AZ Snake Pit - Game #49, May 23: Diamondbacks 2, Brewers 9An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2018-05-23T19:47:55-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/171486772018-05-23T19:47:55-04:002018-05-23T19:47:55-04:00Arizona Diamonbacks 2, Milwaukee Brewers 9: BrewCrew Sweep The Slumping Snakes
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<p>This time, the pitching sucked too. </p> <p id="RJ082R"><span>Zack Godley</span> on the mound for AZ. A soft-tossing lefty for the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Milwaukee Brewers</a> that can barely hit 87 MPH? This has GOT to be the game that kickstarts the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> offense and ends this horrid slump, right? </p>
<p id="lhNQyd">Oh, however wrong we could be. </p>
<p id="ArPAlY">Facing Brent Suter, the Diamondbacks went down in order in the first inning on only 9 pitches, with two strikeouts. Godley did his part and the Brewers had their first run by the third batter in the bottom of the 1st, with Godley eventually loading the bases with 2 of his 6 walks before escaping the jam. </p>
<p id="ceyjgu">Oh, it was going to be one of the games?</p>
<p id="zsRwOE">Surprisingly, no. At least not yet. The Diamondbacks offense responded with two solo shots in the second inning, one by <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> in a long at-bat and another by <span>John Ryan Murphy</span> on the first pitch of his AB. Did I mention that I’ve started the John Ryan Murphy bandwagon? A relatively successful inning by Godley and the Diamondbacks were up 2-1 after two innings. Not bad! A lead!</p>
<p id="lUAbYj">The Diamondbacks offense continued to pour it on in the third with leadoff singles by Godley and Peralta. Four hits through the first ten batters! <strong>Our offense is alivvvvvvvvvve!</strong></p>
<p id="ax39rJ">It’s at this point that I should inform you that <span>David Peralta</span>’s single would be the last hit of the game for the Snakeball offense. </p>
<p id="KC3UxQ">With runners on first and second, Ahmed hit into a semi-productive fielders choice. He avoided the double play and moved Peralta to third, but it’s still an out. Then comes Mr. Three-hole, <span>Chris Owings</span> to promptly strike out with a runner on third and less than two outs... on a ~87 MPH fastball over the heart of the plate. Egads. Goldy would then swing at a fastball well above the belt and line out to center to end the Dbacks threat. </p>
<p id="c8KtVO">The Dbacks would then have two baserunners for the entire rest of the game. Against Brent Suter and Co. This offensive slump cannot end soon enough. </p>
<p id="Xl9BpY">And then there was Zack Godley who just didn’t have it today. In what seems to be a running theme for Godley, he was overthrowing all of his pitches, missing the strike zone wildly, and leaving plenty of curveballs up in the zone to get crushed. He got through the first three innings relatively unscathed, though he was in trouble in every inning and entered the fourth with over 60 pitches. And that is where things just fell off a cliff. </p>
<p id="vEu183">Godley gave up a leadoff single to <span>Jett Bandy</span> (+++ name, terrible choice in college). Up came Suter to bunt and a rare Goldy error had him reach. Suddenly, the BrewCrew had runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs, and the top of the order up. <span>Hernan Perez</span> hit a deep line drive to LF which Peralta caught, but Bandy had some nifty base running and advanced to third. The Dbacks challenged the call but it was upheld (people on Twitter said he looked out but I didn’t see the play and apparently there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn). First and third, one out - sound familiar? </p>
<p id="nFN0KZ">The Dbacks scored no runs in this arrangement. The Brewers scored <em><strong>seven</strong></em>. </p>
<p id="CDCI4v"><span>Christian Yelich</span> walked to load the bases. <span>Jesus Aguilar</span> had a two-run single to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead. <span>Travis Shaw</span> then blasted a three-run dinger to RF; 6-2 Brewers. However, the Dbacks kept Godley in the game, only for him to give up a double to <span>Domingo Santana</span> and a walk to Jonathan Villar to end his day. Fernandro Salas came him, gave up an RBI single to <span>Tyler Saladino</span> (++ name) and a second run would score thanks to an error by Chris Owings in CF. 8-2 Brewers. </p>
<p id="Qogw1Y">And that’s pretty much the rest of the game. McFarland would come in and eat up some low leverage innings for the Diamondbacks. The Brewers would score an additional run via a solo shot by <span>Saladino</span> off <span>Archie Bradley</span> but that was it. The Dbacks had two baserunners in the last 6 innings of the game and once again, just looked completely lost. It was nice to see Goldy homer, draw a walk, and overall look decent at the plate but other than him and John Ryan Murphy, the game was a real disaster to watch. </p>
<p id="ApChY3">★★★ <span>Jett Bandy</span> (name)</p>
<p id="JhgTI9">★★ Tyler Salandino (name)</p>
<p id="9nNUng">-★ Jett Bandy (school)</p>
<h5 id="1L3wQ3">^- this should totally read as negative stars.</h5>
<p id="RCkcic">NO MORE STARS!</p>
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<p id="Q9lHMR"><em><strong>Let’s be real, they weren’t actually positive: </strong></em> John Ryan Murphy (7.9%), Paul Goldschmidt (5.8%), Zack Godley the hitter (3.4%)</p>
<p id="WcmJfe"><em><strong>Le sigh</strong></em>: Zack Godley the pitcher (-41.9%)</p>
<p id="gA7szw">Comment of the day goes to GoldyHitAnotherOne for somehow correctly guessing a Goldy dinger in the month of May. </p>
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<p id="zPdqGK">Overall there were 390 comments for today’s game, which seems surprising to me considering it started before the sun came up in Phoenix and we’re in the middle of being awful. Participants included: </p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/5/23/17387110/arizona-diamonbacks-2-milwaukee-brewers-9-brewcrew-sweep-the-slumping-snakesSean Testerman2018-05-23T16:34:17-04:002018-05-23T16:34:17-04:00Dbacks 2, Brewers 9
