AZ Snake Pit - Game #47: 5/27, Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 6An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2022-05-28T01:41:14-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/229090722022-05-28T01:41:14-04:002022-05-28T01:41:14-04:00Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 4
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<p>Another deflating loss to LA</p> <p id="d4o6tR"><strong>Record 23-24, Pace 79-83</strong></p>
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<p id="Bhjxgh">Madison Bumgarner gave up 4 runs in the 2nd inning, and another in the 6th, allowing 3 homers in the process as the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> powered their way to a 6-4 victory over the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>. The offense managed 9 hits, and scored a couple of runs in the 9th to make it closer. But they were just 2 for 10 w/RISP and left 10 men on base. </p>
<p id="lmB63z">Daulton Varsho was injured, as was Jordan Luplow, both having to be removed from the game, Varsho due to a Hit by pitch in the back, right shoulder and Luplow due to a foul ball off the foot. X-rays were negative and both are day to day, but Varsho will be getting follow up imaging tomorrow. </p>
<h3 id="VkEBtw">Inning Summary</h3>
<p id="6nfQbs"><strong>T-1</strong> Bumgarner allowed a harmless single, another Freddie Freeman shift beater into left, but no other damage. </p>
<p id="BvZwEb"><strong>B-1</strong> Daulton Varsho hit on the back of his right shoulder to lead off the inning, but Rojas, Marte and Walker don’t even advance him to 2b.</p>
<p id="4iAcEe"><strong>T-2.</strong> Bumgarner threw three pitches inside to Justin Turner, and then on 3-1 threw BEHIND him for ball four. It was clear messaging for the Varsho HBP. That completely backfired though when a Hanser Alberto hit a two out single was followed by Edwin Rios depositing a fly ball just over the wall in the right field corner for a three-run homer. Bum badly missed his spot with the catcher set up low and away but the pitch was up and in to Rios’ wheelhouse. Mookie Betts then smashed the first pitch he saw into the left field bleachers. Message sent….by the Dodgers. <strong>4-0 LA</strong></p>
<p id="N9lph6"><strong>B-2:</strong> Pepiot gifted the D-backs a couple of walks and threw 31 pitches in the inning, but the D-backs could not do anything with it, failing to get a hit.</p>
<p id="OsHyM8"><strong>T-3:</strong> Madbum with his first 3 up 3 down inning</p>
<p id="QEclR6"><strong>B-3:</strong> With one out, Josh Rojas took the freebie, dropping a bunt down towards a vacated third base for the one out single. But Marte hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.</p>
<p id="YLzN4Q"><strong>T-4:</strong> Chris Taylor split the gap in left center all the way to the wall for a leadoff triple. But Jose Herrera picked him off third base on a designed play, according to Torey. </p>
<p id="PAnyvV"><strong>B-4:</strong> 3 up 3 down </p>
<p id="mre2rV"><strong>T-5:</strong> Another 1-2-3 for Bum, he’s retired 9 of the last 10 batters. Still down 4-0. Who else is getting tired of “moral victories”? Offense needs to get going</p>
<p id="3etxvr"><strong>B-5:</strong> Singles by Alek Thomas and Herrera, and a walk by Jordan Luplow pinch hitting for Varsho loaded the bases with one out. (Varsho was removed with right shoulder soreness due to the HBP in the 1<sup>st</sup> inning) All they managed was one run, on a Josh Rojas sacrifice fly to center. Marte grounded out 4-3 to end the threat. <strong> 4-1 LA</strong></p>
<p id="o6RoUw"><strong>T-6:</strong> LA got that run right back when Trea Turner hit a moon shot into the D-backs pen. There was another hit and a walk in the inning, but Bum got out of it. <strong>5-1 LA</strong></p>
<p id="uCXCEE"><strong>Final Line: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 3 HR, on 92 pitches</strong></p>
<p id="B8aTKN"><strong>B-6:</strong> David Peralta hit a one out doble but neither Pavin Smith or Alek Thomas could get him home</p>
<p id="yIvwTz"><strong>T-7</strong> J.B. Wendelken in to pitch. After a walk to rios Pavin Smith dropped a Betts pop up to shallow right after running a long way, and was charged with an E9. One out later Trea Turner singled home Rios making it <strong>6-1 LA.</strong></p>
<p id="r2Y7tN"><strong>B-7:</strong> The Dbacks get a run back on a Josh Rojas RBI base hit scoring Herrera. <strong>6-2 LA</strong></p>
<p id="oVU14J">Cooper Hummel pinch hit for Luplow in the inning, grounding out. Luplow had fouled a ball off his foot when he pinch hit for varsho.</p>
<p id="OroSuO"><strong>T-8: </strong>Tyler Holton came in and delivered a 1-2-3 inning</p>
