CLEVELAND (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin Carroll homered during a seven-run seventh inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 12-8 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.
Perdomo also had the fourth four-hit game of his six-year career and drove in three runs for the Diamondbacks, who hold the second wild-card spot in the National League. The shortstop is 6 for 10 with four RBIs in the first two games of the series.
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Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges reacts after a strike out by Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Gerardo Carrillo during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges, left, checks with Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte, right, after he was hit by a pitch from Hunter Gaddis during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado celebrates after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Hunter Gaddis during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas reacts after hitting an RBI single off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Hunter Gaddis during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo watches his two-run single off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Tim Herrin during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Brian McCann had three hits while Nolan Arenado also went deep with a solo shot in the eighth inning.
Rhys Hoskins and Chase DeLauter homered for Cleveland, which is 5-10 since the All-Star break. Steven Kwan added three hits as the Guardians (56-56) fell to .500 for the first time since May 10.
Gerardo Carrillo (2-0), the second of six Arizona pitchers, got the win after throwing two scoreless innings.
The Diamondbacks sent 10 to the plate in the seventh. Perdomo led off the frame and gave the Diamondbacks a 3-2 lead with a first-pitch drive over the right-field wall off Hunter Gaddis (1-3).
Arizona scored their next six runs with two outs. Ildemaro Vargas had an RBI single, Brian McCann had a two-run double and Carroll launched a three-run homer to center.
Hoskins gave Cleveland a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run homer to center field off Arizona rookie starter Kohl Drake.
The Diamondbacks tied it at 2 in the fifth when Ryan Waldschmidt scored from second after Hoskins errant throw to first and Gabriel Moreno drove in Carroll on a fielder's choice.
Cleveland mounted a rally with five runs in the eighth inning. DeLauter led it off with a homer to right-center while Steven Kwan had the other key hit with a two-run single. DeLauter came up as the potential tying run with two outs and runners on first and second but lined out to center.
Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly (8-8, 4.36 ERA) and Cleveland righty Gavin Williams (10-6, 3.71) are slated for Sunday's series finale.
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Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges reacts after a strike out by Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Gerardo Carrillo during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges, left, checks with Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte, right, after he was hit by a pitch from Hunter Gaddis during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Nolan Arenado celebrates after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Hunter Gaddis during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas reacts after hitting an RBI single off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Hunter Gaddis during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo watches his two-run single off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Tim Herrin during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the 5-month old war.
The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” Trump wrote in a Saturday evening social media post.
“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” Trump said.
Trump has announced halts to strikes in Iran on several occasions since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, only for things to unravel and fighting to resume again.
Iran’s defense minister said on X that the country was “neither surprised nor passive” following Trump’s announcement and said Iran continues to remain alert in the face of concrete threats from the U.S.
A regional official says the proposal announced by Trump over the weekend calls for the U.S. and Iran to return to negotiations and continue working out many of the issues that have stymied prior progress on the deal.
The official, who is involved in the mediation efforts, said the proposal calls for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and halting attacks across the region, including by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on the Arab Gulf countries and Jordan.
The U.S., in exchange, will end its naval blockade on Iran and allow Tehran to export its oil as stated in the tentative ceasefire deal, he said.
No deal has been reached yet, but mediation efforts are underway, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to the media.
Trump said that Israel is joining his commitment to end the war by implementing the ceasefire deal. Israel did not publicly comment on the announcement.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto leader, spoke with Trump by phone Saturday and raised concerns about the U.S. potentially escalating the conflict with Iran, according to the Saudi press agency.
The Saudis, according to the person briefed on the substance of the call but not authorized to comment publicly, are concerned that Tehran could respond with attacks on the energy infrastructure of the kingdom and other Gulf countries. The call happened before Trump’s social media announcement, the person said.
The crown prince sought clarity from Trump on what potential new action he was weighing to take against Iran, the person said.
A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity, confirmed the leaders spoke Saturday but did not offer any detail.
Iran has repeatedly attacked vessels attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz without its authorization as part of its ongoing conflict with the U.S.
In developments elsewhere in the Middle East, Israeli strikes on Sunday across Gaza killed at least eight Palestinians, including two children, and wounded over a dozen others, according to local health officials. Palestinians reported an increase in the scale of Israeli strikes across the enclave over the past few days.
A strike on a residential apartment in southern Gaza killed three family members, including their 4-year-old child, according to Nasser hospital, where the bodies arrived.
Another strike, also on a residential apartment, in Gaza City killed three family members, including their child, and wounded others, according to health officials at the Shifa hospital. The mother was six months pregnant, the hospital added. In central Gaza, a man and his wife were killed in an Israeli strike, which wounded four other people in the area, according to the main hospital serving central Gaza.
The Israeli military said the overnight strikes had targeted Hamas military operatives, without elaborating.
At least 1,222 Palestinians, including at least 260 children, have been killed since the October ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in that time. Both Hamas and Israel continue to trade accusations of violating the ceasefire.
— The State Department issued new security alerts on Saturday urging U.S. citizens in the region to prepare for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions. The warnings covered Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Madhani reported from Washington. Toqa Ezzidin in Cairo, Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, contributed.
A woman walks under a banner shows newly elected Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, center, alongside the late leaders Ismail Haniyeh, right, and Yahya Sinwar, with writing in Hebrew reads: "From Sinwar's generation, the new leader on the ground" and in Arabic: "Khalil al-Hayya, the occupiers' nightmare" at the Palestine square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
FILE - President Donald Trump stands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his visit to the White House, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
President Donald Trump exits Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 31, 2026, after a trip to Camp David, the presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
