The Cleveland Guardians have split the first two games of their early-week series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but they are 9.5 games out of first place in th

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove in three runs, Jake McCarthy hit a solo homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5.

The Guardians have lost four of five and remain three games out of the third and final American League wild-card position.

The Diamondbacks tied up the series with a late night thriller of a victory, 6-5, over the Guardians. Cleveland falls to 1-4 over the last five games with the loss, while Arizona is 1-4 in that same span after the win. The rubber match is set and this is the final meeting of the season between the two.

PHOENIX — The bottom of Cleveland’s lineup provided all the offense Monday as C.J. Kayfus and Brayan Rocchio delivered home runs off Arizona starter Zac Gallen, and Guardians righty Gavin Williams tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings in a 3-1 win at Chase Field.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will hope to avoid a series loss to the Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night at Chase Field. First pitch is 6:40 p.m. MST The D-backs off