AZ Snake Pit - Game #141: 9/10, Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Francisco Giants 11An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2016-09-11T00:20:01-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/126382752016-09-11T00:20:01-04:002016-09-11T00:20:01-04:00D-backs 3, Giants 11: Beercap: The Final One....
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<p>This season is blessedly coming to a close. EddBigHead and I beercap this game of games....</p> <p><b> Record: 58-83. Pace: 67-95. Change on 2015: -10. </b></p>
<h5>Beer 1: Chronic Ale (Turambar & Ed)</h5>
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<li>Well here we are. Hurrah. At least the beer will comfort us, along with the giant novelty pizza Ed bought.</li>
<li>Bradley with a solid, no blood, 1st. We're both skeptical if that theme will endure, but we shall see.</li>
<li>"Oh look .289, which is 80pts higher then Ahmed hit, ever!!!!" Shouted Ed, referencing Owings batting prowess. 1-2-3 Go the Dbacks and our drinkings will soon hit a new level. 0-0 after the 1st.</li>
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<h5>Beer 2: OHSO Hoppy (Ed) ...same for Turambar</h5>
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<li>"Bradley aged 15yrs when that ball hit his face." As we debate why Bradley looks so old.</li>
<li>We must have hurt Bradley's feelings as Panic hits a double to bring in the mildly homeless looking Pence, or a cheaper Mugatu. 0-1 Gigantes</li>
<li>Bradley does us the kindness of not allowing any further runs, which thus allows Ed a much deserved smoke break.</li>
<li> "Tomas drives the moving van to 1st base." An apt comment on Tomas's running skills, and the only entertaining moment of the bottom of the 2nd.<br> </li>
<li>In other Tomas news his glove comes into embarrassing focus with yet another Panic hit coming his way and Tomas then misplays said hit off the wall for an unsurprising error. 0-2 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a>.</li>
<li>Crawford then adds on to this inning of failure with a double to bring things to 0-3. Nice. More beer please......</li>
<li>Well, now we're at the 8th hit of the game off Bradley and any hope seems to have faded for him to take control here. That 8th hit given up to Cueto......let that sink in. <strike> 0-4 Giants </strike>A wild pitch makes me have to amend that score.....0-5 Giants going in to the bottom of the 3rd.<br> </li>
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<h5>Beer 3: Blazing World by Modern Times (Ed & Turambar)</h5>
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<li>An appropriate beer for us to consume. So "dank" in nature that it leaves you with some slim hope that it may get you high and thus help one forget such a game and such a season.<br> </li>
<li>O'Brien! There is a vague amount of hope! Very vague, but there, as he crushes a solo shot to Left Field. 1-5 Gigantes.</li>
<li>Hope though it limited to O'Brien and O'Brien alone as no one else seems to want to win. Still 1-5 going in to the 4th.</li>
<li>just handed Turambar my baby. so many feels. so much content. <br> </li>
<li>the giants have 11 hits. our pitching is awesome. our pitching coach is god. <br> </li>
<li>the baby is crying. Turambar has zero infant skills. <br> </li>
<li>Anton Segura helping turn the most excellent double play. Luxurious. Resplendent. Truly.</li>
<li>"Oh oh oh O'Brien. O'Brien Auto Parts." Our conversations have devolved in to meaningless jingles. Truly this is a season of horrors.</li>
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<h5>Beer 4: speaking of horrors, enter Michelob Ultra</h5>
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<li>So. It's come to this....At least our abs will be totally shredded by end of game....according to the commercials.<br> </li>
<li>Capt. Homeless (Pence) ruins our already bad viewing day with a solo shot. Good thing Butcher is keeping our pitching staff on task this year.....oh..wait.. 1-6 Giants</li>
<li>Another hit. Another run. Another beer.....1-7 Giants</li>
<li>Ed here. Gawd dammit! This season we were supposed to be a colossus. And yet we fail. Someone check the stats on that. <br> </li>
<li>Thankfully we're well stocked on beer. About the only thing keeping us away from ritual suicide at this point as ........wait....we scored a run! Praise be! 2-7 Giants going in to the 8th.</li>
<li>Bad feelings resume in the 8th as Bracho .....fails at life 2-8 Giants<br> </li>
<li>Whats everyone's .war? <br> </li>
<li>Should I just read fansided and bleacher reports or should I watch a game? Why hasn't Uptopn won a WS or even been mentioned for the HOF? <br> </li>
<li>Who's coming to Brute Squad Fest, SPF on the 30th? you? you are? We have many heckling targets. WE WILL STAY ON TARGET. <br> </li>
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<h5>Double return and Turambar is floating, the trees are calling him near. you've got to find out why....</h5>
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<li>Look bros. We will see you soon. VERY SOON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTENT IRL. <br> </li>
<li>BELLS AND WHISTLES AND LUXURY AND EXQUISITE AND TRUMP BY JIM. <br> </li>
<li>SEE YOU STAT GUYS SOOOOOOOON. </li>
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<p><b>Mournful bells and sad whistles, like a ghost train in the distance, by Jim</b></p>
