A walkoff win, in extra innings, against a division rival, to end a pretty nice home stand. That's a good game of baseball.
Recaps:
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[DBacks.com] Upton's bloop single gives D-backs walk-off win - Really, though, take a second to look at this home stand. Sure, we would have liked to win the series against the Cubs, but for your 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks, going 6-4 and winning two series against division leaders who were a combined 32-15 coming into our park? That's a nice stretch of games.
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[FS Arizona] Late heroics lift D-backs past Rockies - Really, heroics all through the game- if you hold the other team to only two runs, you have to be happy with the defense and pitching all around.
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[AZ Central] Diamondbacks rally to beat Rockies in 11 innings - I don't know about you, but in my eyes, no win is quite so nice as when you get to the opposing team's vaunted closer.
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[Denver Post] Huston Street, Rockies lament game that got away vs. Arizona - "The Diamondbacks begged the Rockies to take the series, to head to San Francisco with a five-game lead in the National League West. And Colorado re-gifted it." Really? Holding your team to two runs and then fighting back against your top closer is begging the Rockies to win the series? Whatever, dude.
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[DBacks.com] NL West rivals face off in San Diego - We've already played the Cubs seven times, but this is our first game against San Diego? Weird. We've all heard how ineffective the Padres offense has been this season- hopefully this will let our starting rotation have some good outings and calm down.
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[FS Arizona] Today on FOX Sports Arizona: D-backs at Padres, 6:45 p.m. - The Diamondbacks did their part to disrupt the Padres playoff run last year by sweeping them the last time we played. It'd be nice to continue that trend.
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[SBN Arizona] Arizona Diamondbacks Square Off With San Diego Padres For Control Of NL West Cellar - A battle for last place? Son, we're a half game out of being tied for second!
DBacks News:
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[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks consider .300 a hitting landmark - It's a pretty solid bench mark of a good season at the plate- it'd be nice if more of our team could do it.
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[Sign On San Diego] This time, ex-Padres GM Towers on other side of duel - Kevin Towers talked to the San Diego paper about the Diamondbacks and his return to PetCo Park. "I’m sure it’ll be awkward." Ah, don't worry about it, just beat the Padres badly and walk away laughing.
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[DBacks.com] Enright's replacement in rotation TBD - We won't need a fifth starter until the 14th, so we'll have to wait for a solid answer on who will fill in until Duke's return.
Around Baseball:
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[SI.com] MLB considering plan to deal with alcohol-related incidents - Six incidents already this year, and it generally draws less attention from MLB than what managers say on Twitter.
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[Big League Stew] Mark Reynolds’ big drop in Ks might not be a good thing - "The new Reynolds is a lot closer to what Kevin Towers wanted — a man who wouldn't strike out so damn much. But cutting the strikeouts may have been like cutting Samson's hair. Without his earth-shattering swings, everything else about his offensive game is just slightly less imposing." Sadface.
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[Beyond the Box Score] The Kansas City Royals Blunder by Calling Up Eric Hosmer - Everyone who revels in the thought about how the Royals have such a great farm system should remember that having a good system isn't the same as using it well. Sure, Hosmer's hitting .439 in the PCL, but he was in High-A ball a year ago. And he's ready to start in the majors now?
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[ESPN] Bill Buckner will work the Chicago Cubs-Boston Red Sox game on May 20 - C'mon, guys, you can't go halfway on this. Put Buckner and Steve Bartman in the booth.