Both teams had a rough go of it on the offensive side of thing until the closing stages of the game. That’s when Shelby Miller coming in for a third consecutive day seems to have hurt the Snakes.
Diamondbacks News
Diamondbacks Heroics Spoiled by Blown Save
While it is still on Shelby Miller that he did not perform, the circumstances of his entering the game and the way the 10th inning developed provide enough blame to go around.
Some of the heroics
There goes my hero, watch him as he goes. pic.twitter.com/fljLag96OW
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 21, 2025
Questions Surrounding Diamondbacks Closer Role Need Answers
Shelby Miller has finally come back to earth and proven himself fallible. Justin Martinez seems to have rediscovered his velocity in Reno, but still brings some arm health concerns. A.J. Puk is still far from returning. Arizona needs to find some stability for the closer role if they are going to be in contention in September.
After First Full Week Back Up, Jordan Lawlar Has 9 Plate Appearances
The way in which Jordan Lawlar has been used since being recalled from Reno does not feel at all like the sort of plan one would have expected to see deployed. Something is hinky in Phoenix.
Merrill Kelly has 10-Season Goal in Majors, Would Love to Finish with Snakes
Merrill Kelly adding more fuel to the speculation that he may be the one impending free agent likely to return. At age 37, it will be hard to land a 3-year deal, but Kelly remains hopeful to finding a way to get to 10 years regardless.
Jomboy’s Lovullo Breakdown
Dbacks manager Torey Lovullo admits he did not see one umpire make the correct call, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/VKFmiVFDsx
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) May 21, 2025
Other Baseball News
Pirates’ Jared Jones, Enmanuel Valdez to Undergo Season-Ending Surgeries
If something can go wrong for the Pirates, it will. The only silver lining of any sort to be found here is that neither player is Paul Skenes.
Police Charge Ethan Kirkwood for Kavan Markwood PNC Fall
Hopefully, something good comes from all the tragedy involved in this very messed up situation.
Welcome Back Robbie Ray
His pitches should not let him bully opposing batters and continue to be dominant, yet that is just what Robbie Ray is starting to do all over again now that he has returned healthy to the San Francisco rotation.
Huh
Since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913, two MLB lefties have gone undefeated with a sub-2.00 ERA and 10.00+ K/9 over their first 10 starts of a season.
One is the @Phillies‘ Jesús Luzardo this year.
The other was Randy Johnson in 1995. pic.twitter.com/Bg0fxKZ9s8
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 21, 2025