ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ketel Marte’s solo home run to deep left field with two out in the ninth inning gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
Marte’s homer off Danny Coulombe (2-1) followed consecutive strikeouts of Jose Herrera and Geraldo Perdomo. Perdomo’s was the fifth looking for Arizona among 11 strikeouts, after which manager Torey Lovullo protested and was ejected by home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson.
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Texas Rangers' Josh Smith advances to third on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien as Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Blaze Alexander waits on the throw to the bag in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Blaze Alexander celebrates his solo home run as Texas Rangers' Kyle Higashioka looks on in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo, left, argues with home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson after Lovullo was ejected in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte, right, escorts Geraldo Perdomo away from the home plate after Perdomo began arguing with umpire Nate Tomlinson, rear, after being called out on strikes in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte, center, celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Jalen Beeks (3-1) pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings followed in the ninth by rookie Juan Morillo, who earned his first big-league save.
Marte also drove in the seventh-inning run that tied the score 2-2 following two Rangers infield errors.
The Diamondbacks, 6 1/2 games out of the NL wild-card race, have won four of their last five games.
Arizona’s five most recent saves starting July 20 have come from five different pitchers.
The Rangers, who won Monday night’s series opener, are 6 1/2 games out of first place in the AL West and 3 1/2 games out of the league’s last wild-card spot.
The Rangers, held to four hits, led 2-1 after three innings on sacrifice flies by Adolis García and Marcus Semien.
Texas starter Jack Leiter allowed four hits in five innings, one of them being Blaze Alexander’s solo home run in the third.
Diamondbacks starter Anthony DeSclafani allowed both runs in three innings in his fourth start of the season in 11 appearances after being signed in mid-June.
Arizona’s seventh inning, aided by Texas pitcher Robert Garcia’s throwing error and third baseman Josh Jung’s fielding error.
The Rangers were 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base.
Wednesday afternoon’s series finale will match Rangers RHP Merrill Kelly (9-7, 3.38 ERA), who was acquired from Arizona on July 31, against Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (9-12, 5.31).
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Texas Rangers' Josh Smith advances to third on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien as Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Blaze Alexander waits on the throw to the bag in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Blaze Alexander celebrates his solo home run as Texas Rangers' Kyle Higashioka looks on in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo, left, argues with home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson after Lovullo was ejected in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte, right, escorts Geraldo Perdomo away from the home plate after Perdomo began arguing with umpire Nate Tomlinson, rear, after being called out on strikes in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte, center, celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP) — A construction crane collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, killing two people on Thursday, a day after another crane fell on a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand and killed 32 people.
The work on an extension of the Rama 2 Road expressway — a major artery leading from Bangkok — has become notorious for construction accidents, some of them fatal.
The crane collapsed at part of the road project in Samut Sakhon province, trapping two vehicles in the wreckage, according to the government’s Public Relations Department.
Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Thai TV Channel 7 that two people had died. It was unclear if anyone else had been trapped in the wreckage.
There was uncertainty about the number of victims because the site is still considered too dangerous for search teams to enter, said Suchart Tongteng, a rescue worker with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation.
“At this moment, we still can’t say whether another collapse could happen,” he said, citing dangling steel plates. “That’s why there are no rescue personnel inside the scene, only teams conducting on-site safety assessments.”
At the site of Wednesday's train derailment, the search for survivors ended, Nakhon Ratchasima Gov. Anuphong Suksomnit said. Three passengers listed as missing were presumed to have gotten off the train earlier, but that was still being investigated.
Officials believed 171 people had been aboard the train’s three carriages, which were being removed from the scene Thursday.
The crane that fell, crushing part of the train, was a launching gantry crane, a mobile piece of equipment often used in building elevated roadways.
Police were still collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses and have not pressed charges, provincial Police Chief Narongsak Promta told reporters.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry reported a South Korean man in his late 30s, was among the dead.
The high-speed rail project where the accident occurred is associated with the plan to connect China with Southeast Asia under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
In August 2024, a railway tunnel on the planned route, also in Nakhon Ratchasima, collapsed, killing three workers.
Anan Phonimdaeng, acting governor of the State Railway of Thailand, said the project’s contractor is Italian-Thai Development, with a Chinese company responsible for design and construction supervision.
A statement posted on the website of the company, also known as Italthai, expressed condolences to the victims and said the company would pay compensation to the families of the dead and hospitalization expenses for the injured.
Transport Minister Phiphat said Italthai was also the lead contractor on the highway project where Thursday's accident took place, though several other companies are also involved.
The rail accident had already sparked outrage because Italthai was also the co-lead contractor for the State Audit Building in Bangkok that collapsed during construction last March during a major earthquake centered in Myanmar. The building's collapse was the worst quake damage in Thailand and about 100 people were killed.
Twenty-three individuals and companies have been indicted, including Italthai's president and the local director for the company China Railway No. 10, the project’s joint venture partner. The charges in the case include professional negligence and document forgery, and Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has recommended more indictments.
The involvement of Chinese companies in both projects has also drawn attention, as has Italthai and Chinese companies’ involvement in the construction of several expressway extensions in and around Bangkok where several accidents, some fatal, have occurred.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Wednesday the government was aware of the rail accident and had expressed condolences.
Associated Press writers Wasamon Audjarint in Bangkok and Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.
Relatives of victims and others wait at a hospital, a day after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Relatives wait at a hospital to receive bodies of victims, a day after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Thursday, Jan.15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Forensic workers inspect the site of a train accident, a day after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A cuddly toy lies on the ground at the site of a train accident, a day after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A construction crane that collapsed on the Rama 2 Road elevated expressway in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
A construction crane that collapsed on the Rama 2 Road elevated expressway in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
A construction crane that collapsed on the Rama 2 Road elevated expressway in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
