Christian Walker had three hits, including the go-ahead homer in the ninth inning, to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 9-6 on Tuesday.
Walker, playing first base while Jake Lamb is out with a strained left calf, led off the ninth with a long, majestic homer, his fifth. It came against Atlanta reliever A.J. Minter (0-2) and put Arizona ahead to stay. Walker was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs. He is 6-for-8 over the last two games and lifted his batting average to .294.
Adam Jones followed by doubling in two insurance runs against Jacob Webb, who was making his major league debut for the Braves.