AZ Snake Pit - Game #109, 7/31: Diamondbacks 6, Rangers 0An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2018-08-01T02:59:06-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/174015312018-08-01T02:59:06-04:002018-08-01T02:59:06-04:00Diamondbacks 6, Rangers 0: Godley superb, secures series split
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<p>It was a showdown between Zack Godley and the immortal Bartolo Colon at Chase Field tonight...</p> <p id="cpfI6D"><span>Zack Godley</span> was the star of the show, but <span>A.J. Pollock</span> got the game started off on the right foot. Godley sat down the side in order via a strike out, a groundout, and a before most fans had even gotten to their seats yet, and then with two outs, <span>Pollock</span> smacked a home run, his 15 of a significantly shortened season, to get the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> on the board early on. 1-0 Diamondbacks.</p>
<p id="FDR6AZ">The <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a> would respond in the top of the second with what would turn out to be their biggest threat of the evening. After Godley got two quick outs, striking out <span>Adrian Beltre</span> and getting <span>Ronald Guzman</span> to ground out to short, <span>Robinson Chirinos</span> singled and <span>Willie Calhoun</span> drew a walk. That was as far as they got, though, after <span>Carlos Tocci</span> struck out to end the inning. </p>
<p id="n1MZzT">The Dbacks offense came back for more in the bottom of the third inning. <span>Jon Jay</span> singled on a line drive to start the inning. <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> followed that up with a hard hit line drive that hit right off the bottom of the wall to bring him home. However, Pollock couldn’t keep it going and flew out to end the inning. 2-0 Diamondbacks</p>
<p id="EPdgl7">The bottom of the fourth was the killing blow. <span>Steven Souza Jr.</span> lead off with a walk. <span>Eduardo Escobar</span> flew out, but Descalso singled to move Souza to second. They both came home, thanks to a <span>Nick Ahmed</span> double. Two batters later, <span>Jay</span> brought him home for the third run of the evening. 5-0 Diamondbacks.</p>
<p id="de0XXR">Meanwhile, Godley continued to excel. After the slight bump in the road in the second inning, he sat down the side in order in the third and fourth innings. He did give up a one out single in the fifth, but easily worked around it. Another 1-2-3 inning followed in the sixth. He gave up one last baserunners on a HBP in the seventh, but nothing came of it. His final line looked like: 7IP, 2 H, 0 R, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP. Pretty incredible.</p>
<p id="KSOgSW">Arizona added one more run in the sixth, but it was just the cherry on top of a great game. TJ McFarland pitched the final two innnings. He wasn’t quite as dominate as Godley, but he held the Rangers scoreless and didn’t give them a chance to make things interesting. Final score, 6-0 Dbacks</p>
<p id="rI2sOE">One last thing of note. <span>Zack Godley</span> is the first pitcher since 1974 to strike out the first batter he faced in the seven innings he pitched. H/t to GuruB for bringing it to my attention and to Zack Buchanan of the Athletic for tweeting it out in the first place!</p>
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<p id="UtpOiv">★★★ Godley, 29.0% WPA</p>
<p id="pnMLWM">★★ <span>Nick Ahmed</span>, 10.9% WPA</p>
<p id="RHtGC7">★ <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span>, 7.7% WPA</p>
<p id="weS1oN">Very quiet GDT. Only 234 comments between 24 of you guys. All present were:</p>
<p id="WVdkcU">AZDovs11, AzDbackfanInDc, DORRITO, Dewberry, GuruB, Imstillhungry95, Jack Sommers, Jackwriter, Johnneu, Makakilo, Michael McDermott, MikeMono, MrMrrbi, Rockkstarr12, TylerO, aldma, asteroid, coldblueAZ, edbigghead, hotclaws, kilnborn, since_98, smartplays, suroeste</p>
<p id="dCP71I">Comment of the day goes to Michael McD. I think we all are Mike. </p>
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<p id="rrSThr"><strong>I’m still trying to get used to the idea of Ahmed being a legit hitter now</strong></p>
<p id="uhrgFW">Posted by <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Michael%20McDermott"><strong>Michael McDermott</strong></a> on <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/7/31/17637640/gameday-thread-109-7-31-vs-rangers#483509201"><strong>Jul 31, 2018 | 7:52 PM</strong></a> reply rec (5) flag </p>
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<p id="jIB1wS">Day off tomorrow. Join us again Thursday at 6:40 against the <a href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a>.</p>
<p id="WEFqjS">Oh, and by the way. <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> lost. We’re back in first.</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/8/1/17638296/diamondbacks-6-rangers-0-godley-jay-ahmed-pollock-goldschmidtImstillhungry952018-08-01T00:27:20-04:002018-08-01T00:27:20-04:00Dbacks 6, Rangers 0
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<p id="gtFaPM">While tonight’s <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> game wasn’t quite the beat down that the <a href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a> put on the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>, it was a fantastic pitching performance from <span>Zack Godley</span>, and a solid performance from the offense.</p>
