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Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Rockies

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Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Rockies
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Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Rockies

2026-05-24 13:36 Last Updated At:13:40

PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and scored twice in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.

Nolan Arenado had a two-run double and Marte finished with three of Arizona's 11 hits. Zac Gallen (3-4) gave up three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two.

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald celebrates after defeating the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald celebrates after defeating the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman tags out Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa (13) trying to score on a ball hit by Ketel Marte in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman tags out Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa (13) trying to score on a ball hit by Ketel Marte in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado hits a two-run double against the Colorado Rockies in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado hits a two-run double against the Colorado Rockies in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Kevin Ginkel worked a hitless inning before Paul Sewald pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 12th save.

Arizona has won seven of its last nine games.

TJ Rumfield hit a solo homer and had three hits for Colorado.

Geraldo Perdomo opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third, and Arenado's double made it 3-0. After the Rockies scored twice in the fourth, Marte hit his eighth home run to right field in the bottom half to extend the lead to 5-2.

Troy Johnston hit an RBI single for the Rockies. Ezequiel Tovar and Sterlin Thompson each had a run-scoring groundout. Rumfield's homer off Brandon Pfaadt cut it to 5-4 in the eighth.

Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen (2-7) was tagged for eight hits and five runs in five innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (2-2, 4.08 ERA) faces RHP Ryne Nelson (1-3, 5.19) in the finale of the three-game series Sunday.

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald celebrates after defeating the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald celebrates after defeating the Colorado Rockies during a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman tags out Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa (13) trying to score on a ball hit by Ketel Marte in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman tags out Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa (13) trying to score on a ball hit by Ketel Marte in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado hits a two-run double against the Colorado Rockies in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado hits a two-run double against the Colorado Rockies in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a solo home run against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said.

The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online.

The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing more than a dozen vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.

Doctors at local hospitals said they had received the wounded, with 20 in critical condition. Three security officials told The Associated Press the bodies were transported to hospitals following the attack. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to be able to speak to the media.

The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which demands independence from Pakistan’s central government, has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to reporters. The militant group said it targeted a train carrying security personnel.

Quetta is the capital of insurgency-hit Balochistan province. The oil- and mineral-rich region has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency. The insurgents have frequently targeted security forces, government installations and civilians in the province and elsewhere in the country.

“We strongly condemn the targeting of innocent civilians and are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives. Terrorist elements deserve no leniency,” said Shahid Rind, Balochistan provincial government spokesman.

He said following the explosion, a medical emergency was declared at hospitals in Quetta, and an investigation has been launched.

Although Pakistani authorities say they have quelled the insurgency, violence in Baluchistan has persisted.

At least 26 people, including soldiers, were killed in 2024 when a suicide bomber attacked a train station in Balochistan.

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

A volunteer, top, helps an injured victim after recovering from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

A volunteer, top, helps an injured victim after recovering from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Children look at an injured person passing through an alley near the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Children look at an injured person passing through an alley near the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers recover victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers recover victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers transport an injured victim at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Volunteers look for victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track as survivors wait for transport at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Volunteers look for victims from an overturned train coach on a railway track as survivors wait for transport at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

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