AZ Snake Pit - Game #35, May 10: Diamondbacks 7, Tigers 1An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2017-05-11T01:02:54-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/153837252017-05-11T01:02:54-04:002017-05-11T01:02:54-04:00Diamondbacks 7, Tigers 1: Tigers skinned by Godley
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<p>Godley was divine</p> <p><b>Record: 19-16. Pace: 88-74. Change on 2016: +2. </b></p>
<p><span><span>Zack Godley</span> was divine on Thursday evening in Phoenix. The recent minor league call up was dominant throughout the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> 7 to 1 win over the visiting <a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Tigers</a>. Arizona split the two game series with Detroit and ended their three-game losing streak in the process.</span></p>
<p><span>Godley was making his second start of the season, and struck out three out of the first four batters he faced. He </span><span>was starting in place of the injured <span>Shelby Miller</span>, who had season ending Tommy John Surgery on Wednesday. </span></p>
<p><span> At one point Godley set down 11 Tigers in a row. He finished the game with one earned run, six strikeouts and surrendered four-hits in seven-innings pitched for his first win of the season. He also rolled up a trio of double-plays, which helped keep his pitch count at a very manageable 88. <br></span></p>
<p><span> Tigers starting pitcher <span>Matthew Boyd</span> was strong in defeat with three earned runs and six strikeouts in six-innings of work. </span><span></span></p>
<p><span> After striking three straight Tigers, Godley gave up three consecutive singles to <span>Justin Upton</span>, <span>Jim Adduci</span> and <span>James McCann</span>, though <span>Nick Ahmed</span> could certainly have made a better effort on one of those hits.. McCann’s single drove in the former Diamondback Upton and gave Detroit the early 1-0 lead in the second inning. </span></p>
<p><span>However, in the third inning Nick Ahmed nailed his second homerun of the season to the game at 1-1. It was Ahmed’s second homerun of the season. Later in the third, <span>A.J. Pollock</span> scored on a passed ball, giving the home team a lead they would never give up. </span></p>
<p><span>The Diamondbacks’ Pollock broke open the contest with a two-run single in the sixth inning. Godley helped his own cause by drawing a walk, without taking the bat off his shoulder. That loaded the bases for Arizona with two outs, Ahmed having been given a no-pitch intentional walk in order to pitch to Godley. <br></span></p>
<p><span><span>Yasmany Tomas</span> added a two-run homer in the seventh and <span>Brandon Drury</span> followed it immediately with a solo homerun of his own. It was their sixth and second home-runs of the season respectively. After Godley exited, <span>Randall Delgado</span> closed things out, striking out four batters over his two scoreless innings of one-hit ball. He has now thrown 8.1 innings since last allowing a run, allowing five hits in that time, with a K:BB of 11:2. <br></span></p>
<p><span>Arizona continues their nine-game homestand with a four game series against the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>. The first game of the series is tomorrow night, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. (Pacific). The Diamondbacks’ <span>Zack Greinke</span> is expected to start on the mound against the Pirates' Gerrit Cole. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2017-05-10&team=Diamondbacks&dh=0&season=2017"><img alt="chart.0.png" src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8498831/chart.0.png"></a><br>[<i>Click for details, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Godley Save the Queen: Zack Godley, +32.1%</b><br>Never Mind the Pollocks: Pollock, +21.7%; Ahmed, +10.3%<br><b>No-one Is Innocent: <span>Jake Lamb</span>, -13.3%</b></p>
<p>A relatively light Gameday Thread, just cracking 400 comments. Present were: AzDbackfanInDc, AzRattler, GuruB, Jackwriter, Jim McLennan, JoeCB1991, Keegan Thompson, Makakilo, Michael McDermott, MrMrrbi, Oldenschoole, Oscar Goldman, SongBird, Sprankton, Xerostomia, asteroid, blue_bulldog, coldblueAZ, dzuch, hotclaws, kilnborn, onedotfive, shoewizard, since_98 and smartplays. Xerostomia picks up Comment of the Night for this:<span class="user_actions"> </span></p>
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<a class="avatar" target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/users/Xerostomia"> <img alt="Xerostomia" src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JxWlyDzmwCoX_CBUP4HLQ0TrZlM=/32x32/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/profile_images/3045630/Porsche_918_Spyder_Concept_1.jpg"> </a> Well, I guess that settles it</h4>
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<p>No need for Fister.</p>
