AZ Snake Pit - Game #143: September 10, Diamondbacks 3, Padres 2An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2017-09-10T19:09:55-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/160478852017-09-10T19:09:55-04:002017-09-10T19:09:55-04:00Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Diego Padres 2
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<p>Two homers from J.D. Martinez, and one from birthday boy Paul Goldschmidt, were just enough to avoid the sweep. </p> <p id="YxIJfR">It was San Diego who got on the board first, however, <span>Robbie Ray</span> giving up an RBI single in the second. But <span>J.D. Martinez</span> immediately evened the score, launching a long bomb, to the left of the batter’s eye. <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> then gave the home team the lead, with his 34th of the season, on 30th birthday. A wild pitch proved costly for Robbie Ray in the sixth inning, advancing a <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> from second to third, who then scored on a sac fly. Ray ended the sixth, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks, with a dozen strikeouts.</p>
<p id="jeCbe1">Martinez again struck back immediately (above), giving Ray the chance of a win with his 21st home-run as a Diamondback, just to the <em>right</em> of the batter’s eye this time. The ball was then turned over to the bullpen. <span>T.J. McFarland</span> and <span>Jimmie Sherfy</span> worked the seventh, and <span>David Hernandez</span> the eighth, each putting up a zero. Today, it was <span>Archie Bradley</span> who got the ninth inning. He merely struck out the side for his first career save. </p>
<p id="mwqNgA">GGSports will be along with the full recap shortly, so stay tuned!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/9/10/16285198/arizona-diamondbacks-3-san-diego-padres-2Jim McLennan2017-09-10T16:00:02-04:002017-09-10T16:00:02-04:00Gameday Thread, #143: 9/10 vs. Padres
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<p>Born today: Rin Tin Tin </p> <p id="nMY3y1"></p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/9/10/16283906/gameday-thread-143-9-10-vs-padresJim McLennan2017-09-10T15:00:02-04:002017-09-10T15:00:02-04:00Preview #143: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres
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<p>Robbie Ray stands between the D-backs and being swept.</p> <div id="vlvRDj">
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<h3>Today's Lineups</h3>
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<th align="left">SAN DIEGO PADRES</th>
<th align="left">ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS</th>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Manuel Margot - CF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">David Peralta - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Erick Aybar - SS</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Brandon Drury - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Jose Pirela - LF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jake Lamb - 3B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Wil Myers - 1B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Paul Goldschmidt - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Yangervis Solarte - 2B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">J.D. Martinez - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Jabari Blash - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">A.J. Pollock - CF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Cory Spangenberg - 3B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Adam Rosales - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Luis Torrens - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Chris Herrmann - C</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Luis Perdomo - RHP</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Robbie Ray - LHP</td>
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<a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/"></a><a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> post-season magic number: 13</h3>
<h3 id="fvIGyC">Diamondbacks home-field magic number: 16</h3>
<h3 id="lZm67a">Diamondbacks division anti-magic number: 11</h3>
<p id="LdQTeB">Kinds sad that, for the past two days, I’ve been able just to copy/paste the good magic numbers from the previous days preview - the only one which has been going down is the one for the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> to clinch the NL West. Though that has, at least, not been going down of their own volition, Los Angeles now having lost nine in a row and fourteen of their last fifteen. It’s a quite spectacular tailspin. For context, the only two streaks the Diamondbacks have ever had that bad, came in July 2004 and April/May of 1998. Neither of those teams were exactly World Series contenders. I trust the same will be true for the 2017 Dodgers.</p>
<p id="SGIke2">Arizona finds itself looking down the barrel of a broom, if that isn’t a painfully mixed metaphor, having lost the first two games, courtesy largely of <span>Patrick Corbin</span> and Fernano Rodney not doing their jobs. It’s the first time this season we’ve had consecutive loss-flavored tacos - that has only happened one other time since the end of the 2014 campaign. The previous occasion came on June 25-26 last year - probably unsurprisingly, in Coors Field, when we lost 6-11 and 7-9. Hopefully, Arizona does not follow the same path we went there, as that kicked off a six-game losing streak. The last consecutive losing tacos at Chase were April 2014 (5-8 + 6-8 vs. LAD). </p>
<p id="RQPD2d">We do have <span>Robbie Ray</span>, who has been stellar since his return to the rotation. He has allowed two runs over 19.1 innings, with a K:BB of 33:4. He has struck out over <strong>45 percent</strong> of all the batters he has faced. 57 percent of outs Ray has recorded have been by the K. So, we should be fine. Admittedly, I said something not too dissimilar before Corbin’s start on Friday night, and we all know how that went. Won’t be about too much for this one, as Mrs. SnakePit and I will be going to see <em>It</em> at the movies. I hope this turns out to be the most horrifying thing I have to watch this weekend, though after the 4th inning on Friday and the 9th yesterday, it’ll have to go some.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/9/10/16283854/preview-arizona-diamondbacks-san-diego-padresJim McLennan