for a second straight day in Cincinnati. Colorado is chasing after its first NL West crown in franchise history.“We needed to win a game,” said reliever Brad Ziegler, whose team stopped a three-game skid. “It doesn’t matter how it happens as long as we walk away happy at the end of the night.”With Marte, the plan is to use the Daniel Descalso a little more down the stretch. Marte made his case to remain in the lineup with his league-leading 11th triple. He also added a two-run single in the eighth for a 6-3 lead.“I’ll be ready whenever they need me,” Marte said.As for the bullpen, it’s been altered after some struggles of late.“They kind of said from about the sixth inning on, everybody be ready at any point,” Ziegler explained.Zack Greinke (14-9) gave up two runs in the first before recovering his command to allow three runs in 6 2/3 innings. He retired 15 straight batters at one point as he beat the Rockies for a third time this season.Pinch-hitter Matt Holliday nearly tied the game at 4 in the seventh off Greinke, with his two-out double to right-center hitting off the top of the wall. That would’ve been a homer in his first stint with the Rockies Luis Tiant Jersey , but team the raised the wall in 2016.Andrew Chafin relieved Greinke and walked two straight. He was replaced by Brad Ziegler, who retired DJ LeMahieu on a groundout. Ziegler also bottled up the Rockies in the eight.Jake Diekman started the ninth, only to surrender a double to Carlos Gonzalez and a bunt single to Ryan McMahon. Hirano struck out two straight, then retired Charlie Blackmon on a flyout.“We had a lot of chances. Tonight we didn’t get the big hit,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “They made some pitches when they needed to.”Antonio Senzatela (4-6) gave up two runs in the first and four runs total over six innings. The Rockies pitching staff has a 7.75 ERA in the opening frame.Senzatela was cruising along until two outs in the sixth when he thought he threw strike three to end a harmless inning. Paul Goldschmidt took the pitch for a ball and followed with a double. A.J. Pollock reached on an infield single, and Marte lined a changeup past a diving McMahon at first to make 4-2.Greinke masterfully varied speeds and pitches all night to keep the Rockies off balance. A sample: He struck out McMahon on a 90 mph fastball, Tony Wolters on a 83 mph slider and both Trevor Story and Carlos Gonzalez on curves ranging from 65-to-67 mph.“You just never know what you’re going to get,” Story said. “He just keeps hitters off balance.”EXPLOSIVE FIRSTDavid Peralta hit a two-run homer in the first that landed in the trees over the fence in straightaway center. Colorado answered as Blackmon doubled to lead off the first. Nolan Arenado and Story both delivered RBI doubles.THIS & THATGoldschmidt finished 1 for 3 with a walk to extend his streak of reaching base in road games to 47 straight. … Greinke struck out five to reach 2,421 and move one ahead of Max Scherzer for 43rd place. … Story has 100 RBIs to become the second major league shortstop with at least 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in a season. Story joins Alex Rodriguez.UP NEXTThe Diamondbacks send LHP Patrick Corbin (11-9, 3.01) to the mound Wednesday against the Rockies. He’s 6-1 with a 2.33 ERA against the division this season. The Rockies will throw righty Jon Gray (11-7, 4.69) http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-mitch-moreland-jersey , who is 4-0 with a 3.17 ERA since being recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque. It seemed as if the game would go on forever. The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers kept battling into the early hours of Saturday morning.Finally, Max Muncy put an end to the drama. He homered in the bottom of the 18th inning, driving a pitch from Boston relief pitcher Nathan Eovaldi over the left-field wall to end a seven-hour, 20-minute game. It was the longest game in World Series history, both in innings and time.The home run gave the Dodgers a 3-2 victory in Game 3, allowing Los Angeles to narrow the World Series gap to 2-1.Game 4 is scheduled to start at 8:09 p.m. ET on Saturday and will be televised by Fox.Joc Pederson homered in the third inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead Friday, and Jackie Bradley Jr. belted a tying home run in the eighth inning.The Red Sox took the lead in the 13th inning on a walk by Brock Holt, a stolen base and infield hit by Eduardo Nunez. The Dodgers ended up tying it with two outs in the bottom of the inning on an infield hit by Yasiel Puig and a poor throw by Ian Kinsler as he attempted nail Puig.Kinsler had lost his balance after making the pick up, and Puig appeared to be no more than halfway down the line. If he had steadied himself, it seemed that Kinsler had the time to throw Puig out. But it didn't work out that way.The Dodgers will attempt to level the series with Rich Hill likely on the mound, but Red Sox manager Alex Cora was not ready to announce his starter after the game."How do you say it," Cora said. "TBA."As Cora's postgame press conference wore on Tony Conigliaro Jersey , he said "it most likely will be a lefty."Nathan Eovaldi kept the Red Sox in Game 3 with his excellent relief pitching.Jae C. Hong/Associated PressEovaldi pitched remarkably in relief, coming in at the start of the 12th inning and throwing 97 pitches and keeping the Red Sox in the game. "Nate was unbelievable tonight," Cora said. "You can't ask for more of an effort than he gave tonight. He was basically perfect."Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was equally effusive about Eovaldi. "Even though he did it to us, Eovaldi was remarkable," Roberts said. "He was unbelievable for that team."As good as Eovaldi was to finish the game, Los Angeles starter Walker Buehler was equally impressive at the start of the game. He pitched seven scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out seven without allowing a base on balls.The likely starter for Boston seems to be either Game 1 starter Chris Sale or Eduardo Rodriguez. Sale would be pitching on three days' rest, and that could be risky because he has struggled with shoulder issues in the second half of the season.Rodriguez pitched to just one batter Friday night, and he has been limited in the postseason. However, Rodriguez was 13-5 in the regular season with a 3.82 earned-run average, and he struck out 146 hitters in 129.2 innings.Drew Pomeranz, who was added to the roster prior to the World Series Rafael Devers Jersey , could also have a chance to start for the Red Sox.SportsCenter SportsCenterMax Muncy almost had a walk-off in the 15th.Three innings later, he had one for real. #SCtop10 FCY3QG0xIDPredictionThe Game 3 loss seemed quite costly for the Red Sox. While they still lead in the World Series, Cora used Rick Porcello to start the game, and he pitched 4.2 innings. Game 2 starter David Price pitched 0.2 innings, and Eovaldi pitched for more than six.Cora has to scramble to find a starter for Game 4, and his bullpen is depleted. Meanwhile, Rich Hill should be the Dodgers starter, although the team tweeted that Saturday night's starter was still to be determined..The pendulum was swinging toward the Red Sox after the first two games, but it appears to be going toward the Dodgers following Friday's marathon.Look for Los Angeles to win Game 4 and square this suddenly remarkable World Series.