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<div class="meta">by <a target="_blank" class="poster" href="http://www.sbnation.com/users/Xerostomia">Xerostomia</a> on <a class="date" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/5/10/15619926/gameday-thread-35-5-10-vs-tigers#428189939">May 10, 2017 | 11:14 PM</a> <span class="user_actions"> <a title="reply to this comment" class="reply_link" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/5/10/15619926/gameday-thread-35-5-10-vs-tigers#">reply</a> </span>
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<p>Certainly, a very solid performance by Godley. His Game Score of 70 is one Zack has only surpassed once in his career - his major-league debut on July 23, 2015, when he blanked the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Brewers</a> for six innings. Hopefully, it's a sign of good things to come, and tonight's performance certainly makes it hard for him to be taken out for the next scheduled start. That would come against the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Mets</a> at Chase on Monday night. Tomorrow, as David mentioned, it's the Pirates who arrive for the first of a four-game set, with Greinke on the mound for Arizona.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2017/5/11/15621074/diamondbacks-tigers-recapDavid Castro2017-05-11T00:19:45-04:002017-05-11T00:19:45-04:00Diamondbacks 7 and Tigers 1
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<p>Starting in place of Shelby Miller, Zack Godley was dominate throughout the Arizona Diamondbacks 7 to 1 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers. Godley was divine throughout the contest and surrendered one earned run on four hits and struck out six in seven innings pitched</p>
<p>Godley struck out three of the first four batters he faced and at one point set down 11 consecutive Tigers for his first win of the season.</p>
<p>The Tigers Matthew Boyd was strong surrendering three earned runs on eight hits in six innings pitched.</p>
<p>Arizona's offense was paced by Nick Ahmed's second homerun of the season, A.J. Pollock's two RBI's and Yasmany Tomas' two run homer. Brandon Drury added a solo homerun after Tomas.</p>
<p>The win ended Arizona's three game losing streak but the Diamondbacks have still lost five of their last seven-games.</p>
<p>Arizona improved to 19-16 and the Tigers dropped to 16-16.</p>
<p>Full recap to follow.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/5/11/15620564/diamondbacks-7-and-tigers-1David Castro2017-05-10T21:00:02-04:002017-05-10T21:00:02-04:00Preview, #35: Diamondbacks vs Tigers
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<p>We won’t win this series. But can we avoid at least losing our fourth in a row?</p>
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<p>Godley comes back up for his start - we'll see whether he's still on the roster tomorrow, or if the team intends to keep tandeming him and <span>Braden Shipley</span>, in order to have an extra bullpen arm the rest of the time. To make room for Godley today, the team put <span>T.J. McFarland</span> on the 10-day DL, due to a "contusion" on his ankle, suffered when he took a line-drive off it during last night's game. We'll need this fifth starter spot on Monday, for the opener of the series against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>: while I can see the benefit of having an extra arm, you have to think this constant up and down has to be wearing on Godley.</p>
<p>Whether he stays may depend on the results tonight, especially after Shipley's debut was such a disappointment. Godley's was a little short, at five innings, but he threw only 87 pitches, so could perhaps have gone deeper into the game if necessary. The two runs allowed was solid enough, even allowing for facing a AA-lineup like the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> - it was in Chase Field, after all, rather than Petco. He struck out six batters, which was a rate Zack reached in only one of his starts last year, his July 19 one against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Blue Jays</a>, where he fanned seven in five innings. Encouraging? Yes, but as I said - it <i>was</i> the Padres.</p>
<p><span>David Peralta</span> gets to sit this one out, with Owings playing right, and a middle infield of Drury and Ahmed. It's perhaps a bit early in the season to call this a "must-win" game, but having lost five of the last six, this is becoming the biggest skid of the 2017 campaign for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>. If the season ended today, they've now dropped out of a playoff spot, being one-half game behind the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> for the second wild card slot [amusingly, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> would also miss out!]. Their playoff <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/odds">odds</a>, per <i>Fangraphs</i>, have also been on the slide, and are barely more than one in four, at 28.7%. Ray couldn't step up when we needed him. Will Zack be able to do so instead?</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/5/10/15619444/preview-arizona-diamondbacks-detroit-tigersJim McLennan