AZ Snake Pit - Game #16: 8/9, Diamondbacks 5, Padres 9An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2020-08-09T19:13:21-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/211249062020-08-09T19:13:21-04:002020-08-09T19:13:21-04:00Diamondbacks 5, Padres 9: At least we didn’t get no-hit
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<p>It’s always nice when you can start the recap in the third inning</p> <p id="bXxpNg">Madison Bumgarner’s hellish struggles continued, with his worst outing to date. This one lasted only two innings, and involved four home-runs as the Padres took a 6-0 lead. They then got two more long balls off Taylor Widener in the third. After the second. our Win Probability was down to 0.9% after 2.2 innings. The only real point in watching thereafter was to see if the Diamondbacks were going to get no-hit, because after six innings, that looked likely to be a thing, with the Diamondbacks providing some REALLY ugly at-bats. However, Kole Calhoun ended that, and the shutout, with his third home-run of the year, in the seventh.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ANDY YOUNG 2-RUN HOMER <a href="https://t.co/cMVs5u6BxW">pic.twitter.com/cMVs5u6BxW</a></p>— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSPORTSAZ/status/1292597700953870338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2020</a>
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<p id="VRlFC2">The later innings did bring some amusement. After Stefan Crichton worked two scoreless innings, the eighth gave us Carson Kelly’s first career appearance as a pitcher, working around a lead-off double to put up a zero. Then the ninth gave us Daulton Varsho’s first MLB hit, as well as Andy Young’s first home-run (above), and another two-run homer, off the bat of Nick Ahmed. But not <em>exactly</em> what we wanted from our pitching staff before heading to Colorado.</p>
<p id="D8B8fG">There may be a guest recap later. I’ve got a wellness check called in for guest recapper James... :( If he decided this afternoon was a good time to get that root-canal work done. I would not have blamed him. </p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2020/8/9/21361181/diamondbacks-padres-scoreJim McLennan2020-08-09T16:00:00-04:002020-08-09T16:00:00-04:00Gameday Thread, #16: 8/9 @ Padres
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">August 9 - 1483: Italy - the Sistine Chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City, opened in Rome. history</p>— Today In History (@Yesterday_Today) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yesterday_Today/status/1292463898671624192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2020</a>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2020/8/9/21360921/gameday-thread-16-8-9-padresJim McLennan2020-08-09T15:00:00-04:002020-08-09T15:00:00-04:00Preview #16: 8/9, Diamondbacks @ Padres
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<p>The Diamondbacks go for consecutive series victories, behind Madison Bumgarner.</p> <div id="md6Nsx">
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<td class="td-last td-name">Ketel Marte - 2B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Fernando Tatis - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Kole Calhoun - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Starling Marte - CF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Tommy Pham - DH</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Christian Walker - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">David Peralta - LF</td>
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<td class="td-first td-name">Trent Grisham - CF</td>
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<td class="td-first td-name">Jurickson Profar - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Carson Kelly - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Francisco Mejia - C</td>
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<p id="LrZvMf">At least there’s no Jake Lamb in the line-up, which will decrease the volume of Twitter activity this morning in Arizona by 27.3%. He hasn’t had a hit since Opening Day, a streak now covering nine games and 22 at-bats; he has just one walk over that time, compared to 10 strikeouts. That doesn’t even make the top ten for D-backs’ hitless game streaks though. The top two (by at-bats) were both from the 2018 season. John Ryan Murphy went more than six weeks without a hit, going 0-for-33 over 13 games. And just before that, Jon Jay had endured an 0-for-34 run in ten games. Right now, I’m not certain Lamb will <em>get </em>another dozen at-bats...</p>
<p id="z9bH1o">We’re going to be hoping for rather better from Madison Bumgarner this afternoon. Through three starts, he has an ERA north of seven, which is certainly not what we wanted when we signed him. There has been some misfortune involved: an errant throw to second (admittedly, his own) last time he started opened the floodgates. His control has also been errant, with six walks and four hit batters in 15.1 innings this season. MadBum did start slowly last year, allowing 12 runs over 19.1 innings in his first three starts, though five of those were unearned. But as <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/2020/8/9/21358072/madison-bumgarner-velocity-decline-2020">in Nate’s article</a>, we’ll be keeping an eye on his velocity, and seeing how Bumgarner works with what he has. </p>
<h4 id="3m8AAC">Pre-game audio from Torey Lovullo</h4>
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<strong>Madison Bumgarner</strong> is “our guy”. Emphasized working deep in games and keeping them in the games. Sounds like an innings eater to me.</li>
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<strong>Starling Marte</strong> plate discipline improvement: He came over as an accomplished player but each player has a different menu of information that works for them that the team gives them. Individualized approach in other words, not one size fits all philosophy. </li>
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<strong>Bullpen Discussion:</strong> Interesting to listen to Torey’s explanations of what he was thinking in the 7<sup>th</sup> inning yesterday, starting 3:45 into the discussion. He explains how he landed on Chafin facing Myers. </li>
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<strong>Hector Rondon:</strong> Minimal concern, despite his velo loss and hard hit balls against. His workload has been inconsistent due to the team not being in a lot of early games. He feels the more he pitches the better he gets. </li>
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<strong>3 Batter minimum challenges:</strong> Torey expressed that in previous years without the DH having to plan for and execute double switches took more advance planning in game, often 3 innings in advance. than it does to manage three batter minimum. Still getting a feel for managing 3 batter minimum scenarios, and it’s been challenging figuring out other team’s tendencies and how they’re using expanded rosters. </li>
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<strong>Andy Young </strong>has been practicing at first base the last 3 days in preparation for possible substitution role if needed. </li>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2020/8/9/21360866/preview-16-8-9-diamondbacks-padresJim McLennanJack Sommers