Merrill Kelly silences Rangers bats as D-backs roll in Game 2 of World Series - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — Merrill Kelly pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, Ketel Marte extended his postseason hitting streak to a record 18 games and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Texas Rangers 9-1 on Saturday night to tie the World Series at one game apiece.

Gabriel Moreno hit a go-ahead homer in a two-run fourth against Jordan Montgomery, and Tommy Pham went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles.

Marte added a two-run single in a three-run eighth, breaking a tie for the longest postseason hitting streak with Derek Jeter, Manny Ramírez and Hank Bauer. Marte has a hit in every postseason game he's ever played.

A night after wasting a two-run, ninth-inning lead in a 6-5, 11-inning loss, the Diamondbacks outhit Texas 16-4 and never trailed.

Emmanuel Rivera also had a two-run single, and rookie Corbin Carroll had a pair of RBI singles. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and 38-year-old Evan Longoria each singled in a run for Arizona, which got its first World Series road win after four losses dating to 2001.

The Series, just the third between wild-card teams, shifts to Arizona for Game 3 on Monday in the first Series game at Phoenix since 2001.

Kelly struck out nine, walked none and went to just one three-ball count, allowing his only run on Mitch Garver's leadoff homer in the fifth.

He has allowed exactly three hits in each of his four starts this postseason, making him the first pitcher in major league history to go at least five innings and allow no more than three hits in four straight outings within a single postseason, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

The 35-year-old right-hander took an unusual career path. After six seasons in the minors he detoured to South Korea from 2015-18 before making his major league debut