Venezuelan Ildemaro Vargas hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Arizona turned the score around with a smaller comeback, a day after the Orioles rallied from a 7-1 deficit. The Diamondbacks trailed 2-0 when Vargas hit Trevor Rogers (2-1) for his second home run of the year.
Merrill Kelly (1-0) allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first start of the season. He walked four and struck out three.
Dominican Geraldo Perdomo had three hits for Arizona.
Kelly (left intercostal nerve irritation) began the season on the disabled list, and Samuel Basallo hit him with a solo home run in the second inning. In the third, Kelly walked three batters, including Leody Taveras with the bases loaded to make the score 2-0.
After Vargas’ home run with one out in the fifth, José Fernández hit a run-scoring double to knock Rogers out of the game.