<p id="970f0j"><strong>B-8:</strong> Former D-back favorite, now hated Dodger Daniel Hudson came into the game and hit David Peralta who stared out at Hudson….who tapped his chest mouthing “my bad”. Smith hit into a double play and then Hudson hit Alek Thomas on the foot, for the 3<sup>rd</sup> HBP in the game. Perdomo struck out to end the inning. </p>
<p id="b6dnmN"><strong>T-9:</strong> Another 1-2-3 for Holton. Nice work young man. </p>
<p id="U043wk"><strong>B-9: </strong>Craig Kimbrel came in to close for LA. Jose Herrera lead off with his 3rd hit of the game. Hummel walked and then Josh Rojas drove a ball that jumped the wall in left center on one hop for a ground rule double and an RBI. Marte Popped out and Christian Walker had an RBI ground out to short, making the score 6-4. Down to their final out Peralta stepped up as the tying run, but he grounded out to second to end the game</p>
<p id="HaNIIh"><strong>The D-backs are now 2-7 against LA this year, and 7-31 since the start of the 2020 season. </strong></p>
<p id="YRQ54R">After the game Torey Lovullo said he did not feel that any of the Dodger pitchers intentionally threw at his hitters, and denied that Bumgarner’s pitches against Turner were intentional , saying the pitches just got away. He said he does not believe in retaliation. Bumgarner was not available for comment after the game to discuss the matter. </p>
<p id="oKU8ao">He addressed the lack of timely hitting and the dropped popup by Smith, admitting that was a costly error that factored in the loss. </p>
<p id="qbYrbK"><a href="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23593866/torey.mp3">Torey Lovullo audio</a></p>
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<p id="3TS735"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/liveboxscore.aspx?date=2022-05-27&team=Diamondbacks&dh=0&season=2022">Fangraphs BOX</a></p>
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<p id="UybEgX">WPA:</p>
<p id="QJVC6w"> Josh Rojas +.11, 3 for 5, a double, 3 RBI. Jose Herera +.04. Career High 3 base hits. </p>
<p id="PkBAmj">Madison Bumgarner -.25, Ketel Marte -.19, Christian Walker -.18 all had tough nights. </p>
<p id="DjM5SF">Marte and Walker combined to go 1 for 10</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/5/28/23145221/dodgers-6-diamondbacks-4-madison-bumgarnerJack Sommers2022-05-27T21:30:00-04:002022-05-27T21:30:00-04:00Gameday Thread, #47: 5/27 vs. Dodgers
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<p>On this day in 1911, Vincent Price was born, and on this day in 1922, Christopher Lee was born</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/5/27/23145179/gameday-thread-47-5-27-vs-dodgersJim McLennan2022-05-27T20:00:00-04:002022-05-27T20:00:00-04:00Diamondbacks Game Preview #47: 5/27 vs. Dodgers
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<p>Why do LA do so well against the D-backs? </p> <div id="iuGupP">
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<td class="td-last td-name">Mookie Betts - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Daulton Varsho - DH</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Freddie Freeman - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Will Smith - C</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Justin Turner - 3B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">David Peralta - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Chris Taylor - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Cody Bellinger - CF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Edwin Rios - DH</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Ryan Pepiot - RHP</td>
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<h4 id="wsyp3B">Roster moves</h4>
<p id="UPlAz1">The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves:</p>
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<li id="zUlzOE">Recalled LHP Tyler Holton (No. 67) from Triple-A Reno.</li>
<li id="NPAuLC">Optioned RHP Luis Frias to Reno following last night’s game.</li>
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<p id="o3BJgi">No great surprise, with Frias being the sacrificial lamb, throwing 63 pitches in relief yesterday. So he won’t be doing anything beyond icing down his arm for a few days. </p>
<p id="Hrl5LC">Last night’s defeat at the hands of Los Angeles, dropped Arizona’s record against them to 2-6, with the D-backs having been outscored by more than two-to-one margin (25-51). This isn’t particularly new. It’s actually an <em>improvement</em> over last season when Arizona won just three of nineteen contests, and were outscored 53-124. The COVID-abbreviated campaign in 2020 was no better: 2-8. All told, since the end of the 2019 campaign, the Diamondbacks are a dismal 7-30 against the Dodgers, with the run differential 112-230. Perhaps surprisingly that is not the worst win percentage against a divisional rival over that time. Against the Giants, whom we have yet to face this season, the D-backs are an even worse 4-25. </p>
