The Yankees were walked off on Saturday night by the Arizona Diamondbacks, losing by a score of 5-3.

Here are the key takeaways...

-- We pick this one up in the fifth inning after both teams couldn’t get anything going through the first four. Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe opened the frame with back-to-back singles and Jose Caballero loaded the bases with another single. Ben Rice followed with a sacrifice fly to bring home the game’s first run and give New York a 1-0 lead.

-- The lead was short lived, though, after the Diamondbacks scored two in the bottom half of the inning on a two-run triple by Jordan Lawler. Both runs were unearned against Cam Schlittler who didn’t help his own cause with a fielding error on a sacrifice bunt in the inning.

-- New York quickly tied things up in the sixth on Heliot Ramos’ solo home run and then re-took the lead after Wells hit his 13th dinger of the season. Both long balls came against reliever Kevin Ginkel after starter Brandon Pfaadt went 4.1 innings.

-- However, Schlittler couldn’t make it stick and immediately allowed another run in the bottom half of the inning after loading the bases with no outs on two walks and a single before Corbin Carroll’s sacrifice fly.

-- The right-hander struck out the next two batters to end his night. His final line: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K on 98 pitches (61 strikes). He lowered his season ERA to 1.94.

-- Things stayed knotted at 3 apiece until the bottom of the ninth when Pavin Smith walked things off with a two-run homer off reliever Michael Fulmer.

Game MVP: Pavin Smith

His walk-off sent the Dbacks fans home happy.

Here are the key takeaways...

Game MVP: Pavin Smith

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