<p>The game was on in the background, as we had dinner with Mrs. SnakePit's visiting cousin and his wife. So that was a pleasing distraction from the awfulness which was the game. It didn't help my DVR inexplicably decided to go into record mode, so I turned the game on to see 45 minutes of pre-game show. "My mistake, must have been a 6:10pm start," thought I as Todd Walsh moved his lips. It was only when I went to the Gameday Thread and discovered 100+ comments that I figured out what had happened. Hit the "Live" button on the remote... And it's suddenly 5-0 Giants. Well, let's not bother, shall we?</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2016-09-10&team=Diamondbacks&dh=0&season=2016"><img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7078809/chart.0.png" alt="chart.0.png"></a><br>[<i>Click to enlarge, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Roast pork: <span>Patrick Corbin</span>, +5.4%<br><i>Avocado: <span>Archie Bradley</span>, -28.9%</i></b></p>
<p align="left">Hey, the graph above bears a close resemblance to my level of interest in the 2016 baseball season! Thanks to those who stuck it out in the Gameday Thread, without the benefit of the roast pork which sustained me. Those people would be: AzDbackfanInDc, AzRattler, Gilbertsportsfan, GuruB, Jackwriter, Jim McLennan, JoeCB1991, Makakilo, MrMrrbi, Oldenschoole, asteroid, edbigghead, gamepass, ofinn28, onedotfive and tucsondbacks. Nothing got more than two recs, so we will leave the Comment of the Thread devoid of life, it rests in peace. Much like the D-backs' season.</p>
<p align="left">We'll have one more shot tomorrow, with <span>Zack Greinke</span> on the mound, as Arizona seeks to stop this losing streak before it ties the season-high mark of six games. "We'll see", is about all the enthusiasm I've got left.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2016/9/11/12874854/diamondbacks-giants-recapTurambar2016-09-10T23:45:00-04:002016-09-10T23:45:00-04:00Diamondbacks 3, Giants 11
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<p>At least this defeat took about two hours less than last night.</p> <p>The game was effectively over after the San Francisco Giants scored four times off Archie Bradley in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead. That was also the last frame for Bradley, who allowed eight hits and a pair of walks with three strikeouts. Patrick Corbin worked three solid and scoreless innings of relief, but this went downhill again thereafter. Zack Godley allowed two runs in an inning and Silvino Bracho retired one batter and was charged with four runs. Dominic Leone worked 1.2 scoreless innings - where was that last night, when we actually needed it? - but the supposedly offensively-challenged Giants pounded out 19 hits.</p>
<p>The D-backs had little to show against Johnny Cueto until Peter O'Brien smacked his fifth home-run of the season, off the bench in the third, to put Arizona on the board. But the home team managed only five hits and three walks, and had just three hits with runners in scoring position all night. Brandon Drury reached base three times, on a hit and a pair of walks, and Yasmany Tomas padded his stats with a solo home-run in the ninth inning, his 28th of the season.</p>
<p>The beercap will up later, once Mrs. SnakePit's relatives have left. :)</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2016/9/10/12876490/diamondbacks-giants-scoreJim McLennan2016-09-10T19:00:03-04:002016-09-10T19:00:03-04:00D-backs Game Preview, #141: Tankapalooza update
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<p>How are the D-backs looking in their quest for the #1 draft pick?</p> <table>
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<h5>Johnny Cueto<br>RHP, 14-5, 2.92<br>
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<h5>Archie Bradley<br>RHP, 6-8, 4.85</h5>
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<td style="width: 50%;">Denard Span - CF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jean Segura - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Angel Pagan - LF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Chris Owings - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Buster Posey - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Paul Goldschmidt - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Brandon Crawford - SS</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jake Lamb - 3B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Hunter Pence - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Yasmany Tomas - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Brandon Belt - 1B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Brandon Drury - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Joe Panik - 2B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Socrates Brito - CF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Eduardo Nunez - 3B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Tuffy Gosewisch - C</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Johnny Cueto - RHP</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Archie Bradley - RHP</td>
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<p>The Diamondbacks currently sit tied for fourth place, though it's very close. There's only one-half game separating third and fifth place, though there has been movement at the top, as the Twins, thanks to losing an impressive 13 games in a row, have now overtaken the Braves. They lead Atlanta by two games: those 13 consecutive defeats has not been beaten in the major-leagues since the 2013 Astros dropped fifteen contests in a row, though it was matched by Cincinnati late last season. The Braves have actually been decent of late, with a winning record over their last ten, and an even split in the last 20, despite losing four straight.</p>
