Week 14 review
Player | Date | Opp | Rslt | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | Pit | Str | GSc |
Tyler Skaggs | 07-05 | COL | W 5-0 | W | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 65 | 80 |
Wade Miley | 07-06 | COL | W 11-1 | W | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 101 | 64 | 72 |
Patrick Corbin | 07-07 | COL | W 6-1 | W | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 97 | 67 | 81 |
Randall Delgado | 07-08 | LAD | L 1-6 | L | 6.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 63 | 41 |
Ian Kennedy | 07-09 | LAD | L 1-6 | L | 5.2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 69 | 28 |
Tyler Skaggs | 07-10 | LAD | L 5-7 | 4.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 58 | 35 | |
Wade Miley | 07-11 | MIL | W 5-3 | W | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 109 | 74 | 58 |
The projected line for starter innings this week was 42 1/2, and the Diamondbacks get off to a roaring start during the series against the Rockies, all three men working eight innings, to give the bullpen a breather after a tough road-trip. An excellent trio of performances saw a 3-0 record with an ERA of just 0.75, and left our starters needing only 19 innings over the next four games to reach the line. However, the Dodgers proved significantly tougher, and our pitchers proved increasingly fleeting, capping with Skaggs' outing in the finale, which last only one out into the fifth, and left our relievers once again exhausted.
Coming into the final line, Wade Miley needed to go three innings (technically, 2.2 would have done), and it looked pretty flaky early on. He allowed four hits and two runs in a 22-pitch first, another hit in the second before being helped out by a caught stealing, and another run with one out in the third. But Miley settled down, at one point retiring 13 batters in a row. If the bullpen had been rested, he might have been pulled for a pinch hitter in the fifth, with offense at a premium. But in the end he did everything we could have wanted, soldiering on through eight innings for the second time this week, keeping the D-backs in the game and earning the W.
That brought the final tally for the week to 48 innings, clearly above the line. Betting was even on this round, with exactly half the punters opting for over, and half under. Here are the tallies for the week.
- Winners (7): AJV19, AzRattler, blank_38, imstillhungry95, rd33, TolkienBard, xmet
- Sinners (7): AzDbackfanInDc, azshadowwalker, grimmy01, GuruB, JoelPre, piratedan7, preston.salisbury
Standings
- 10 points
blank_38
- 8 points
AJV19
grimmy01
- 7 points
TolkienBard
- 6 points
Gildo
JoelPre
piratedan7
SenSurround
- 5 points
AzRattler
rd33
walleye01
- 4 points
Angry_Saguaro
Craig from Az
frienetic
GuruB
Marc Fournier
- 3 points
azshadowwalker
BigLeagueAZ
imstillhungry95
- 2 points
AzDbackfanInDc
eel
FlannelFlapjacks
Maizefed
Songbird
TimInTucson
xmet
- 1 point
azcougs
AZfan85308
babakolo
backtocali
benhat
BobRob12
BrokeNBattleX
Muu
navyazfan
porty99
preston.salisbury
Shawnwck
Xipooo
- 0 points
azsportsfan31
BattleMoses
Daniel Corbin Jr.
Diamondhacks
hotclaws
leemellon
LiamNeeson
littleRoom
since_98
Surksquatch
Week 15 line
It's a short week, since we just have the three games leading up to the All-Star break. Monday through Wednesday cover that, and then there's a scheduled off-day to start the second-half of the season, so this line covers only the remainder of the Milwaukee series. Let's go with a number that combines all aspects of the game, both offense and defense. How many runs will the D-backs outscore the Brewers the rest of the way? So that's the total number of runs scored by Arizona, minus the runs scored by Milwaukee. All runs count, be they earned, unearned, in regulation or extra innings. The usual selection of stats so far:
- D-backs runs per game (overall): 4.25
- D-backs runs per game (home): 4.44
- D-backs runs per game (last ten): 4.50
- Brewers runs per game (overall): 3.95
- Brewers runs per game (road): 3.77
- Brewers runs per game (last ten): 3.70
My expectations are the D-backs will take two of the three games, with one a blow-out and the other a narrow victory. The Brewers will win one, but it won't be by that much. Putting it all together, the projected line is:
Diamondbacks run differential: +3½
Usual rules. Will the team be over or under? Tell us in the comments, by first pitch Friday at Chase Field (6:40pm). Get it right, and get a point - results next week, at some point during the break.