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Gameday Thread, #46: 5/21 vs. Marlins

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Arizona @ Florida


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Brandon Webb
RHP, 9-0, 2.56
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Ricky Nolasco
RHP, 2-3, 5.18

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The Marlins are certainly talking bravely about today's game, with Wes Helms saying, "Webb is definitely off to a hot start, but every pitcher is bound to lose some time." While technically true, nine teams have said much the same thing this year, and all nine have found themselves going down. The current Marlins roster is batting .213 (13-for-63) lifetime against him, with only three RBI - Luis Gonzalez is the only player with double-digit plate-appearances, having gone 4-for-12.

I would have thought Florida, with its humidity, would be great for Webb's sinker, but he has an ERA of 4.91 there; that trails only Citizens' Bank in Phillie [5.09] among the thirteen venues where he has made three or more starts. However, he hasn't pitched there since 2005, and Webb v.2008 is a very, very different - and greatly superior - model to the one from three seasons back. This season, he has been utterly money in the bank, and if our offense, defense and base-running can be better than they were yesterday, I see now reason why it shouldn't be 10-0 for Webb by the end of the day.

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Yesterday was the latest chapter in the story we’ve seen all season which is that the D-Backs’ bats apparently go to sleep on the road. The exception has been that Webb has received healthy run support on the road with the D-Backs giving him four or more in every game except the duel against Peavy at Petco. While there is always a chance that Webb will get lit up (happens occasionally to best pitchers), my guess is that Webb’s first loss will result from lack of offense. Hence, my prediction: Webb gets 4 or more tonight then he gets a win or a no-decision.

by UofAZGrad on May 21, 2008 6:23 PM EDT   0 recs

10-0 would be great

Let’s go BrandonBacks =x ^^

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 6:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Probably won't be around 'til later for this one,

but I’ll be listening. GO DBACKS! PUT WEBBY ON THE EXPRESS TRAIN TO 10-0VILLE!!

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 21, 2008 6:50 PM EDT   0 recs

I agree absolutely

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on May 21, 2008 6:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The lineup

  1. C. Young cf .253
  2. S. Drew ss .280
  3. O. Hudson .304
  4. C. Jackson .306
  5. J. Upton rf .310
  6. E. Byrnes lf .218
  7. M. Reynolds 3b .234
  8. C. Snyder c .269
  9. B. Webb p .105

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 6:55 PM EDT   0 recs

I see

The Rockies coughed up two in the ninth and one in the tenth to lose to the Giants today.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 6:57 PM EDT   0 recs

Evening all

Lets do it :)

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on May 21, 2008 7:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Lineup

I hate seeing Snyder bat eight, especially with Reynolds and Byrnes in slump mode. At first I was thinking they should drop Reynolds to eighth, but I’m not sure if that’d really help him get out of the slump. He’d probably draw a few more walks at the very least.

by Zephon on May 21, 2008 7:02 PM EDT   0 recs

No Hanley tonight.

Amezaga gets the start at short.

by Zephon on May 21, 2008 7:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Would be good

To get the pitch count up early considering we burned their bullpen last night, good to see Drew battling

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on May 21, 2008 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Dreeeewwwww

.o/

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on May 21, 2008 7:16 PM EDT   0 recs

cojack pops out

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

cojack pops out

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Great start

For Webby! 11 pitches :)

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on May 21, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

3 up 3 down

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

3 up 3 down

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

That Brandon Webb kid is pretty good.

by Azreous on May 21, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Three up

Three ground-outs. Good start.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Got to say

The offence doesn’t look good so far :(

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on May 21, 2008 7:32 PM EDT   0 recs

K-nolds out

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Man, did Reynolds look bad or what?

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he went blank on 3 fastballs =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he went blank on 3 fastballs =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm beginning to wonder

if Byrnes should put a call into Colletti and inquire about the availability of Andy Laroche.

by dahlian on May 21, 2008 7:35 PM EDT   0 recs

great K by Webb

his changeup just goes better and better

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:38 PM EDT   0 recs

Always good

To retire Uggla.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 7:39 PM EDT   0 recs

why is snyder trying to bunt? o.O

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

why is snyder trying to bunt? o.O

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Man, these Marlins’ announcers are a couple of cold fish.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

they're boring

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

they said we are 1-40 in the last 5 games against opposing starters on 1st time thru lineup

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:49 PM EDT   0 recs

that's interesting

considering how many runs we had been scoring the first.

by luckycc on May 21, 2008 7:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That doesn’t surprise me too much. We sure haven’t been hitting the ball early lately.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Another 1-2-3 for Webby!

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 7:54 PM EDT   0 recs

pitch count through 3:

Webby 35
Nolasco 45

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 7:55 PM EDT   0 recs

WE NEED SOME RUNNNNNZZZZ

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:56 PM EDT   0 recs

YEAH!!

