AZ Snake Pit - Game #112, 8/7: Diamondbacks 2, Padres 6An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2021-08-08T00:15:36-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/223786952021-08-08T00:15:36-04:002021-08-08T00:15:36-04:00Padres Punch Through, Defeat Dbacks 6-2
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<p>A well pitched game spoiled by 8th inning bullpen meltdown</p> <p id="3kzw8g"><strong>Record: 35-77, Pace, 50-112</strong></p>
<p id="ADjdeG">The Padres broke through in the 8th inning against the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> bullpen, sending 9 men to the plate and turning a 2-2 tie into a 6-2 loss for Arizona.</p>
<p id="qOB0Bk">Taylor Widener got the start and pitched well, delivering 5 innings and allowing two runs on solo homers to Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer. Widener struck out 7 and walked just two batteers. Tyler Gilbert pitched two scoreless innings, working out of trouble in 7th. But Brett de Gues and Joe Mantiply combined to surrender 4 runs in the ill fated 8th. </p>
<p id="dNlsh5">Yu Darvish was dominant, striking out 12 batters in 7 innings while not walking a batter and giving up just 4 hits. He made one mistake to Christian Walker that got hit for a two run homer. Other than that the D-backs only had one runner in scoring position the rest of the night. The Padres bullpen had no issues closing out the last two scoreless innings.</p>
<p id="e6oaTF"><strong>Here is your inning by inning breakdown:</strong></p>
<p id="ty7bCZ"><strong>T-1:</strong> The Dbacks go down in order as VanMeter and Smith strikeout swinging and Cabrera rolls it over to 2b. Darvish threw just 10 pitches, 7 for strikes.</p>
<p id="hBhfY7"><strong>B-1:</strong> With two outs and nobody on Machado fouled off a bunch of pitches for Widener and on pitch #9 crushed a cement mixer slider to deep left and a 1-0 San Diego lead.</p>
<p id="iIeszS"><strong>T-2:</strong> Kole Calhoun lead off with a base hit, and one out later Christian Walker crushed a fastball off the facing of the upper deck in left center field to give the D-backs a 2-1 lead. Yu recorded 3 strikeouts in the inning and 5<sup>th</sup> of the game</p>
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<p id="qR3Ytq"><strong>B-2:</strong> Eric Hosmer crushed the first pitch he saw from Widener into the right field bleachers just inside the foul pole to tie the game up at 2 a piece. From there Widener worked around a Hit By Pitch of Grisham to get through the inning without any further damage. </p>
<p id="AOwdTd"><strong>T-3:</strong> After two more strikeouts for Darvish, (7 overall), Pavin Smith battled for 9 pitches before grounding out to first. Still 2-2 ballgame</p>
<p id="yec8QZ"><strong>B-3:</strong> Tommy Pham ripped another hanging slider from Widener 109 off the bat into left and past the outstretched glove of Peralta for a double. But he got Adam Frazier to ground out to 2<sup>nd</sup> and struck out Machado and Cronenworth to end the threat. Taylor is at 55 pitches through three.</p>
<p id="NobOTS"><strong>T-4:</strong> Two more K’s for Darvish, a single up the middle for Peralta, but nothing else. With 9K’s through 4 and 57 pitches thrown it will be interesting to see how many he gets. His season high is 12.</p>
<p id="AuxRC6"><strong>B-4: </strong>Widener loaded the bases with nobody out on two walks and a single, but got Caratini to pop out and Darvish hit into a 4-6-3 double player to get him out of it. Widener is at 75 pitches.</p>
<p id="qDBDaE"><strong>T-5:</strong> Two more K’s or Darvish, 11 through 5. Still 2-2 tie.</p>
<p id="1K4WAo"><strong>B-5:</strong> 3<sup>rd</sup> time through the order and Widener works his first 1-2-3 against the top of the Padres lineup. His most impressive inning, he struck out Pham and then Machado for the 2<sup>nd</sup> time. 89 pitches in total. Does Torey let him come back out for the 6<sup>th</sup>?</p>
<p id="TVhThI"><strong>T-6:</strong> Another 1-2-3 inning for Darvish. Smith was his 12<sup>th</sup> strikeout victim. Darvish at 82 pitches.</p>
<p id="PDV9o0"><strong>B-6: </strong>Torey went to the pen, bringing in lefty Tyler Gilbert to start the 6<sup>th</sup>. Gilbert is making just his 3<sup>rd</sup> big league appearance. A tapper to first by Cronenworth and a flip by Walker to Gilbert resulted in an out on the first pitch. Originally ruled safe, it was overturned on replay. A groundout and a K looking for Myers followed and Gilbert had a 1-2-3 inning of his own. </p>
