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Week 11 review
Date | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | LOB | |
Jun 14 | @ | SDP | L,1-2 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jun 15 | @ | SDP | L,4-6 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Jun 16 | @ | SDP | L,1-4 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jun 17 | MIA | L,2-3 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
Jun 18 | MIA | W,3-2 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Jun 19 | MIA | W,3-1 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
It's sad that I could have written this week's piece up before sitting down to dinner on Sunday night. Such was the comprehensive nature of the disappointing series in San Diego, with the Padres sweeping the D-backs. That ensured this line was dead in the water before the weekend ended, or the series against the Marlins have even started. There's no debate over where the problem was, as the offense averaged 2.3 runs per game, with a line for the week from Arizona hitters of .180/.230/.295, an.525 OPS. Frankly, it was something of a miracle we even reach two wins, coming from behind to take the set vs. Florida - courtesy of Cody Ross and Josh Collmenter.
A lot of people were lured in by the potential two points to be had for a push, if we'd reached exactly four wins. A lot of people lost. Indeed, looks like two of the three who actually did get it right, going for under, did so out of a sense of reverse psychology, and were hoping to be wrong. Hey, at least you got a point out of it - and, for two of them, it was their first point of the season!
- Winners (3): AzRattler, imstillhungry95 and Xipooo
- Sinners (16): AJV19, azshadowwalker, BigLeagueAZ, blank_38, Craig from Az, eel, frienetic, GuruB, Marc Fournier, piratedan7, preston.salisbury, rd33, SenSurround, TimInTucson, TolkienBard and walleye01.
Standings
- 8 points
blank_38
- 6 points
grimmy01 - 5 points
AJV19
SenSurround
TolkienBard
- 4 points
AzRattler
Craig from Az
frienetic
Gildo
JoelPre
Marc Fournier
piratedan7
- 3 points
GuruB
rd33
walleye01
- 2 points
azshadowwalker
BigLeagueAZ
eel
Maizefed
Songbird
- 1 point
Angry_Saguaro
azcougs
AzDbackfanInDc
AZfan85308
backtocali
benhat
BobRob12
BrokeNBattleX
imstillhungry95
navyazfan
Shawnwck
TimInTucson
Xipooo
- 0 points
azsportsfan31
BattleMoses
Daniel Corbin Jr.
Diamondhacks
hotclaws
leemellon
LiamNeeson
littleRoom
Muu
preston.salisbury
since_98
Surksquatch
Week 12 line
The Diamondbacks have now gone 13 consecutive games without a starting pitcher getting a W. The last one was more than two weeks ago, on June 5, when Wade Miley came out on top. Since then, the victories have gone to David Hernandez (twice), Tony Sipp, Josh Collmenter and Brad Ziegler. It's really more a curiosity than anything else: when the team has won, they've generally done so late - and in those games, the starting pitching has done their part to keep the D-backs in the game. Corbin's start against the Giants at Chase, where we won on Goldie's home-run, would be a great example.
But the bullpen has had its moments of weakness too - Hernandez had taken two losses as well, and there was also Bell's defeat in the opener against Miami. Even if they are even more useless as a metric of reliever performance, than they are for, it's still kinda weird that we're almost half-way through the season, and David has more wins to his name than Ian Kennedy or Trevor Cahill. Indeed, Patrick Corbin is the only starter with more. But we come not to discuss bullpen wins, but bullpen ERA. Six games in the upcoming week: first, three at home against the Reds, then it's off to the East, starting with three on the road in Washington. Numbers? Here you go.
Split | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | |||||
April/Mar | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.67 | 8 | 87.2 | 74 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 27 | 87 | 1 | 1.152 | 8.9 | 3.22 |
May | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.82 | 9 | 66.0 | 70 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 21 | 69 | 2 | 1.379 | 9.4 | 3.29 |
June | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.73 | 4 | 62.2 | 47 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 4 | 1.085 | 7.5 | 2.48 |
Bullpen ERA: 3.25
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!