Diamondbacks' rookie sensation Corbin Carroll struggles to comprehend team's postseason turnaround: "I don't even know if there is an explanation"
The Arizona Diamondbacks, underdogs with an 84-win record and a negative run differential, are headed to the World Series.
They beat the Phillies 4-2, which revealed Philadelphia's weaknesses and emphasized Arizona's excellence. Carroll, the D-backs' unstoppable 23-year-old rookie, reflectee about out how they had accomplished it.
Carroll said that he had no idea how it happened, explaining:
"I don't even know if there is an explanation," Carroll said. "It's just magic."
With a 3-for-4 performance, two RBIs and two stolen bases in his first career Game 7 against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, Carroll helped the D-backs advance to their second World Series trip.
Corbin Carroll has 3 hits, tied for the most by a rookie in a winner-take-all postseason game, with: 2020 NLWC G3 Jake Cronenworth 2014 NLWCG Joe Panik 2007 ALCS G7 Dustin Pedroia 2001 ALDS G5 Ichiro Suzuki 1999 ALDS G5 Brian Daubach - SlangsOnSports
Emmanuel Rivera scored from second base on Carroll's line drive on a 2-1 sinker up the middle, tying the score at two apiece.
Carroll hit three left-handed pitchers in a single game for the first time; all of them were Suárez, who had entered Game 7 with an outstanding playoff record.
Corbin Carroll's baseball career with Diamondbacks
Carroll was picked by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 16th overall choice in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.
For his first professional assignment, he was given the $3.7 million Arizona League Diamondbacks.
On Aug. 29, 2022, the Diamondbacks promoted Carroll to the main leagues. Carroll agreed an eight-year, $111 million contract deal with the Diamondbacks in 2023.
It was revealed that Carroll will make his first-ever All-Star appearance in the 2023 All-Star Game as the starting outfielder.
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Carroll became the first rookie in Major League history to have 50 stolen bases and 25 home runs in a season, on Sept. 20, 2023.