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The seventh inning was not kind to either team in Mexico City. But on Sunday, it worked in the Arizona Diamondbacks' favor. The Diamondbacks trailed 6-0 by the bottom of the fifth inning.
They say one good turn deserves another. So turnabout might be fair play, but it wasn’t much fun to be on the receiving end of a late-game rally as a disastrous end to Sunday’s game in Mexico City knocked the Padres off their perch atop the league and the NL West.
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And in the process, Perdomo — who committed an error in an attempt to turn a crucial seventh-inning double play — injured his ankle, and was forced to exit. Perdomo suffered a left ankle sprain, according to the D-backs, and is currently considered day-to-day.
Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen exited his start on Saturday with a right shoulder contusion, sustained on a comebacker in the third inning of his start in the MLB World Tour: Mexico City Series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú.
The Diamondbacks are preparing to face off against dogged division rival, San Diego, in Mexico City for a two-game set.