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Diamondbacks Lineup
- A.J. Pollock - CF
- Gerardo Parra - RF
- Paul Goldschmidt - 1B
- Miguel Montero - C
- Martin Prado - 3B
- Aaron Hill - 2B
- Chris Owings - SS
- Ender Inciarte - LF
- Chase Anderson - P
The original line-up had Cliff Pennington at SS, but his hand was still giving him a bit of grief, after he tried to tag Cabrera last night. No cause for concern - not that I think many SnakePitters will be concerned about anything which see Owings in the line-up instead of Pennington. The only other change sees Cody Ross sitting, with Inciarte replacing him in RF. Perhaps seeing the departure of Marte will inspire Inciarte to improve on a spectacularly-low OPS of .246. That's lower than the batting average of every other position player in the line-up tonight, which can only merit a "Well done!"
Many pitchers win their major-league debuts: we've already had nine this year, and there have been 218 all told, since the Diamondbacks started playing. Win your first two appearances? A lot rarer, but it still happens: 46 occasions since 1998 - interestingly, Chase Anderson isn't the only current Diamondback to have done it, as Oliver Perez also won his first two games in the majors, as a Padre back in 2002. But three? Now you're talking the elite. Ten players in the past 17 seasons, including former/never-was Diamondback Randy Wolf, and Alexi Ogando, who somehow managed it with three relief appearances! Here are all ten:
| Player | W | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | Tm | |||
| Clay Buchholz | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0.94 | BOS |
| Gerrit Cole | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 3.44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1.04 | PIT |
| Jeremy Hellickson | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0.60 | TBR |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 1.19 | LAD |
| Jason Jennings | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 1.14 | COL |
| Scott Lewis | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1.00 | CLE |
| Alexi Ogando | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.79 | TEX |
| Doug Waechter | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0.98 | TBD |
| Jered Weaver | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0.72 | LAA |
| Randy Wolf | Ind. Games | 3 | 0 | 1.74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 1.11 | PHI |
Chase Anderson can join them, if he picks up the W tonight. For what it's worth, the record-holder over that time is Jered Weaver, who won his first seven games, and went 9-0 before tasting defeat at all.