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<th data-stat="ranker" align="center"></th> <th data-stat="team_ID" align="center">Tm</th> <th data-stat="G" data-filter="1" data-name="Games Played" align="center">G</th> <th data-stat="W" data-filter="1" data-name="Wins" align="center">W</th> <th data-stat="L" data-filter="1" data-name="Losses" align="center">L</th> <th data-stat="win_loss_perc" data-filter="1" data-name="Win-Loss %" align="center"> <nobr>W%</nobr><span></span> </th> <th data-stat="winning_streak" align="center">Strk</th> <th data-stat="record_pythag" align="center">pythWL</th> <th data-stat="record_one_run" align="center">1Run</th> <th data-stat="record_last_10" align="center">last10</th> <th data-stat="record_last_20" align="center">last20</th> <th data-stat="record_last_30" align="center">last30</th>
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<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="left">MIN</td>
<td align="right">141</td>
<td align="right">52</td>
<td align="right">89</td>
<td align="right">.369</td>
<td align="right">L 1</td>
<td align="right">58-83</td>
<td align="right">12-25</td>
<td align="right">3-7</td>
<td align="right">3-17</td>
<td align="right">7-23</td>
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<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="left">ATL</td>
<td align="right">141</td>
<td align="right">54</td>
<td align="right">87</td>
<td align="right">.383</td>
<td align="right">L 4</td>
<td align="right">55-86</td>
<td align="right">15-22</td>
<td align="right">6-4</td>
<td align="right">10-10</td>
<td align="right">13-17</td>
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<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="left">SDP</td>
<td align="right">141</td>
<td align="right">58</td>
<td align="right">83</td>
<td align="right">.411</td>
<td align="right">L 1</td>
<td align="right">62-79</td>
<td align="right">16-26</td>
<td align="right">3-7</td>
<td align="right">7-13</td>
<td align="right">10-20</td>
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<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="left">CIN</td>
<td align="right">140</td>
<td align="right">58</td>
<td align="right">82</td>
<td align="right">.414</td>
<td align="right">W 1</td>
<td align="right">58-82</td>
<td align="right">20-25</td>
<td align="right">3-7</td>
<td align="right">7-13</td>
<td align="right">13-17</td>
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<td align="right"><br></td>
<td align="left">ARI</td>
<td align="right">140</td>
<td align="right">58</td>
<td align="right">82</td>
<td align="right">.414</td>
<td align="right">L 4</td>
<td align="right">57-83</td>
<td align="right">19-13</td>
<td align="right">4-6</td>
<td align="right">8-12</td>
<td align="right">14-16</td>
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<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="left">TBR</td>
<td align="right">140</td>
<td align="right">59</td>
<td align="right">81</td>
<td align="right">.421</td>
<td align="right">L 2</td>
<td align="right">67-73</td>
<td align="right">12-21</td>
<td align="right">4-6</td>
<td align="right">9-11</td>
<td align="right">14-16</td>
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<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="left">OAK</td>
<td align="right">140</td>
<td align="right">60</td>
<td align="right">80</td>
<td align="right">.429</td>
<td align="right">L 1</td>
<td align="right">57-83</td>
<td align="right">22-22</td>
<td align="right">3-7</td>
<td align="right">8-12</td>
<td align="right">12-18</td>
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<td align="right">8</td>
<td align="left">LAA</td>
<td align="right">140</td>
<td align="right">62</td>
<td align="right">78</td>
<td align="right">.443</td>
<td align="right">L 3</td>
<td align="right">68-72</td>
<td align="right">14-17</td>
<td align="right">6-4</td>
<td align="right">12-8</td>
<td align="right">13-17</td>
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<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="left">PHI</td>
<td align="right">141</td>
<td align="right">63</td>
<td align="right">78</td>
<td align="right">.447</td>
<td align="right">L 1</td>
<td align="right">54-87</td>
<td align="right">26-19</td>
<td align="right">3-7</td>
<td align="right">7-13</td>
<td align="right">12-18</td>
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<td align="left">MIL</td>
<td align="right">141</td>
<td align="right">63</td>
<td align="right">78</td>
<td align="right">.447</td>
<td align="right">L 1</td>
<td align="right">64-77</td>
<td align="right">19-27</td>
<td align="right">7-3</td>
<td align="right">11-9</td>
<td align="right">14-16</td>
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<p>Interesting to note how well the D-backs have been doing in one-run games, with a record of 19-13 that's the best among the Tankapalooza clubs. Indeed it's fourth best among all major-league clubs, and is also the highest winning percentage in the National League. Further proof that one-run victories are as much luck as anything else.</p>
<p>Elsewhere among team news, Chris Herrmann will have surgery to insert screws into his hand, another step toward him actually turning into the Herrmannator. And A.J. Pollock's strained groin was confirmed by an MRI. It'll be at least a week of rest before he gets started on any kind of rehab program, although the team is hopeful he might be able to return by the end of the season. No rush, A.J, even if the taste we got of your production - 0.5 bWAR in just a dozen games - demonstrates what a significant loss you were to this team. Take your time, and return at 100% for 2017, that's the most important thing.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2016/9/10/12874074/arizona-diamondbacks-game-preview-san-francisco-giantsJim McLennan