<p id="CBowQB"><strong>T-7: </strong>Calhoun knocked a base hit to right, his second leadoff single of the game. Peralta tapped into a 4-6 force out, and barely beat a high throw to 1<sup>st</sup> to avoid the double play. Walker popped out to shallow left and Varsho grounded out to short. Pfft. It was the first inning Darvish didn’t have a K. Still a 2-2 tie. </p>
<p id="OwLFzZ"><strong>B-7: </strong>Grisham singled to left to start the 7<sup>th</sup>. Caratini struck out on 3 pitches and in stepped pinch hitter Ha-Seong Kim, ending Darvish’s night. Kim fouled off a bunch of pitches, and finally drew a walk on the 10<sup>th</sup> pitch of the at bat. But Gilbert got Pham to tap back to the mound and he spun and threw to Josh VanMeter covering the bag who tossed it on to 1<sup>st</sup> to complete the 1-4-3 double play and a second scoreless inning for Gilbert.</p>
<p id="dkyRMx"><strong>T-8:</strong> Lefty Drew Pomeranz relieved Darvish. Machado made a nice bare-handed play and throw on a chopper to nail Ahmed at first. Ketel Marte pinch hit and drove a high fly to the track in right for the 2<sup>nd</sup> out. VanMeter “singled” under Machado’s glove into left. Carson Kelly pinch hit for Pavin Smith. On the 7<sup>th</sup> pitch of the at bat VanMeter took off for second but Pomeranz threw over to first and Hosmer got it Adam Frazier to nail JVM and end the inning. </p>
<p id="epVf8K"><strong>B-8:</strong> Brett de Gues pitching the 8<sup>th</sup>. Frazier lined a single to center. Marte got a poor jump and the ball bounced right in front of him and he had to field it on a short hop. Frazier got a great jump and stole 2<sup>nd</sup> on a called strike to Machado. He promptly dunked the 0-2 pitch into center scoring Frazier and giving the Padres the 3-2 lead. de Gues threw wild to first on a pickoff, despite Manny being on the bag at the time, allowing Machado to advance to 2nd and the meltdown was fully underway. Cronenworth was intentionally walked and that was all for de Gues. Joe Mantiply came iin and struck out Hosmer. But a single by Wil Myers loaded the bases, and then Trent Grisham drew a bases loaded walk. Pinch hitter Austin Nola singled on a ground ball into right scoring two more runs, and the Padres owned a 6-2 lead. </p>
<p id="C8qOl5"><strong>T-9: </strong>Mark Melancon on to close it out for San Diego in a non save situation. He walks Drew Ellis to start the inning. Cabrera hit into a 3-6-1 double play however and Calhoun bounced out to 2nd to end the game. </p>
<p id="kDHfZw">I don’t think I’m going to hang around for the post game presser. What’s Torey going to say that we don’t already know or haven’t already heard dozens of times over this year when the bullpen blows open a game. </p>
<p id="RgMp08"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/liveboxscore.aspx?date=2021-08-07&team=Padres&dh=0&season=2021">Fangraphs Box Score and Win Probability</a></p>
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<p id="5ttKTm">Tyler Gilbert +0.16 WPA, (Edited....see comments section below)</p>
<p id="5RmA9c">Christian Walker. +0.11 WPA thanks to his go ahead 2 run homer in the 2nd, but also a couple of runners left on base knocked down his score.</p>
<p id="1NTBwN">Brett de Gues. -0.32. Nothing misleading here. </p>
<p id="mUTLtq">Josh Van Meter -0.10 and that doesn’t include getting picked off. </p>
<p id="GqJwDr"><strong>Roll Call</strong></p>
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<p id="FrKISw">COTD goes to edbigghead, commemorating the Brute Squad Brethren’s celebrations with Keegan at his bachelor party. Stay hydrated my friends. </p>
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<p id="sH5YUw">Rubber match with San Diego is 1:10 P.M., Madison Bumgarner faces off against Blake Snell</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2021/8/8/22614994/padres-punch-through-defeat-dbacks-6-2-brett-de-gues-joe-mantiplyJack Sommers2021-08-07T20:30:00-04:002021-08-07T20:30:00-04:00Gameday Thread, #112: 8/7 @ Padres
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<p>On this day in 1992, Unforgiven was #1 at the North American box-office. </p> <blockquote><p id="9ZADO7">I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you.</p></blockquote>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2021/8/7/22614729/gameday-thread-112-8-7-padresJim McLennan2021-08-07T19:00:00-04:002021-08-07T19:00:00-04:00D-backs Preview #112: 8/7 @ Padres
