No Piracy In The Desert: D'Backs 9, Pirates 1 - 4/9/10

by pygalgia on Apr 10, 2010 1:22 AM EDT

I had this fantasy that my first recap would be the Diamondbacks winning a 12-0 no-hitter. But reality frequently falls short of my fantasies. Fortunately, tonight didn't fall too short.

In fact, it was a pretty fantastic game....

Although the start could have made you nervous. Rodrigo Lopez loaded the bases, despite some solid defense (and, yes Upton has an arm), in the first. But no harm, no foul. The main worry looked to be pitch count. But a nice 1-2-3 second helped.

It was anybody's game until the third. Lopez notched another 'nervous' "0", and then our bats woke up. Our LaRoche got a 2 RBI hit, driving in Lopez and CoJack. The bases got loaded the hard way, with a scary HBP on Reynolds hand. And our Chris Young hit a popup...into the seats. A CY grand slam, six-nothing. Yeah, that Chris Young...the one some folks gave up on.

Two more runs in the fourth, with LaRoche almost scoring another one at the plate. Wait until he gets warmed up.

Lopez seemed to settle in with the lead, finally yielding a run in the sixth. If he can keep this up, he'll fill the fourth/fifth starter role quite nicely.

Nice numbers:

Chris Young 3/4, 5 RBI, GS HR

Adam LaRoche 2/3, 2RBI

Miguel Montero 2/4, 1RBI

Kelly Johnson 2/4

Rodrigo Lopez 6 inning, 6 hits, 1 ER.

And the bullpen: Vasquez, Rosales, and Howry each with a scoreless inning.

TV broadcast gave us Luis Gonzalez on color commentary, which was a pleasant change of pace. While Luis was low-key, his observations were astute.

Not sure how to do the roll call, but over 900 comments as I'm finishing this. Sorry to see the streak of quad digits end, but we were running slightly short handed.

[Edit by Jim] Nice victory! And good to see Lopez all but shut down the Padres. I think his next start is against LA, which might be a slightly more difficult task... Anyway, here are the fangraphs and rollcall, thanks to pygalgia for his work on the recap - it'll be on the Yahoo, etc. pages shortly, so you can call up all your friends and point it out to them. :-)

Master of his domain: Chris Young, +19.8%
Honorable mentions: Rodrigo Lopez, +19.1%, Adam LaRoche, +10.7%
God-emperor of suck: Miguel Montero, -6.1%

Present in the Gameday Thread: Wailord, kishi, hotclaws, NASCARbernet, katers, Zephon, mfan2010, DbacksSkins, SenSurround, pygalgia, Jdub220, BattleMoses, unnamedDBacksfan, Trogluddite, ibdb (welcome to the Pi!), Rockkstarr12, brian custer, eel, Fiona, LoveMyDbacks, SeanMillerSavior, txzona, Azreous, soco, DKuon, emilylovesthedbacks and singaporedbacksfan. 'Skins was the Chris Young of the night, with NASCARbernet in the role of Rodrigo Lopez, and the part of Adam LaRoche was played by wailord.

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Good to see someone else on recap duty

Always fun to see the variety of voices we have here. It was a good game, and the new Dbacks this year look to put in some serious work throughout the season.

Dude, we went fishing in Cabo.

by Wailord on Apr 10, 2010 1:38 AM EDT reply actions

New things

scare me.

All targets neutralized. Program completed. By your command.

by soco on Apr 10, 2010 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions

I get scarier things at breakfast.

Key to the game: Score More

by pygalgia on Apr 10, 2010 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions

So do I

I get to clean out two litter trays

Hey, Vasquez,have you ever been mistaken for a man ?
No, have you?

by hotclaws on Apr 10, 2010 5:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Four; and my rescue with the broken leg has terrible accuracy with the turd-cutter. :)

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Um...

welcome to the Snakepit?

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Much obliged, and glad to be here.

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus, cat crap is my morning! (Peggy Hill, “Oh – Yeah.”) Thanks, again. :)

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

You rescue just cats?

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 10, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

So far.

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Good job and

Welcome to the Pit

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 10, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you, x 2. :)

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

As a certified cat nutter,

I say hello

Hey, Vasquez,have you ever been mistaken for a man ?
No, have you?

by hotclaws on Apr 10, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Hello, to you.

Your avatar picture is freakin’ adorable!

by jj24 on Apr 10, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

that’s Hannah for ya…

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Ahhh....

I think I understand now.