<p id="d1pqoB">A very significant part of the reason is that Arizona has not been very good over that time-frame, while San Francisco and Los Angeles have. Over that period, no team has won more than the Dodgers’ 179 times, and the Giants rank third, at 160 victories. The D-backs? 28th in the major since the start of 2020, with exactly a hundred wins. When a .373 win percentage team faces .604 (Giants) or .673 (Dodgers) teams, the results are not going to be great. Generally, the D-backs have won less than three times in ten when playing teams at or above .500 (39-94, .293 W%). Still, it’s not as bad as the less than <strong>two</strong> times in ten (.189) when facing the Dodgers. </p>
<p id="2KyVHh">Pressed to guess, it seems most likely to be an issue with the pitching. Arizona’s ERA over the past three seasons against Los Angeles is a meaty 5.93, higher than any other side in the NL (trailing their 7.33 against the Angels, albeit only in six games. Maybe there’s something about southern California since the start of 2020?). That perilously close to the D-backs’ ERA at Coors Field (6.19), which is flat out scary, considering how Arizona is no longer the hitter’s haven it once was, and Chavez Ravine still has occasions on which fly balls appear to die in the outfield. If Arizona are ever to escape from the apparent evil eye of Los Angeles, pitching better is going to be helpful. </p>
<h4 id="vqp4XR">TOREY LOVULLO NOTES</h4>
<p id="OuZDMo"><strong>Roster Move: Luis Frias</strong> optioned to AAA Reno and Left hander <strong>Tyler Holton</strong> has been recalled. On Frias, Torey had this to say:</p>
<p id="SaXL9p"><em>“Frias is a young talented pitcher. He’s got to figure out a way to manipulate the baseball and make secondary pitches land where they need to and continue to work on throwing his fastball where he needs to... This level of hitter will hit mistakes and it doesn’t matter how hard it is. It could be 110 MPH, if it’s out over the plate a major league baseball player is going to time it up. I see the velocities, which we all love, but we need to command that baseball.”</em></p>
<p id="xwWW6G">Torey also mentioned that it’s a luxury and very comforting to have three lefties in the pen. </p>
<p id="VCsQ6u"><strong>Bullpen: </strong>One silver lining to last night’s debacle was that the “A” bulllpen is well rested and ready to go for the rest of the weekend. Torey gave special praise to Caleb Smith stepping up and giving 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>3</sub> innings last night to help them get through the game. Asked who is the most “rubber armed” pitcher he has among relievers: </p>
<p id="vDpL0a"><em>I think Caleb Smith is probably in that category of guys that could throw every day. He wants to throw every day. When I take the ball from him, the first thing he says to me is I’m good tomorrow. I mean two seconds after I take the ball from him ...you’re done.....ok....I’m good tomorrow.</em></p>
<p id="IpvRRa"><strong>Last Night’s defensive miscommunication between Perdomo and Marte: </strong> Torey confirmed after reviewing the situation that it should have been Perdomo’s ball, and stressed the importance of developing non verbal communication. </p>
<p id="Ty7MQV"><strong>Injury Updates:</strong></p>
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<strong>Keynan Middleton</strong> (elbow) threw a 21 pitch bullpen</li>
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<strong>Luke Weaver</strong> will pitch in an extended game tomorrow, still limited to 2 IP, 30 pitches, will definitely not be built up as a starter.</li>
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<strong>Carson Kelly</strong> (Oblique) took the next step by taking BP in the cage, all went well</li>
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<strong>Nick Ahmed</strong> (Covid IL) has resumed light baseball activity. He is building strength and endurance, and still feeling fatigued. <em>“We miss Nick. There’s no doubt about it. There’s a certain comfort that he creates when he’s on the field. He’s the captain of the defense.”</em>
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<strong>Kyle Nelson</strong> (Covid IL) has thrown live BP</li>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/5/27/23145033/diamondbacks-game-preview-47-5-27-vs-dodgersJim McLennanJack Sommers