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<p>Don’t look for today’s game on Bally Sports!</p> <div id="0eTCU5">
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<td class="td-last td-name">Asdrubal Cabrera - 3B</td>
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<p id="cbUEUz">Yes, as the above should make clear, today’s game is being nationally broadcast and so can be found on Fox Sports 1. This is you being told. If anyone whines in the Gameday Thread about “Where’s the game, it’s not on Bally Sports Arizona,” they can expect an up-close and personal visit from the SnakePit Ban Hammer. You’re either trolling, or that’s what you get for not reading the previews, folks. And if you are reading this, why, thank you! Anyway, it <em>feels</em> as if the team always gets crushed when the whole country gets to see them play. I don’t know if there’s any actual statistical backing to that sentiment, or if we only remember the beat-downs. </p>
<p id="ruwXzc">A win would get the team back to .500 over their first twenty games in the second half. That would be no small feat considering the D-backs were 26-66 at the break. Since then, they actually have the same record (9-10) as the Dodgers and Rockies, and almost the same as the Padres (9-9). But as I mentioned yesterday, it’s been a period of parity. Everyone in the National League has between seven and thirteen wins in the second half. Not quite the same in the AL, where the spread is four (Rangers) to fourteen (Yankees). Though the latter have picked up just one game on the Rays and Blue Jays over that time. </p>
<h4 id="DOhVom">Torey Lovullo notes</h4>
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<strong>Josh Rojas</strong> played 7 innings (4 PA, 0-3 with a sac fly) He played SS, taking 6 chances, no errors, and turned two double plays. He feels good and will DH tonight. The plan is to have him play 3 days in a row and then evaluate. It’s possible he could return in San Francisco on Tuesday . Torey made it sound like he should be back soon. </li>
<li id="2kaVYi"><strong>I asked Torey about the fact that most of the IL guys have only had a few games of rehab and seem to struggle with timing when they come back, and whether they might do better getting 6 or 7 games instead of just 3.</strong></li>
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<p id="YYt4l5"><em>We’ve been having those exact conversations throughout the course of certain player’s return. We’re not sure what the sweet spot is. We want to obviously get guys back as soon as possible. They’re very eager to get back. I trust the medical team on that. But we’re always searching for new ideas, better ideas, that will allow our athletes to walk into this arena and be very competitive. Yeah, so those are conversations that we’re having , we’ll perfect it. There’s no rule book that tells you exactly what needs to happen and what will give guys immediate success on returning from injury. </em></p>
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<strong>Ketel Marte </strong>is having a scheduled day off. The medical team is still running point on determining his playing time. There are no injury issues however and he will be in the lineup tomorrow and is available off the bench tonight.</li>
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<strong>Seth Frankoff </strong>went 4 2/3 throwing 81 pitches for Reno last night. He gave up 5 runs on 5 hits, including 3 homers, walked 4 and struck out 3. At least he’s stretched out for the most part and pitched on the same night as<strong> Caleb Smith.</strong>
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<li id="U1GdsC">It’s still not been determined whether Smith will stay in the rotation, but it’s sounding more and more like they are exploring other options, both on and off the current roster. Besides Frankoff, who lines up, they could also opt to go with <strong>Matt Peacock</strong> if they can stay away from using him the next 4 days. He would not be fully stretched out however. </li>
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<strong>Luke Weaver</strong> is throwing tomorrow in the ACL, (It was previously was reported it would be next week)</li>
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<h4 id="pRca9H">Torey Lovullo audio [<a href="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22768555/torey.mp3">or link</a>]</h4>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/diamondbacks-gamedays/2021/8/7/22614691/d-backs-preview-112-8-6-padresJim McLennanJack Sommers