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(Arizona Sports) Diamondbacks play 4 great innings then blow series vs. Rays
The Arizona Diamondbacks jumped out to a 3-0 lead with Corbin Burnes rolling early in Thursday’s rubber match against the Tampa Bay Rays, but the team collectively let the series slip with a second straight loss in extra innings.
The Diamondbacks committed three errors and only came up with two hits after the fourth inning.
Three Takeaways from Diamondbacks’ Sloppy Series Loss to Rays
It was a series Arizona could ill-afford to lose, despite being a mere 25 games into the season. The D-backs will face some tough opponents in the coming weeks, fraught with potential National League implications.
As Arizona and its fans well know, the season can come down to one game, and the D-backs let two wins slip into losses at home in this series. Here are three takeaways from a
(Arizona Sports) Diamondbacks prospect Daniel Eagen throws an immaculate inning
An immaculate inning occurs when a pitcher strikes out the side using the minimum nine pitches.
In Major League Baseball, this is rarer than a no-hitter. Only two pitchers delivered an immaculate inning in MLB last year. It can be more common in the minor leagues with more games — D-backs minor leaguer Dylan File threw one last year — but still far from something you see everyday.
(12News) What’s it take to run a Diamondbacks game? We got a behind the scenes look at Chase Field
12News takes a look at the magic behind what you see at the park every single night
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell was scheduled to throw a bullpen session Wednesday as he recovers from inflammation in his throwing shoulder. But his return hit a snag. Snell felt discomfort in his shoulder after playing catch Tuesday, and his Wednesday bullpen session was scrapped.
(ESPN) How bottom of order is powering Cubs’ offense to top of MLB
Heading into their weekend series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cubs are averaging 6.3 runs per game. That’s nearly a full run higher than the next best team, the New York Yankees, who average 5.5 runs. The separator has been the bottom of the order, which includes Crow-Armstrong, Kelly and fellow catcher Miguel Amaya. That trio, along with newcomer Kyle Tucker, has transformed the team’s offense into the best in the league over the first month of the season.
Perhaps such a framing sounds too definitive given that, to repeat, the season is barely a month old. If you prefer, think of these buckets as “doing very well so far” and “needs to improve” in the forward-looking sense. You know how this sort of thing goes. Now let’s run down a few players, teams, and even statistical trends that are looking back upon the opening month with a sense of accomplishment or regret. The URL-clicker should be warned that is not an exhaustive list of those players, teams, and even statistical trends currently experiencing a sense of accomplishment or regret, but it is a certain list of players, teams, and even statistical trends currently experiencing a sense of accomplishment or regret. Onward.