Newcomer Josh Bell, Ketel Marte each homer twice, Diamondbacks outlast Pirates 9-8

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Bell homered from both sides of the plate in his Arizona debut, Ketel Marte also hit two home runs and the Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8 on Friday night after blowing a five-run lead.

Acquired Tuesday from the Miami Marlins for cash considerations, Bell tied at 7 with two outs in the seventh with his second home run of the night, hammering Aroldis Chapman’s slider 370 feet to right.

Geraldo Perdomo, after fouling a ball off the inside of his right knee, drove a sweeper from Colin Holderman (3-3) to the gap in right-center for a go-ahead double in the eighth.

Marte then hit his second homer of the game and 26th of the season in the ninth off an 0-1 cutter from Dennis Santana.

Justin Martínez (5-2) struck out the side with one walk in the eighth for the victory.

Oneil Cruz led off the ninth for Pittsburgh with a single, his fifth hit, and scored on Rowdy Tellez's one-out RBI single. Ryan Thompson then got Joey Bart and Ke'Bryan Hayes to ground out for his second save.

Cruz's RBI single in the sixth put Pittsburgh — down 5-0 in the first — ahead 7-6. Andrew McCutchen scored on the slow dribbler, initially called out on a throw by second baseman Marte before it was overturned on a challenge.

McCutchen and Bryan Reynolds hit RBI singles ahead of Cruz in a four-run sixth.

The Diamondbacks scored on their first four at-bats against Luis Ortiz, who allowed six runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Leadoff batter Corbin Carroll tripled down the right-field line before going home when a relay from Cruz got past Hayes at third.

Marte followed with first homer. Joc Pederson then sent a slider from Luis Ortiz 430 feet to right, over the wall and into the Allegheny River, and Bell made it three straight homers with one to right-center on the first pitch he saw as a Diamondback. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. later scored on a groundout from Alek Thomas.

Bart hit an RBI single in the fourth before McCutchen and Reynolds had consecutive two-out doubles the fifth. Cruz cut it to 5-3 on a single off Brandon Pfaadt, who gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings.

Thomas had an RBI single for Arizona in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Bryce Jarvis was placed on the 15-day injured list because of a sprained right elbow. Surgery is not an option, manager Torey Lovullo said.

Pirates: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (left knee sprain) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoon. Acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, the 29-year-old utilityman has been on the IL since July 2.

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RHP Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.30 ERA) was set to stary for the Pirates on Saturday, opposite LHP Jordan Montgomery (7-5, 6.51).

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Carroll scored on a throwing error by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, is greeted by Joc Pederson, left, and manager Torey Lovullo, center, after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reacts after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson, left, is greeted by Josh Bell, right, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.

The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

The indictment detailing the charges was expected to be unsealed Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, called the new indictment an “unjust prosecution.”

“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo said in a statement late Monday.

Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.

In November, his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years. She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.

The suit was settled in one day but months later CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”

Combs and his attorneys, however, denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.

Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Cassie, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.”

“We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,” he added.

A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters,” starting when she was a college student in 1994.

The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie and Lampros did.

Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.

In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served about eight years in prison.

This story has been corrected to show that Combs' age is 54, not 58.

Associated Press writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

FILE - Host Sean "Diddy" Combs presents the revolt black excellence award at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is expected in court after New York indictment

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)