Rays outlast Diamondbacks 7-6 in 11 innings, overcoming Carroll's 2 HRs

PHOENIX (AP) — Kameron Misner and Yandy Díaz had RBI doubles in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 7-6 victory over Arizona on Wednesday night, overcoming Corbin Carroll's two home runs.

Misner drove in Chandler Simpson with a double off Drey Jameson (0-1), but was thrown out trying for a triple. Jonathan Aranda walked and scored on a two-out double by Díaz.

Eric Orze surrendered an RBI single to Alek Thomas leading off the bottom half, then walked Tim Tawa. Carroll drew a one-out walk to load the bases, but Orze induced Geraldo Perdomo to hit into a game-ending double play for his first career save.

Pete Fairbanks (2-1) got the final two outs in the 10th for the win.

Carroll homered on the third pitch from Rays starter Taj Bradley. Carroll added his ninth of the season with a two-run shot off Mason Montgomery for a 5-4 lead in the seventh.

Díaz had a two-run single in the seventh to give Tampa Bay a 4-3 lead. Chandler Simpson's RBI single tied it at 5.

Christopher Morel hit a homer off Eduardo Rodriguez in the second to tie it. Misner had a two-out double and scored on José Caballero's single for a 2-1 lead.

Tampa Bay won for the second time in eight games and improved to 1-4 on the road.

Arizona reliever Ryan Thompson yielded the tying run in the eighth and had the bases loaded with nobody out. He struck out pinch-hitter Jonathan Aranda and Caballero before getting Diaz to fly out.

Arizona's Carroll, Geraldo Perdomo, Pavin Smith and Josh Naylor began the day with an MLB-best .961 OPS from the first four spots in the order. The Diamondbacks entered with an .832 OPS against right-handers — tops in the majors.

RHP Drew Rasmussen (1-1, 0.87) was set to start for the Rays on Thursday night against Diamondbacks RHP Corbin Burnes (0-1, 4.64).

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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Taj Bradley, right, walks back to the pitcher's mound after giving up a home run to Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, left, during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Taj Bradley throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez throws against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, left, celebrates his home run against the Tampa Bay Rays with Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Tampa Bay Rays' Christopher Morel looks up as he celebrates his home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll, right, celebrates his home run against the Tampa Bay Rays with Diamondbacks' Gabriel Moreno, left, as Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr., center, looks on during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Tampa Bay Rays' Christopher Morel, right, celebrates his home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with Rays' Jonathan Aranda, left, during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Tampa Bay Rays' José Caballero connects for a run-scoring single against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Tampa Bay Rays' Danny Jansen, left, scores a run as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Jose Herrera, right, reaches for the ball on a late throw during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 112-105 on Tuesday night to go up 3-2 in their Western Conference semifinal series.

Oklahoma City overcame a 44-point, 15-rebound night from Denver's Nikola Jokic. The Thunder can clinch the series on Thursday in Denver.

Gilgeous-Alexander made 12 of 23 field goals and bounced back from a slow start to lead six players in double figures.

“What the great players do is they rise in the face of those challenges and adversities,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "And I just thought he got more and more composed as the game went on. And despite the fact that the pressure was mounting and it got hotter in there, he got cooler and just kind of settled into it, made the right plays, let the game tell him what to do.”

Jokic made 17 of 25 shots. Denver's Jamal Murray scored 28 points, but he made just 10 of 27 shots. No other Denver player scored more than 13 points.

“This is a really disappointing loss,” Denver interim coach David Adelman said. “The guys in there should be disappointed. It’s a heavy loss and we have to bounce back quickly to win Game 6 and give ourselves a chance to come back, have a game like this, but finish it.”

Oklahoma City ran out to a 12-2 lead, and it looked like it might turn out like the Thunder's blowout victory in Game 2. Denver made one of its first nine shots, and that was a putback by Jokic.

Denver rallied and led by 11 in the second quarter, but Oklahoma City closed strong and trailed 56-54 at halftime. Jokic had 19 points and nine rebounds before the break.

Murray scored 13 points in the third quarter and Jokic added 12 to help the Nuggets take an 86-78 lead into the fourth. Still, there were missed opportunities.

“It felt like every time we had a chance to go back up 12, or get it back at 14, we wouldn’t make the shot and they’d run out and make a basket or score in transition," Adelman said. "So it compounded itself.”

Oklahoma City's Lu Dort, who scored three total points in the first three quarters, hit a trio of 3-pointers in a two-minute span to cut Denver's lead to 92-90 midway through the fourth.

Jokic hit a deep fadeaway 3-pointer to tie the game at 103 before Oklahoma City closed it out. Jalen Williams’ 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining gave the Thunder a 106-103 lead, and Gilgeous-Alexander’s three with 48 seconds to go pushed Oklahoma City's lead to six.

“I thought we executed as well as we have in the playoffs down the stretch in a close game," Daigneault said.

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Fans cheer as Oklahoma City Thunder's Luguentz Dort celebrates sinking a three-pointer in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic (15) works to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder's Chet Holmgren, left, in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, advances the ball upcourt under pressure from Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) shoots over Denver Nuggets' Michael Porter Jr. (1) and Christian Braun (0) in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)