Arizona Diamondbacks Game Preview, #121: Battle for the Basement

Archie Bradley RHP, 4-8, 4.91

Paul Clemens RHP, 2-2, 4.73

The two sides come into this four-game series with identical records of 50-70, and it probably wouldn't be much of a surprised if they split the contests and leave with identical records of 52-72. Both teams have also won 12 games since the All-Star break - the D-backs have lost one fewer - so haven't exactly experienced a second-half surge [though I was startled to discover the worst team in the majors since the break has been...the Giants at 9-21, and it's not even close, being two and a half games back of the Padres and White Sox] However, Arizona's second-half run-differential of -38 is easily the worst. Those blowout losses didn't help there.

Some notes on Tomas's 11-base performance last night. It was the highest number of total bases by a Diamondbacks in more than two years, since Goldschmidt's 12 bases (4-for-5 with two HR and two doubles) on May 17, 2014. The sole other superior performance since 2007 was Kelly Johnson's on May 30, 2011 when he had two home-runs and finished a single away from the cycle. Coincidentally, exactly a year to the day before that 12-base game, Goldy matched Yasmany's 11 bases in May 2013, going 4-for-5 with two home-runs and a double. And finally, time for an update on the walkless streaks of our active and DL'd hitters - the seven walks issues last night definitely ended a few!

• 0 games: Ahmed, Castillo, Drury, Goldschmidt, Haniger, Lamb. Tomas, Weeks
• 3 games: Bourn (14 PA)
• 4 games: Segura (15), Owings (16)
• 6 games: Gosewisch (24)
• 7 games: Herrmann (12)
• 18 games: Peralta (59)
• 27 games: Gosselin (51)