SnakeBytes, 9/6: Holiday Edition

A dropped series against the Astros, but we take the field again today against the Giants.  We can get right back to the business of disrupting playoff plans.

Recaps:

• [dbacks.com] Missed opportunities hurt in D-backs' loss - "I was out by a long way, too, so maybe I should have stopped at third." If only Joel Youngblood had thought the same thing.

• [azcentral.com] Arizona Diamondbacks drop series finale to Houston Astros - Oone pitch in the first was pretty much the difference in the game. "If I could have kept it down, I could have ended up with a ground ball. But who knows, it was a slider that stayed up in the zone and stayed a strike the whole time."

• [foxsportsarizona.com] D-backs edged by Astros 3-2 - There was a lot of focus on that play Hester made to flatten the Astros catcher, Jason Castro. They played together at Stanford, so I'm a little curious what their history is like.

Previews:

• [miamiherald.com] San Francisco Giants (76-61) at Arizona Diamondbacks (56-81) - Thanks to the Padres slide, the Giants are now just a game out of first for the division title. And they never even say thank you for all those times we beat San Diego.

• [cbssports.com] Giants-Diamondbacks Preview - Madison Bumgarner has one start against the DBacks, back in July, and he kept us to two runs in seven innings, so we'll need to do better than that.

• [mlb.com] Giants look to continue climb vs. D-backs - Ian Kennedy is 5-2 since the All Star break? Obviously, someone knows how to win.

Dbacks News:

• [dbacks.com] Kroenke knows he has to wait turn in 'pen - Kroenke's parents are waiting in town for his debut- hard to know when it'll happen if you're in the bullpen.

• [azcentral.com] Ryan Roberts’ low-rent housing in Reno - Where did Ryan Roberts live during his last trip to Reno? The clubhouse. As long as he didn't get caught. The glamor of professional baseball!

• [dbacks.com] Johnson's homer strikes a kid in the stands - If you missed the unfortunate victim of Kelly Johnson's home run yesterday, here's a video recap. I missed that they gave him a contract, someone must have been talking over the game.  (Or everyone.)

Around Baseball:

• [fangraphs.com] Felix Is King - Over his last six starts, Felix Hernandez has thrown 45 innings and allowed 1 earned run.

• [mlb.com] Twins win the game on disputed final out - Without a doubt, one of the weirdest ends to a game you will see this season.

• [yahoo.com] Padres just scratch their heads as losing streak reaches 10 - Ten straight losses. Ah, that's fun.

• [mlb.com] Emotional Mazeroski honored with statue - A great tribute to a great player- watch the video of his speech.