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How the Diamondbacks’ 9th-inning comeback ranks among franchise’s greatest rallies

Originally posted on Burn City Sports | By Reyna Stanley | Last updated Apr 13, 2025 12:28 AM ET

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t just win a game on Saturday. They added another page to their growing book of ninth-inning magic.

Trailing 4-0 and scoreless through 17 consecutive innings against the Brewers, Arizona exploded for five runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk it off at Chase Field — a rare comeback and their first walk-off win of the 2025 season.

The sequence itself reads like a fever dream: Alek Thomas tripled. Corbin Carroll doubled. Geraldo Perdomo drew a momentum-shifting walk. Jake McCarthy tied the game with a clutch single. Then Lourdes Gurriel Jr. lifted a sac fly into the desert sky, completing the improbable.

It was the kid of moment that resonated far beyond the standings.

When stacked against recent D-Backs history, the rally draws clear parallels to the comeback on July 29, 2024, when Arizona trailed the Nationals 8-4 entering the bottom of the ninth. Thomas tripled. Perdomo singled him home. Ketel mart homered to pull Arizona within one. Finally, Carroll, pinch-hitting for Christian Walker, smashed his first career walk-off homer. That win felt like a defining moment.

In a franchise that’s had its share of dramatics — from Tony Womack’s 2001 NLDS walk-off, to Paul Goldschmidt’s late-game heroics in the 2010s — this latest entry is proof the clutch gene hasn’t faded.

The 2025 Diamondbacks might not know what kind of team they are just yet. But after Saturday, they know what kind of fight they’ve got.

This article first appeared on Burn City Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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