Diamondbacks vs Giants series thread

[Avondale Red Rage]

They battle, don't give up on these guys.

 

[DaCards]

Not giving up on the scrappy hitting.... Pitching, I literally am holding my breath

 

[Avondale Red Rage]

and it's a W. 6-4

 

[Lefty]

Never an easy game. I feel bad for the starters because the bullpen has taken away some well deserve wins for them.

 

[The Commish]

Needed that W. Our bullpen is a mess right now.

 

[Avondale Red Rage]

Now 4-0 in extra innings

 

[DaCards]

Love W's!!!

 

[unseenaz]

Never an easy game. I feel bad for the starters because the bullpen has taken away some well deserve wins for them.

They have for sure, Corbin was fantastic last night. I still think it's a bit early to write them off. Ziegler, Colmenter and Reynolds have been great, I think the others will come around in time. Heath Bell on the other hand...

 

[UncleChris]

Loved that we won it, hated how we won it.

These late inning pitching collapses need to stop now. There's nothing worse for morale than to play a great came, only to have the setup guy and closer lob lollipops up there.

 

[BC867]

I think the others will come around in time. Heath Bell on the other hand...

I was on the anti-Heath Bell bandwagon, too, until I saw this in the AzRepublic today.

After giving up runs in two of his first three appearances, reliever Heath Bell has registered five consecutive scoreless appearances, striking out 10 of the 19 batter he's faced in that span.

"He made some mechanical adjustments," Gibson said.

He was just brought into the Giants game. We'll see how he does.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Sipp is by far the worst of the bunch... Ziegler has been MONEY though!

 

[unseenaz]

He was just brought into the Giants game. We'll see how he does.

Nice inning by Bell. I too have noticed that he's been picking it up a bit lately. I just can't get a good feel for the guy, every time he throws the ball I'm just waiting for the pitch to get rocked.

 

[unseenaz]

walking pennington to get to parra. wtf. even with first open... 2 outs...

HAHA, as I was typing this.. way to go parra

 

[Azlen]

Putz already has 3 blown ninth inning saves and now Hernandez has another, so much for this being a strength of the team.

 

[DaCards]

I don't want to say it...but I have to...I told you so! Hernandez is garbage

 

[unseenaz]

I don't want to say it...but I have to...I told you so! Hernandez is garbage

you're delusional

 

[unseenaz]

really would have liked to get another run or 2 there, on to the bottom of the 10th!

 

[unseenaz]

5-0 in extra innings. we won the series, but it really doesn't feel like it. bring on the rockies

 

[devilalum]

Hey, didn't you used to be Miguel Montero?

 

[AZ Native]

Hey, didn't you used to be Miguel Montero?

I want tacos.

 

[AZ Native]

walking pennington to get to parra. wtf. even with first open... 2 outs...

HAHA, as I was typing this.. way to go parra

I didn't see it, but did that really happen? If so, then Bochy botched it.

 

[UncleChris]

Maybe Bell needs to have a chat with Hernandez and Putz. These two guys are scary right now..... Team plays well, they screw the pooch.

WAKE UP, YOU TWO!!!!!

 

[unseenaz]

I didn't see it, but did that really happen? If so, then Bochy botched it.

Yeah, runner on second 2 outs.. Pennington gets intenionally walked. Makes zero sense to me. even with first open, I don't understand that move, especially at the time it was a tie game. Maybe it was a missed sign or something

 

[Gaddabout]

Yeah, runner on second 2 outs.. Pennington gets intenionally walked. Makes zero sense to me. even with first open, I don't understand that move, especially at the time it was a tie game. Maybe it was a missed sign or something

That was taking the righty/lefty thing to the extreme, totally ignoring the numbers. Righties have annihilated Mijares this year. Pennington is a classic light-hitting middle fielder who hits a lot of ground balls. Given, Parra is hitting only .154 against lefties this year, but Pennington is hitting .077! Backing into that matchup has been about the only benefit to Pennington's switch hitting this year.