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<p id="RVB0Rp">What more needs to be said? Another game where our offense only puts out 2 runs of offense and goes hitless in the final 6 innings of the game. Only this time, our pitching sucked, too. Godley continued his streak of being very wild, with 6 walks, matching his season-high against the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> on April 15th. It was his shortest stint of the season, lasting 3.1 innings alongside 8 runs (6 earned) and only 3 strikeouts. Godley’s pitches looked especially flat and hittable. </p>
<p id="Ssfcu2">Of course, back to the dead horse which is our offense, it sucked once again. We had 4 hits through the first 2.1 innings. Homers by Goldy and <span>John Ryan Murphy</span> gave the Dbacks an early 2-1 lead after 2 innings. In the top of the third, Godly and Peralta led off the inning with singles. A semi-productive out by Ahmed put runners on the corners with 1-out for RISP strikeout machine <span>Chris Owings</span> to strikeout on a freaking 86 MPH fastball from a lefty right down the middle. Goldy would line out to center to end the inning. </p>
<p id="l6E7fX">For the remaining 6 innings, the Dbacks went hitless with only 2 walks. Another sad, sad performance. </p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/5/23/17386626/dbacks-2-brewers-9-quick-recapSean Testerman2018-05-23T12:30:02-04:002018-05-23T12:30:02-04:00Preview, #49: 5/23 @ Brewers
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<p>Remember when the D-backs couldn’t lose a series? Fun times...</p> <div id="xUrPKP">
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<th align="left">ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS</th>
<th align="left">MILWAUKEE BREWERS</th>
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<td class="td-last td-name">David Peralta - LF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Hernan Perez - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Nick Ahmed - SS</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Christian Yelich - CF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Chris Owings - CF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jesus Aguilar - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Paul Goldschmidt - 1B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Travis Shaw - 3B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Ketel Marte - 2B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Domingo Santana - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">John Ryan Murphy - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jonathan Villar - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Socrates Brito - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Tyler Saladino - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Deven Marrero - 3B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jett Bandy - C</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Zack Godley - RHP</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Brent Suter - LHP</td>
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<p id="o4HoS1">I wonder what the record is for greatest difference in win percentage over consecutive months? The 2018 <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> feel like they might be in with a shot, their April and May currently having a differential of 470 points. They went 18-7 in April for a .720 W%, but are only 5-15 in May, for a .250 W%. They didn’t lose a single series in April. They are currently a walk-off win against the <a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com/">Astros</a> from not having <em>won</em> a single series in May. The turn-around has been staggering. It’s all about the offense, there’s no doubt about it. While the ERA has increased this month, 3.81 is still pretty respectable - it’s better than the NL average (3.88). It’s the offense which has cratered.</p>
<p id="Sr08ie"><strong>Apr: </strong>.235/.317/.422 = .738 OPS<br><strong>May</strong>: .186/.261/.292 = .553 OPS</p>
<p id="vSd8eS">Arizona have gone from tied for third in the league by OPS, to dead-last - and it’s not even close. The 14th-placed <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> are ahead of us by 89 points. They are closer to the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> in eighth, than the 15th-placed D-backs. We lead the lead in strikeouts, yet that aggression has not shown up in any power: we are last in home-runs. We have scored a mere 46 runs; the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a> are the only other team with fewer than 69 runs to this point in May. The average for Arizona is now down to 2.30 runs per game, and they have a shot at the lowest rate in the majors, since they came into existence. That currently belongs to the 2014 Padres, who scored 60 over 27 games in June, for an average of 2.22. </p>
<p id="LCYaAh">The D-backs have seven games left, and need to score fifteen or more runs to avoid tying that mark. It’s possible - but by no means guaranteed. Over the last seven games, for example, they have managed only twelve. You would think that facing the A’s and <a href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> for the final two series of the month <em>should</em> help, but I seem to recall we said the same thing about facing the then-slumping Mets, and it didn’t appear to make much of a difference. At this point, about all I can say is “We’ll see,” as the team tries to avoid another series sweep. With Zack Godley having walked 15 batters in his last five starts and 25 innings, I can’t say I feel over-confident, but that’s why we play the games! Join us! Or not. S’okay...</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/5/23/17384618/preview-49-5-23-brewersJim McLennan