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Newcomer Josh Bell, Ketel Marte each homer twice, Diamondbacks outlast Pirates 9-8

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Newcomer Josh Bell, Ketel Marte each homer twice, Diamondbacks outlast Pirates 9-8
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Newcomer Josh Bell, Ketel Marte each homer twice, Diamondbacks outlast Pirates 9-8

2024-08-03 10:19 Last Updated At:10:21

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Bell homered from both sides of the plate in his Arizona debut, Ketel Marte also hit two home runs and the Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8 on Friday night after blowing a five-run lead.

Acquired Tuesday from the Miami Marlins for cash considerations, Bell tied at 7 with two outs in the seventh with his second home run of the night, hammering Aroldis Chapman’s slider 370 feet to right.

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Carroll scored on a throwing error by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Carroll scored on a throwing error by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, is greeted by Joc Pederson, left, and manager Torey Lovullo, center, after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, is greeted by Joc Pederson, left, and manager Torey Lovullo, center, after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reacts after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reacts after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson, left, is greeted by Josh Bell, right, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson, left, is greeted by Josh Bell, right, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Geraldo Perdomo, after fouling a ball off the inside of his right knee, drove a sweeper from Colin Holderman (3-3) to the gap in right-center for a go-ahead double in the eighth.

Marte then hit his second homer of the game and 26th of the season in the ninth off an 0-1 cutter from Dennis Santana.

Justin Martínez (5-2) struck out the side with one walk in the eighth for the victory.

Oneil Cruz led off the ninth for Pittsburgh with a single, his fifth hit, and scored on Rowdy Tellez's one-out RBI single. Ryan Thompson then got Joey Bart and Ke'Bryan Hayes to ground out for his second save.

Cruz's RBI single in the sixth put Pittsburgh — down 5-0 in the first — ahead 7-6. Andrew McCutchen scored on the slow dribbler, initially called out on a throw by second baseman Marte before it was overturned on a challenge.

McCutchen and Bryan Reynolds hit RBI singles ahead of Cruz in a four-run sixth.

The Diamondbacks scored on their first four at-bats against Luis Ortiz, who allowed six runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Leadoff batter Corbin Carroll tripled down the right-field line before going home when a relay from Cruz got past Hayes at third.

Marte followed with first homer. Joc Pederson then sent a slider from Luis Ortiz 430 feet to right, over the wall and into the Allegheny River, and Bell made it three straight homers with one to right-center on the first pitch he saw as a Diamondback. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. later scored on a groundout from Alek Thomas.

Bart hit an RBI single in the fourth before McCutchen and Reynolds had consecutive two-out doubles the fifth. Cruz cut it to 5-3 on a single off Brandon Pfaadt, who gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings.

Thomas had an RBI single for Arizona in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Bryce Jarvis was placed on the 15-day injured list because of a sprained right elbow. Surgery is not an option, manager Torey Lovullo said.

Pirates: INF/OF Isiah Kiner-Falefa (left knee sprain) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoon. Acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, the 29-year-old utilityman has been on the IL since July 2.

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RHP Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.30 ERA) was set to stary for the Pirates on Saturday, opposite LHP Jordan Montgomery (7-5, 6.51).

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Carroll scored on a throwing error by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a triple during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Carroll scored on a throwing error by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, is greeted by Joc Pederson, left, and manager Torey Lovullo, center, after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, is greeted by Joc Pederson, left, and manager Torey Lovullo, center, after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reacts after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen reacts after scoring during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz watches his RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson, left, is greeted by Josh Bell, right, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson, left, is greeted by Josh Bell, right, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Josh Bell celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.

News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the serious intrusion by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 into his private life, including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators,” Harry's attorney, David Sherborne, read from a statement in court.

The statement even went beyond the scope of the lawsuit to acknowledge intruding on the life of Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana.

“We acknowledge and apologize for the distress caused to the duke, and the damage inflicted on relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages,” the settlement statement said.

It was the first time News Group has acknowledged wrongdoing at The Sun, a paper that once sold millions of copies with its formula of sports, celebrities and sex — including topless women on Page 3.

Harry had vowed to take his case to trial to publicly expose the newspaper’s wrongdoing and win a court ruling upholding his claims.

He claimed in a statement read by his lawyer that he achieved the accountability he sought for himself and hundreds of others, including ordinary people, who were snooped on.

News Group acknowledged “phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators” aimed at Harry. NGN had strongly denied those allegations before trial.

