Snake Bytes, 6/8: Giant Slayer Edition

Patrick Corbin continued his dominant ways and Paul Goldschmidt provided a 3-run go-ahead home run late to lift the Diamondbacks over the division rival San Francisco Giants.

By James Attwood@JamesDAttwood Jun 8, 2013, 10:06am EDT

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"Affeldt is as tough on righties as he is on lefties," Goldschmidt said. "He's not a left-handed specialist. He comes in there and pitches a whole inning. I had a feeling they were going to come at me. I just wanted to get a good pitch to hit, whatever it was, and be ready to hit it. It ended up being a fastball."

Paul Goldschmidt on facing Jeremy Affeldt in the 8^th inning

"It was a dumb pitch, dumb location, dumb selection," said Affeldt, who took the loss and is now 1-2. "Stupid. I didn't want to throw it there. I take full responsibility. The loss is on me."

Jeremy Affeldt on making the mistake to Goldschmidt

"I'm mean, I make my decisions and he makes his decisions," Gibson said. "He's won two world championships. I don't think I'm going to tell 'Boch' what he's doing right or wrong. I think he's been pretty damn good and a guy I look up to and respect. He's a guy I learned a lot from and I'm privileged to be able to talk to him about a lot of things. Just observe. He knows what he's doing."

Kirk Gibson on Bruce Bochy's decision to allow a left-hander to face Goldschmidt

Daily Diamondback Digest

Paul the Giant Slayer

Patrick Corbin had another fantastic outing as he faced off against San Francisco ace Matt Cain. It looked like Cain was on the verge of coming away with a 1-0 win, handing Corbin his first loss of the season, when Paul Goldschmidt launched a 2-0 pitch to the opposite field bleachers for a 3-run home run. The win allowed Corbin to escape with a tough luck no decision and kept the Diamondbacks undefeated in Corbin's starts.

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