AZ Snake Pit - Game #77: 7/1, Diamondbacks 9, Rockies 3An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2022-07-01T23:28:50-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/229553412022-07-01T23:28:50-04:002022-07-01T23:28:50-04:00D-backs 9, Rockies 3: Patriotic Spirits up in the Pines
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<p>Fun times over a 4th of July Weekend</p> <p id="TdqeAW">Hello fellow Pitters and Brutes!</p>
<p id="l3JGsY">A very Murica weekend to you all!</p>
<p id="ApPvNK">Up here in the pines of northern AZ entertaining some friends, so my attention will be divided, but I’m confident I’ll be entertaining.</p>
<p id="PShArR"><strong>Inning 1:</strong></p>
<p id="sMgqmb">Well, we’re at a wine bar and my buddy Matthew refuses to contribute to this article. Just as I type that Rojas leads us off with a double and Alek drives him in with a triple. Folks, this may be a multi wine night. 1-0 Dbacks </p>
<p id="eRECNF">CWalk makes it a 2-0 game with a single and we exit the top of the 1st very much in charge. <br>Crickets from the Rocks in the 1st as we close our tab from this wine heaven.</p>
<p id="MA30rn"><strong>Inning 2:</strong></p>
<p id="nmP7Kv">Ok, we left, we shopped for grill stuff and returned. With that in mind I’ve missed quite a bit, but Carson Kelly keeps the hammer on with a homer while we shop (though his BA is still meh) making it 3-0 Dbacks</p>
<p id="DJTsMr">Luckily I didn't miss much in the bottom of the 2nd....</p>
<p id="47xvMm"><strong>Inning 3:</strong></p>
<p id="uLAwoD">Nor in the top of the 3rd....</p>
<p id="TX38Bt">Nor in the bottom of the 3rd....</p>
<p id="2KIaaN"><strong>Inning 4:</strong></p>
<p id="83wWsh">Nor in the top of the 4th...</p>
<p id="B1kdpj">Or bottom of the 4th...</p>
<p id="ufMKdq"><strong>Inning 5:</strong></p>
<p id="VcYYLe">Still nothing in the top of the 5th, but Kelly’s relatively excellent night gets a slight dent in the bottom of the frame as the Rocks finally get a run back in the midst of a double play. That’s all though and our lead is still very much there going in to the 6th up 3-1.</p>
<p id="X9mLtI"><strong>Inning 6:</strong></p>
<p id="U9HW0E">It’s Colorado folks, and that means HR’s. HR’s in the fashion that Oprah’s giving them away, or at the very least some or both teams are driving in runs. So with that in mind Peralta adds to our comfy lead with a 1 our HR and our lead is back to 3: 4-1 Dbacks</p>
<p id="uvIuqm">Kelly continues yet another solid outing with a 1-2-3 of the Rocks in the 6th, thus allowing only 4 hits and 1 run through 6 in a park that’s normally quite cruel.</p>
<p id="ccvwEp"><strong>Inning 7:</strong></p>
<p id="GBK69G">Alek Thomas (who is fast becoming a favorite of mine) makes it a 6-1 Dbacks lead with a 2run bomb. God I love this game.</p>
<p id="5qx5VD">Has championship fever (or hangover) hit Denver after the Av’s Stanley Cup Win? Certainly feels like a hangover to me even with McMahon clawing back a run with a solo shot in the bottom of the frame.</p>
<p id="1JBXmQ">Besides that it sure seems like the continuous partying with the Av’s taken it’s toll.</p>
<p id="1xmrCT"><strong>Inning 8:</strong></p>
<p id="tyZaqx">More padding for our lead here in the 8th: CWalk walk, Peralta double and Varsho single makes it a 8-2 game</p>
<p id="3Ra4Op">Kelly’s stellar night comes to an end as Poppen comes in relief. He gives up a pitty point of sorts allowing a Blackmon solo shot, but that’s all. 8-3 Dbacks</p>
<p id="Nn4Yx6"><strong>Inning 9:</strong></p>
<p id="UrnG1c">LOL. More runs for the Sneks. A wild pitch brings Rojas home and our silly lead gets sillier to 9-3. Yay Friday!</p>
<p id="yQHQc6">Well, considering that I was entertaining this game was quite perfect. Thanks Dbacks!</p>
<p id="VGzCPz">Back to entertaining/grilling!</p>
<h4 id="FssdFw">Bells and whistles, by Jim</h4>
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<p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2022-07-01&team=Rockies&dh=0&season=2022">Click for details</a> at Fangraphs.com
<br><b>...- . .-. -.-- / --. --- --- -..: Merrill Kelly, +28.7%</b>
<br>-.. . -.-. . -. -: Alek Thomas, +15.2%
<br><b><i>-. --- - / --. .-. . .- -: Ketel Marre, -7.5%</i></b></p>
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<p id="l76Dwg">Much as I’m tempted to do the rest of the recap in Morse Code... Yeah, I’ve got other things to be doing on a Friday night! As, I suspect most people have, especially with a long weekend likely beckoning for all you traitorous colonists. :) Quite surprised there were as many comments in the Gameday Thread as there were: almost two hundred. Just the one red, from what I can see, belonging to Michael:</p>