“This represents a vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them,” Harry said in the statement read by Sherborne outside the High Court in London.

The bombshell announcement in court came as the trial was about to start. Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, and one other man were the only two remaining claimants out of more than 1,300 others who had settled lawsuits against News Group Newspapers over allegations their phones were hacked and investigators unlawfully intruded in their lives.

Sherborne said the company had engaged in “perjury and cover-ups” to obscure the truth for years, deleting 30 million emails and other records.

“There was an extensive conspiracy,” he said, in which “senior executives deliberately obstructed justice.”

While News Group had apologized for its wrongdoing at the shuttered News of the World, it had never done so at The Sun and had vehemently denied any wrongdoing there.

Harry's statement took aim at Rebekah Brooks, now the CEO overseeing News Group, who had been the editor at The Sun when she was acquitted at a criminal trial in a phone hacking case.

“At her trial in 2014, Rebekah Brooks said, ‘When I was editor of The Sun, we ran a clean ship,’” he said. ”Now, 10 years later when she is CEO of the company, they now admit, when she was editor of The Sun, they ran a criminal enterprise."

In all the cases that have been brought against the publisher since a widespread phone hacking scandal forced Murdoch to close News of the World in 2011, Harry’s case got the closest to trial.

Murdoch closed the paper after the Guardian reported that the tabloid’s reporters had hacked the phone of Milly Dowler, a murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl, while police were searching for her in 2002.

Harry's case against NGN was one of three he brought accusing British tabloids of violating his privacy by eavesdropping on phone messages or using private investigators to unlawfully help them score scoops.

His case against the publisher of the Daily Mirror ended in victory when the judge ruled that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at the newspaper and its sister publications.

During that trial in 2023, Harry became the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court since the late 19th century, putting him at odds with the monarchy’s desire to keep its problems out of view.

His feud with the press dates back to his youth, when the tabloids took glee in reporting on everything from his injuries to his girlfriends to dabbling with drugs.

But his fury with the tabloids goes much deeper.

He blames the media for the death of his mother, who was killed in a car crash in 1997 while being chased by paparazzi in Paris. He also blames them for the persistent attacks on his wife, actor Meghan Markle, that led them to leave royal life and flee to the U.S. in 2020.

The litigation has been a source of friction in his family, Harry said in the documentary “Tabloids On Trial.”

He revealed in court papers that his father opposed his lawsuit. He also said his older brother William, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, had settled a private complaint against News Group that his lawyer has said was worth over 1 million pounds ($1.23 million).

“I’m doing this for my reasons,” Harry told the documentary makers, though he said he wished his family had joined him.

Harry was originally one among dozens of claimants, including actor Hugh Grant, who alleged that News Group journalists and investigators they hired violated their privacy between 1994 and 2016 by intercepting voicemails, tapping phones, bugging cars and using deception to access confidential information.

Of the original group of claimants against NGN, Harry and Tom Watson, a former Labour Party member of Parliament, were the holdouts headed to trial.

NGN had issued an unreserved apology to victims of voicemail interception by The News of the World and said it settled more than 1,300 claims. But The Sun had never accepted responsibility in a case -- until Wednesday.

The outcome in the News Group case raises questions about how Harry's third case — against the publisher of the Daily Mail — will proceed. That trial is scheduled next year.

FILE - Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, talks to members of the media in central London, Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

FILE - Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, talks to members of the media in central London, Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

FILE -Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrive at United Nations headquarters, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE -Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrive at United Nations headquarters, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for pictures after visiting the observatory in One World Trade in New York, Sept. 23, 2021.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for pictures after visiting the observatory in One World Trade in New York, Sept. 23, 2021.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE -Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for photographers during a photocall in the grounds of Kensington Palace in London, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

FILE -Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for photographers during a photocall in the grounds of Kensington Palace in London, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

FILE -Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, attends the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings), File)

FILE -Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, attends the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings), File)

FILE -Britain's Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File)

FILE -Britain's Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File)

Layer Clare Montgomery departs the High Court as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins in London, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Layer Clare Montgomery departs the High Court as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins in London, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

British lawmaker Tom Watson, center, arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

British lawmaker Tom Watson, center, arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Lawyer David Sherborne, front, arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Lawyer David Sherborne, front, arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

British lawmaker Tom Watson arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

British lawmaker Tom Watson arrives at the High Court, as Prince Harry's legal action against News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering begins, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

FILE - News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

FILE - News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

FILE - Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

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