Diamondbacks win first pennant since 2001 with Game 7 victory over Phillies, will face Rangers in World Series

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Two years ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks lost 110 games - even this season, they weren’t even supposed to be a postseason contender in spring training.

Now, they’re World Series bound.

The Diamondbacks won the National League pennant on Tuesday night with their Game 7 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Corbin Carroll #7 of the Arizona Diamondbacks (center) celebrates with teammates after beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in Game Seven of the Championship Series at Citizens Bank Park on October 24, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The snakes got on the board first with back-to-back singles and then a groundout that drove in a run, but the Phillies answered with Alec Bohm’s solo homer in the second. Philadelphia took the lead on a Bryson Stott double in the fourth, but Arizona put up two in the fifth – likely Rookie of the Year Corbin Carroll singled in a run, and after quickly stealing second, he scored on a Gabriel Moreno single. Carroll drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Philadelphia put the lead run at the plate in the bottom half of the seventh after back-to-back one-out walks, which made the D-Backs go to their set-up man in Kevin Ginkel, their fifth pitcher of the night, a tick earlier than they’d hoped. It worked out, as Trea Turner and Bryce Harper both flied out to center to end the threat. Ginkel then struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth.

Paul Sewald came on for the save, and retired the side in order to send the Diamondbacks to the World Series.

Carroll had three hits, while Moreno, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Gerlado