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:58 PM EDT   0 recs

Wolf with the lead off BOMB!

Sweet!!!

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 7:58 PM EDT   0 recs

WE NEED SOME RUNNNNNZZZZ

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 7:58 PM EDT   0 recs

great pitching match up

from the looks of it so far, two possible cy young winners going at it.

You can stand under my umbrella

by unnamedDBacksfan on May 21, 2008 8:00 PM EDT   0 recs

I hate this silverlight player of mlb.tv =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:03 PM EDT   0 recs

channnnngeup

K

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:05 PM EDT   0 recs

There goes Webby’s perfecto. :-(

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:06 PM EDT   0 recs

dam =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:06 PM EDT   0 recs

K-nolds almost got it on the glove

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:07 PM EDT   0 recs

4 scoreless for Webby.

That’ll work.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:08 PM EDT   0 recs

More nice work from Webb.

Now for someone other than Stephen Drew to show up.

by Azreous on May 21, 2008 8:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Penelope thought that a little mojo might help our bats wake up.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:12 PM EDT   0 recs

I like the Marlins guy joining Sutton.

Giving us some good information

by Augie's Army on May 21, 2008 8:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Byrnes

Too sick of him for words to describe

by LucaMaz3 on May 21, 2008 8:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Grace almost letin us know that Gonzo was juiced when they meet =X

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Snydes with the solid 2 bagger off the high wall!

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Well, we got through the pitchers spot.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Damn that Webb for not sliding face first into 1st base. Just kidding!

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:21 PM EDT   0 recs

lol

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If only

Snyder was not batting in the #8 hole… Considering how hot he has been in May, he needs to be ahead of both Byrnes and Reynolds.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 8:21 PM EDT   0 recs

and drew has to hit 3rd

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Today I hate Gonzo.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Owings was K'd 3 times yesterday? =O

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah

One less the J-Up. :-(

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

good bye Uggla

always nice to see a guy who we got away sucking =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

What?

You mean you didn’t get the memo? It’s official D-backs company policy to give away all our best players, so that we can then pay tens of millions to veteran replacements, who aren’t as good as the ones we gave away…

:-(

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 8:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ouch! Gonzo smoked that change and CY drops turns it into 3 bags.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

dam u gonzo

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

I’m at work until 7pm tonight. So, I won’t be around much. Hope the D-Backs win another for Webby.

by SongBird on May 21, 2008 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Webb is looking pretty good so far, but as I’m typing that, Gonzo hits a triple…

"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."

by kishi on May 21, 2008 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

your fault them

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on May 21, 2008 8:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

squeeze? fuck off

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:28 PM EDT   0 recs

How about CY screwing up the play? Should have been a double.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Ouch! tie game but you gotta love the suicide squeeze play.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Ouch again. :-(

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:29 PM EDT   0 recs

poop

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Not that I thought one run would be enough to beat the Marlins, but my confidence in our guys to get more runs is pretty low.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

the way our offense is going

I’ll start to slice an apple…

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

Dammit

And there goes the lead, turned into a deficit in the space of two batters. The offense had BETTER wake up next inning.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

It’s our 3rd time through and the top of our order is due up. Time to break out!

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Frelling, pissing hell

My computer throws a wobbly.I go to another one just in time to hear the total pig up that happened.Grrrr

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on May 21, 2008 8:33 PM EDT   0 recs

dammit

I just hate our ability to suck against the worst pitchers of the world… they always pitch like CY against us =[

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:36 PM EDT   0 recs

Cantu can not…...come down with that foul pop up.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:37 PM EDT   0 recs

Now a bb to O-Dawg.

Sweet!

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

deja vu

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hooray

Someone finally shows some plate discipline, and Hudson walks. Now, let’s take advantage.

by Jim McLennan on May 21, 2008 8:38 PM EDT   0 recs

hudson got a break there

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:38 PM EDT   0 recs

dammit

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:40 PM EDT   0 recs

man on no outs

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Hopefully our offense shows up next inning

by SongBird on May 21, 2008 8:48 PM EDT   0 recs

The offense better show up sometime soon with so many upcoming road games.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:51 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah. I am starting to get really concerned about our road performance.

by SongBird on May 21, 2008 8:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

C'mon JUp

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on May 21, 2008 8:51 PM EDT   0 recs

I wish Gracie would quit mentioning this guy’s 5.0 plus ERA.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:52 PM EDT   0 recs

we cant hit a dam nolasco fastball WTF

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:53 PM EDT   0 recs

A lead off bb for J-Up!

That’s a start.

by foulpole on May 21, 2008 8:53 PM EDT   0 recs

steal it j-up

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by Muu on May 21, 2008 8:54 PM EDT   0 recs

might not be such a good idea.

by TwinnerA on May 21, 2008 8:55 PM EDT to parent up