Washington Nationals @ Arizona Diamondbacks May 10 - May 13 2018

[BC867]

Ahmed pinch hitting against the lefty and does his thing against lefties -- a leadoff single in the 9th. Tying run at the plate.

 

[BC867]

Murphy -- almost. All four batters in our 9th have gone after the first pitch. 'Good to see the aggressiveness.

And . . . we've been swept in 4.

Good morning, good afternoon, good night and good ... midnight snack.

 

[thirty-two]

Ouch

 

[GatorAZ]

O’s want IF help. Give them Lamb + Chisholm and I really like Chisholm but like Lamb he can’t hit LHP. We’d have to add more but I’m not giving up Duplantier or Varsho.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Goldy, Avila and Souza... no words.

 

[Ronin]

THE GOOD

The hitting streak has now reached seven consecutive games, the D-backs’ longest active streak. In his second at-bat, David Peralta, swinging at a first-pitch changeup, ripped a two-out triple into the right-field corner. And it just so happened to drive in Ketel Marte, who had singled two batters earlier, to tie the game at 1 in the third inning. Peralta finished 1-for-5 and is now batting .323 with four RBI during the streak.

Though the D-backs haven’t won many games recently, they do continue to win manager’s challenges. The latest: A safe call overturned in the third inning. According to first base umpire Mark Ripperger, Turner just did beat the throw from Marte on a sharply hit ground ball. But after video replay review, which lasted 1:31, Turner was called out. It marked the D-backs’ 10th overturned call in 14 manager’s challenges this season.

See, the D-backs can score runs. Held to one run in each of the first three games of the series, the D-backs exploded for three in the seventh inning, tying the game at 4. Dyson plated a pair with a pinch-hit single and then two batters later, with Dyson running on the 3-2 pitch, Descalso laced a ball into the gap in right-center for an RBI double. For Descalso, who went 1-for-3 with a walk, it was his 13th RBI in his last 20 games.

 

[Ronin]

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[devilalum]

Did anybody else hear them talking about how many of the players have their own personal hitting coaches. They also mentioned that a lot of teams don’t allow this.

Maybe it’s time for a change? The current system obviously isn’t working.


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