Ketel Marte hits solo homer in 9th, Diamondbacks rally after scary collision to beat Dodgers 3-2

PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte hit a solo homer in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied after a hard collision injured two players to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Thursday night.

The Dodgers scored two runs off Ryne Nelson in the fifth inning following a collision at first base that injured Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas and the Dodgers' Max Muncy.

The Diamondbacks tied it in the eighth inning on Corbin Carroll's leadoff homer and Geraldo Perdomo's run-scoring single.

Paul Sewald (2-4) then worked around Will Smith’s two-out double in the ninth to set up Marte's walk-off celebration.

Marte did it on the first pitch he saw from Tanner Scott (1-3), tossing his bat nearly all the way to Arizona's dugout following a towering shot to left that sent his teammates charging out of the dugout.

Nelson didn't allow a hit until Kyle Tucker's leadoff single in the fifth inning, but the collision at first base and two misplayed balls in the outfield after that led to two runs.

The collision came when Vargas fielded a ball hit up the line by Muncy and tried to beat him to the bag. Both players went flying into the air before thudding to the ground and lay on the field for several minutes before slowly heading to the dugout.

Santiago Espinal replaced Muncy and scored on Ryan Ward's double when Carroll took a bad angle on the ball in right. Ward scored when Dalton Rushing's short fly ball fell between Diamondbacks left fielder Tommy Troy and center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt.

Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski scattered six hits in six scoreless innings.

Dodgers Roki Sasaki (3-3, 4.59 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game series against the Angels on Friday. Arizona RHP Merrill Kelly (5-3, 5.06) pitches Friday in the opener of a three-game series against Washington.

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Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte, left, turns a double play while avoiding Los Angeles Dodgers' Kyle Tucker (23) on a ball hit by Dodgers' Will Smith in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy reacts after colliding with Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy (13) and Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas, right, collide on a play in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite's car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six years ago.

The jury found both Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson, a former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, negligent in the deaths of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander.

The damages awarded Wednesday were for wrongful death and emotional distress. The trial judge will ultimately determine how much each defendant has to pay.

Court was scheduled to resume Friday as jurors must still decide whether to award punitive damages to the boys' parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander.

Grossman was sentenced in 2024 to serve 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run driving in a separate criminal trial. She is a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the wife of a prominent burn doctor.

The boys' parents also filed lawsuits in civil court against both Grossman and Erickson, who was driving ahead of her when the Iskander brothers were killed. That trial began in April.

The deadly crash occurred on the evening of Sept. 29, 2020, in Westlake Village, a city on the western edge of Los Angeles County.

Brian Panish, the Iskander family's attorney, argued that Grossman and Erickson were both driving recklessly after drinking margaritas together. The two were dating at a time when Grossman and her husband were separated.

Panish said Grossman was driving 73 mph (117 kph) when her car struck the boys in a crosswalk on a road where the posted speed limit was 45 mph (72 kph).

He said Grossman was following Erickson, who was also speeding and narrowly missed the family.

“This was a totally preventable collision," Panish told the jury in closing arguments Wednesday. “They went out for a walk and they never came home.”

Grossman's attorney, Esther Holm, denied that her client was intoxicated. She said Grossman was distracted when she saw the boys' mother dive out of the way of Erickson's vehicle.

“Ms. Grossman was not driving impaired," Holm told the jury. “She did not see the children, as her attention was diverted by Ms. Iskander.”

Erickson's attorney, Jeff Braun, called the boys' deaths a tragedy but emphasized that the vehicle he was driving "made no contact with the children.”

FILE - Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)