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<p id="wreHK7">Seven innings in Coors Field, allowing one earned run, is certainly nothing to complain about. It gives Kelly four of the last five wins by Diamondbacks starters, and drops his season ERA to 3.46; could be the lowest on the team by this time next week. We’ll see tomorrow (or, if necessary Sunday) if Arizona can win their first road series since taking three of four from the Cubs in Chicago, May 19-22. Dallas Keuchel makes his second start for the D-backs so... yeah, I’m thinking it’s probably going to be Sunday! 6:10 pm Arizona time for the first pitch there. </p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/7/1/23190302/d-backs-9-rockies-3-patriotic-spirits-up-in-the-pinesTurambar2022-07-01T20:00:00-04:002022-07-01T20:00:00-04:00Gameday Thread, #77: 7/1 @ Rockies
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<p>On this day in 1908, SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/7/1/23191307/gameday-thread-77-7-1-rockiesJim McLennan2022-07-01T19:00:00-04:002022-07-01T19:00:00-04:00Diamondbacks Game Preview #77: 7/1 @ Rockies
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<p>The battle for the basement in the NL West</p> <div id="XBMcLh">
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<h3>Today's Lineups</h3>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Josh Rojas - 3B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Connor Joe - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Alek Thomas - CF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Charlie Blackmon - DH</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Ketel Marte - DH</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Kris Bryant - LF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Christian Walker - 1B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">C.J. Cron - 1B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">David Peralta - LF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Brendan Rodgers - 2B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Daulton Varsho - RF</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Ryan McMahon - 3B</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Buddy Kennedy - 2B</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Jose Iglesias - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Carson Kelly - C</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Randal Grichuk - CF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Geraldo Perdomo - SS</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Elias Diaz - C</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Merrill Kelly - RHP</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">A. Senzatela - RHP</td>
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<p id="D92S2C">In June, Merrill Kelly had three of the four wins that went to Arizona starters, going 3-2 with a 3.60 ERA. The rest of the rotation combined for a 1-10 record with a 5.18 ERA. Some of that is a bit unfortunate. Zach Davies had a great month, with a 2.56 ERA and three quality starts in his five outings, but was winless in May. However, the fifth spot was a well-documented disaster, and Zac Gallen and Madison Bumgarner both fell back to Earth. Each of their regression was somewhat expected, their FIPs having come into the month significantly higher than their ERAs. Those gaps have now narrowed, though FIP remain above ERA for both. Kelly is the other way: his FIP of 3.32 is <em>lower</em> than his current ERA of 3.64. </p>
<p id="QAz1dt">Indeed, his bWAR has now fractionally overtaken Gallen’s to make Kelly the team’s most valuable pitcher so far. Part of that is Kelly’s workload, having thrown 84 innings compared to Gallen’s 76. He has had the deepest average start of anyone on the D-backs this season, at 5.6 innings per game, though Gallen has thrown a couple more pitches (92 vs. 90). In regard to the latter, it seems that the starter who can throw 100 pitches is gradually becoming an endangered species. This year in the NL, only sixteen percent of starters, so fewer than one game in six, throw that hundredth pitch. The division leading Dodgers have had a starter do so just TWICE in 75 games. </p>
<p id="F6NAjC">Of course, this is Coors Field, where pitchers go to die. It and Great American Ball Park are the only places in baseball this year which have an ERA above five. GABP is actually rather higher than Coors Field in 2022 (5.49 vs. 5.15), though a good chunk of that is just how terrible the Reds pitching has been overall. Even away from GABP, their ERA is 5.31; it’s a mind-numbing 5.75 on their home turf. The Rockies have actually been fractionally better at home (4.86) than away from Coors (4.94), despite having allowed almost twice as many home-runs in Denver (51-26). Still, with teams hitting .283 in Coors this year, if the D-backs can’t improve their woeful batting average this weekend, there may be no hope for them. </p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2022/7/1/23191320/diamondbacks-game-preview-77-7-1-padresJim McLennan