CINCINNATI -- Geraldo Perdomo created a stir by disrupting a mascot race and belting a two-run homer, while Gabriel Moreno cranked a go-ahead solo homer to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win over the Reds in the rubber game on Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
The win marked an important milestone for Arizona skipper Torey Lovullo, who picked up his 700th managerial victory with the club in becoming MLB’s eighth active skipper -- and 106th all-time -- to reach the mark.
Juan Morillo pitched a scoreless seventh for the win and Paul Sewald secured his 17th save in 18 opportunities after a 72-minute rain delay prior to the start of the ninth inning.
The game featured a bit of a bizarre interlude in the fifth and sixth innings. Perdomo jogged out of the dugout to his spot at shortstop and snapped the ribbon at the finish line for the Reds’ mascot race taking place in front of the D-backs dugout just before Arizona took the field for the bottom of the fifth.
After a fielding error by Nathaniel Lowe allowed Ildemaro Vargas to reach with one out in the sixth, Perdomo then belted a Tejay Antone fastball a Statcast-projected 400 feet to right for a 3-2 D-backs lead.
Noelvi Marte blasted a Zac Gallen pitch a projected 448 feet to left-center to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. Perdomo exchanged words and gestures with former teammate Eugenio Suárez in the Reds’ dugout as Marte returned to the visitors’ dugout following his game-tying jack, his third in as many games for the Reds.
Marte nearly reprised his leaping game-saving catch from Cincinnati’s home finale in 2025, but he couldn’t reach Gabriel Moreno’s fly to the first row of seats in right off reliever Zach Maxwell to open the eighth for 4-3 Arizona lead.
Gallen surpassed Brandon Webb for second on the D-backs’ all-time strikeout leaderboard, when he fanned Jose Trevino for the second out in the fourth. It was his third strikeout of the game and raised his total to 1,066 in his Arizona career, one better than Webb.
Of course, Randy Johnson holds the all-time mark at 2,077. Gallen received a no-decision, tossing six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks to go with four strikeouts.