<p id="IJGwba"><span>Godley</span> was just straight up dominate. He went seven innings, and at no point did it seem like the Ranger’s offense stood a chance. Ten strikeouts, one walk, and only two hits. He sat down the side in order in the first, third, fourth, and sixth. Only in the second did the <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a> even get a runner to second. Fantastic. TJ McFarland replaced him in the eighth, and closed out the game while preserving the shut out.</p>
<p id="QIB6vk">On the offensive side of things, they were just as good, though on a night where eight other teams reached six runs, it seems almost pedestrian! <span>Jon Jay</span>, AJ Pollock, <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span>, and <span>Nick Ahmed</span> all got RBI tonight. <span>Ahmed</span> got two and Pollock’s came on a home run. Full recap to follow as soon as I make it home from the ball park!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2018/8/1/17638128/dbacks-6-rangers-0-quick-recapImstillhungry952018-07-31T21:30:02-04:002018-07-31T21:30:02-04:00Gameday Thread, #109: 7/31 vs. Rangers
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2018/7/31/17637640/gameday-thread-109-7-31-vs-rangersJim McLennan2018-07-31T20:30:02-04:002018-07-31T20:30:02-04:00Preview, #109: 7/31, vs. Rangers
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<p>Welcome, new Diamondbacks!</p> <div id="ts3H3H">
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<td class="td-last td-name">Shin-Soo Choo - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jon Jay - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Rougned Odor - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Elvis Andrus - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Adrian Beltre - 3B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Ronald Guzman - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Robinson Chirinos - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Daniel Descalso - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Willie Calhoun - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Bartolo Colon - RHP</td>
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<p id="PopFoV">Quite the day of flux for Arizona, especially on the pitching front, and particularly for bullpen. In case you lost track, or weren’t paying attention, here’s a quick summary of everything that went down today, time-stamped per the official announcement emails:</p>
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<li id="4dbcSo">11:34 am. The <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Arizona Diamondbacks</a> acquired RHP <span>Brad Ziegler</span> from the <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Miami Marlins</a> for RHP Tommy Eveld. To make room for <span>Ziegler</span> on the 40-man roster, the D-backs transferred RHP <span>Shelby Miller</span> (right elbow inflammation) to the 60-day disabled list.</li>
<li id="pRxMqY">1:49 pm. The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired LHP <span>Jake Diekman</span> from the <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Texas Rangers</a> for RHP Wei-Chieh Huang and a player to be named later and designated LHP Jorge De La Rosa for assignment.</li>
<li id="Du5da3">2:53 pm. The Arizona Diamondbacks placed LHP <span>Andrew Chafin</span> on the Paternity Leave List and recalled RHP <span>Silvino Bracho</span> from Triple-A Reno.</li>
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<p id="Bxrezf">If you’re playing along at home with your <span>Milton Bradley</span> 25-man Roster Board, you’ll have noticed that we still need to make one further move - taking someone off that 25-man roster, to make room for <span>Ziegler</span> when he arrived on Thursday. That’ll be an interesting decision, and there have been a number of possible suggestions as to who the odd man out might be. Someone with options would be the most obvious choice, unless the team wants to cut ties more permanently with a player. <span>John Ryan Murphy</span> is one possibility, considering he has been wretched at a historical level this month; newly-acquired reliever <span>Matt Andriese</span> is another, after a bumpy start to his time with the Diamondbacks. We’ll see on Thursday.</p>
<p id="6Ld3LB">For now, with all the excitement out of the way, and fresh arms in the shape of <span>Diekman</span> and <span>Bracho</span> available for tonight’s contest, we get another crack at seeing if we can take over the lead of the NL West. It didn’t go quite as planned last night: the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> did their bit, beating the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>, but neither the D-backs nor the <a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> were able to take advantage, both being beaten. So, everything effectively resets for a do-over this evening. If the Dodgers lose, and we can win, we’ll be in first place. But we could end the night anywhere from first to third in the division, depending on how results go. We face <span>Bartolo Colon</span> tonight, so that’ll be fun regardless. But a win would definitely be helpful. </p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2018/7/31/17637506/preview-109-7-31-vs-rangersJim McLennan