Ketel Marte hits home run as the Diamondbacks beat the White Sox 4-1

CHICAGO (AP) — Ketel Marte hit a solo homer in the first inning, Alek Thomas and Geraldo Perdomo each had a seventh-inning RBI single and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the White Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night, Chicago's sixth consecutive home loss.

The Diamondbacks beat Chicago 10-0 in the series opener on Monday and have won five of their last six.

Chicago has lost 11 of its last 13.

Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson gave up a run with seven strikeouts in five innings. Ryan Thompson (2-2) gave up a walk to Lenyn Sosa before he got Luis Robert Jr. to line out to end the sixth and got Edgar Quero to ground out in the seventh before he was replaced by Jalen Beeks. Shelby Miller pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his ninth save of the season.

Jordan Leasure made his first career start after 65 relief appearances and was replaced by Mike Vasil (3-3) in the second inning. Vasil gave up two runs, one earned, on three hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Robert hit a solo shot in the second.

Randal Grichuk hit a one-out single and advanced to second when Tim Tawa reached on a throwing error. Brandon Eisert came on for Vasil and gave up an RBI single to Thomas before Tawa scored on a sacrifice fly by Herrera and Perdomo’s single drove in Thomas to give the Diamondbacks a 4-1 lead.

The Diamondbacks are 19-7 all-time against White Sox, 11-3 in Chicago.

Zac Gallen (5-8, 5.60 ERA) takes the mound for the Diamondbacks against Sean Burke (3-7, 4.50) on Wednesday in the series finale.

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Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. catches a fly ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Jose Herrera during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo, right, celebrates with first base coach Dave McKay after hitting a one-run single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Jose Herrera, left, celebrates with relief pitcher Shelby Miller after the Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago White Sox's Edgar Quero reacts as he flies out to Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder Alek Thomas during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Jose Herrera, left, celebrates with center fielder Alek Thomas after the Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — The big surprise of the World Cup slalom season scored his second win Sunday adding to his fast-rising reputation before the Winter Olympics.

Paco Rassat raced to the fastest time in the second run to rise from fourth place, and push two Norwegians down the podium steps after they had been fastest in the morning run.

United States-born Atle Lie McGrath was edged out by 0.18 seconds and first-run leader Henrik Kristoffersen dropped to third, trailing 0.20 behind Rassat.

The 27-year-old Frenchman had a career-best result of ninth in World Cup races before this Olympic season started.

Rassat now has two wins, a third place and two sixth places this season and shapes as a medal contender for the Milano Cortina Olympics. The men’s slalom is on Feb. 16 at Bormio.

“To win on this crazy hill at Adelboden, It’s something really unbelievable," Rassat told Swiss broadcaster RTS, describing his season as “a magnificent surprise.”

Rassat also took the lead in the seasonlong World Cup slalom standings, ahead of his France teammate Clément Noël, the defending Olympic champion. Noël tied for eighth Sunday.

McGrath was runner-up in the Adelboden slalom for the third time in four years.

“It’s kind of crazy,” said McGrath, whose father Felix skied for the U.S. at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. “I’m of course super happy, it’s such a challenging slope and mentally it’s one of the toughest places to perform because of this amazing crowd.”

Another packed finish-area crowd at Adelboden observed a minute’s silence before racing for the victims of the fatal fire in a bar in nearby Crans-Montana on New Year’s Day. Crans-Montana hosts men’s and women’s World Cup races in three weeks’ time.

The World Cup overall standings leader, four-time title holder Marco Odermatt, does not ski slalom and his huge lead was cut a little by Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who placed fourth. Pinheiro Braathen was second to Odermatt in the classic giant slalom Saturday.

The men’s World Cup circuit stays in central Switzerland for the storied Lauberhorn meeting at Wengen, for a super-G on Friday, the classic downhill Saturday and a slalom Sunday.

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Norway's Atle Lie McGrath reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

France's Paco Rassat speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)

France's Paco Rassat reacts at the finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Finland's Eduard Hallberg speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen ahead of an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)