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Special bonus trip to Chase Field for us this evening, courtesy of a kind SnakePitter who gave us tickets to the game [thanks again!]. It's probably for the best, as SnakePit Jr. is recording the first edition of his Nerdy Radio podcast [in his parents' basement, where else?], so we would otherwise be forced to creep around the house on tippy-toes. Factoid of the day: only the Brewers have more wins in the majors than the D-backs since the All-Star break. We'll be trying to chase Milwaukee down; they take on Pittsburgh in their final series.
Bonus factoid. A win for Hudson tonight would give Arizona two players with 17 wins - no side has managed that at time of writing. Though this may change, because pitching tonight, as well as Hudson, the Phillies' Cliff Lee and Angels' Dan Haren. Both are 16-game winners with team-mates who're already at 17 or more. Here's tonight's provisional line-up. It won't be firmly set until after batting practice, but it's good to see that Justin Upton is even tentatively present, after getting his bell rung by Lincescum last night...
- Ryan Roberts 3B
- Aaron Hill 2B
- Justin Upton RF
- Miguel Montero C
- Paul Goldschmidt 1B
- Chris Young CF
- Collin Cowgill LF
- John McDonald SS
- Daniel Hudson P
Recap will be a bit delayed, as I meander back from the game. I'll probably get SnakeSounds up fairly quickly on my return to SnakePit Towers, and then work on the rest of things.