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I had to read it again like

5 times before I picked up on it too.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 11, 2010 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions

we have a ton of weapons

every player 1-8 is a home run threat. and even though the biggest highlight today had to be cy’s grand slam, we also generated five runs without the long ball….which can only be a good thing

by mfan2010 on Apr 10, 2010 2:01 AM EDT reply actions

possibility

of jarrod washburn coming to the dbacks? would this be a good thing?

he’s homer-prone…low groundball rates…low strikeout rates…though his career BABIP is very low as well (he can’t be relying on good defense EVERY year can he?)

if he’s really deciding between arizona and cleveland though, i feel like arizona has to be a more likely destination…at least in the sense of being closer to making it to the playoffs

by mfan2010 on Apr 10, 2010 2:29 AM EDT reply actions

Hmmm....

where’d you hear that?

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 5:59 AM EDT up reply actions

I was surprised

that Washburn was still a free agent, but then I saw who his agent was. If he rejected 5M, which seems more than fair for an aging, mediocre pitcher to play in his home state or any state, then I don’t see how he’d get down here.

by eel on Apr 10, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Yay

Wake up to a win always nice and good to see AlR getting into the swing of it

Time for another drink then?

http://www.wimbles.wordpress.com

by Wimb on Apr 10, 2010 4:34 AM EDT reply actions

Ahh, Jim beat me to it.

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 5:55 AM EDT reply actions

washburn to az

There was a tweet from tim brown with yahoo sports.

by Dash13 on Apr 10, 2010 9:59 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Rumor Here

http://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/11915823532
I wouldn’t make too much of it, as Washburn (Boras) will want a big chunk of change, and would be a huge risk.
Yeah, we could use a reliable 5th starter until Webb returns. But the solid start by Lopez makes the situation much less urgent.

Key to the game: Score More

by pygalgia on Apr 10, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions

On the other hand

Boras says that Washburn will need about three weeks to be ready. Also, Boras claims that there are “as many as five clubs” after Washburn. Sure…

"Do we hug?" "I think we're too manly."

by kishi on Apr 10, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Do those five clubs include

Yokohama and Sienna?

by NASCARbernet on Apr 10, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

They include

the Tucson Toros

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Okay, that's three. . .

by NASCARbernet on Apr 10, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus

the Dbacks and Indians, apparently. That makes 5.

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep.

And Pismo Beach.

by Azreous on Apr 10, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't be ridiculous

Pismo Beach would make it six, and Boras specifically said five clubs were interested.

I just hate it when people exaggerate.

by NASCARbernet on Apr 10, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

You can

never have too much pitching…

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

What

if our 25 man roster was only pitchers?

All targets neutralized. Program completed. By your command.

by soco on Apr 10, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, Haren can hit?

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

And Lopez got a hit last night?

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Micah Owings

proved the premise. Oh, and that George H. Ruth guy, too. He was a pitcher.

by NASCARbernet on Apr 10, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

George Herman Ruth?

Yeah… not ringing any bells.

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, he was olde school

like, he played before there was the designated hacker.

by NASCARbernet on Apr 10, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Striker to the line!

I am disappointed that the vintage baseball season is over for the year.

"Do we hug?" "I think we're too manly."

by kishi on Apr 10, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude.

I thought the DH dated back to like the 1400s…

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I was there.

It was awesome. We were in the “Uptown” section. Some ASU freshmen who were hammered had the crowd going and made the game that much more fun. Chris Young’s GS was the shiznit and it went a long way.

Steam Rollin' Cub's fans like an 18 wheeler with a drunk driver driving. There's no survivin'.

by edbigghead on Apr 10, 2010 10:37 AM EDT reply actions

Certainly sounds fun.

Glad the section’s off to a good start!

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Good win

Sorry I missed the gameday thread, was busy all night and watched the game on DVR after midnight.

Also will miss it tonight, because I’ll be at the game! First D-Back game for me this year. Get to see Haren and the Pirates’ “Ace”. Can’t wait.

4-1, here we come.

Well there's your problem!

by JoeStock on Apr 10, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions

Awesome!!

Plz knock on wood for the “4-1, here we come” comment, though.

Take pictures!

I keep trying to reset my password to "penis", but it keeps telling me "too short".

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Here's to another game

without any errors.

Great catches from CoJack and CY.

No sure how I feel about the Washburn rumors yet. I think switching to the NL will help, but as mentioned before, he doesn’t strike out a whole lot of people and gives up a lot of FO.

But if he has similar stuff to what Lopez had last night then I’ll take it.

by andymike on Apr 10, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions