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Game day: Diamondbacks give up lead over Marlins but benefit from call

The Marlins rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth, but the Diamondbacks managed to avoid further damage thanks to a generous – and questionable – called third strike by home plate umpire Kerwin Danley.

With the bases loaded, two out and a run already in, the Marlins’ J.T. Riddle was rung up by Danley on a pitch that appeared to be well above the strike zone.

The Marlins, though, tied the game at 5 earlier in the inning. Giancarlo Stanton smoked a double into the right-center field gap – a ball that left his bat at a scalding 114 mph – and moved to third on a fly out to right.