AZ Snake Pit - Game #81: Diamondbacks 1, Indians 6An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2014-06-26T00:54:00-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/56066492014-06-26T00:54:00-04:002014-06-26T00:54:00-04:00BeerBQcap: Dbacks 1, Cleveland 6
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<p>BBQ and Beer with EdBiggHead</p> <p>Huzzah! Another Beercap!</p>
<p>This time I'm at EdBiggHeads palatial mansion!</p>
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<p>Beer 1: Long Hammer IPA</p>
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<li>Been a long time since I had this one. This IPA is apart of the old guard of American IPA, long since overshadowed by more aggressively hopped brews. Still solid though.</li>
<li>(EdBigghead) Drinking my usual 16 oz Bud Light. Waiting for The Giant's beer to get cold so I can switch out. Either way, there will be blood. </li>
<li>Bigghead is disapointed I didn't flip his chicken while outside. I sip my beer and act as nothing happened.</li>
<li>Chase Anderson, our only pitching hope this dismal season. BiggHead brings up the excellent point that if he keeps growing his hair out he'll look like Eric Byrnes.</li>
<li>Our only pitching hope just allowed a lead-off double, or triple? The umpires, on the first play, are mildly confused.</li>
<li>(EdBiggHead) Already, 1st play of the game and the gods forsake us with a crap call. And now a 1 - 0 lead. * Throws Turambar through a wall.</li>
<li> After extracting myself from the drywall and picking up my beer I notice that Anderson gave up another hit, and Santana is up.</li>
<li>Two singles for us to start the bottom of the 1st and a 2nd Bud Light for Ed. Gooood. Good.</li>
<li>But...........a strikeout by Goldy and Miggy hitting into a double play ends those hopes. More beer will be needed soon.</li>
<li>More hope leaving the stadium, just like Yan Gomes homer, which......appears.....to hit a lady in ..........a certain area...........<br> </li>
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<p>Beer 2: Ghost Rider White IPA by Wasatch Brewing</p>
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<li>Never had this one before, the Belgium yeast gives a little bit a tartness. BiggHead says it tastes like winterfresh gum.........</li>
<li>Beer three for Bigghead. Another Budlight. Science!!! When will Turambar's other beers be cold?</li>
<li>(EdBigghead) Nice single by Hillburger. Also, quotes from the background bbq...."I just stuck my W***** in your hummus bro"</li>
<li>Owings, who must be an avid golfer, took an ill advised swing at a pitch in the dirt. Inning over: 0-2</li>
<li>Another triple for Bourn. This night might get a bit ugly. 3-0 as Bourn gets driven in.<br> </li>
<li>Ender makes it a game (get it?) with a one out double. Can Parrazooka bring him in?????!?!?!?!!?!?!</li>
<li>Ender decides to get things moving himself with a steal of 3rd. But.............challenge overrules this</li>
<li> joy. Sigh, modern technology.</li>
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<p>Beer 3: Lips of Faith Series Gratzer Ale by New Belgium and Three Floyds</p>
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<li>Didn't even know this style existed before today, and apparently it hasn't been brewed in centuries. Smoky and kinda spiced, like a smoked ale. I like.</li>
<li>Top of the 4th; food has been consumed and Anderson continues to give up hits. This time to Kluber, his first hit............................EVER</li>
<li>(EdBigghead) Eric Byrnes loads the bases. FFS. But finally I get to enjoy non domestic beer. Edbigghead, pleased with this, angry at Eric Byrnes and his terrible pitching this game. </li>
<li>(EdBigghead) "Nice full swing bunt there Montero. My 9yr old little leaguers can bunt farther."</li>
<li>Another inning over, another inning of nothing.</li>
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<p align="center">"The Nothing!!!!!!"</p>
<p>Beer 4: Shipwreched Imperial IPA by Mission Brewing</p>
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<li>At 32oz this is the Death Star of all canned beers. Many Bothans died to bring us this beer.........</li>
<li>Another HR for the Indians. Hapless Dbacks are hapless.<br> </li>
<li>EdBiggHead "This is why I drink"</li>
<li>(EdBiggHead) "When I see Towers and La Russa sitting in the same room I get the feeling that they are jaded lovers. In love but angry that one is drinking another beer. Madly in love but they suspect that the other is cheating. They don't even talk anymore. They don't even know what they argue about. Don't even say I love you no more. Cuz saying how they feel is no longer allowed." <br> </li>
<li>Resides in Tucson? Francona lives in TTown?</li>
<li>Well, bottom of the 6th and still no offense.....0-4</li>
<li>(EdBigghead) "When I found Turambar he was unemployed in Greenland. I'm going have to find me a new giant."</li>
<li>Yet the Indians gain. 5-0 Native Americans. ISIS will suffer for this outrage. </li>
<li>We need more beer. Lots more beer. 6-0</li>
<li>Goldy, for the first time ever, appears to not be having a good game.</li>
<li>Game over man, game over.</li>
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<p>Beer 5: Harvest Fresh Hop IPA by Sierra Nevada</p>
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<li>Fresh hop IPA refers to an IPA that has had freshly harvested hops added directly to the fermented. Good times.</li>
<li>This fresh IPA is hella good. We. shall. have. peace. <br> </li>
<li>background quote "Why are all these Indian fans in my stadium!?!??"</li>
<li>Rzepcynsjsdjhnksjikjdikndksnksnkdkj up to close. Yup, it's over.</li>
<li>Pitty point. 1-6 </li>
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<p align="center">Tickets, all the tickets.....</p>
<p>Well this game sucked. Good thing we'll be going to a bunch of games this coming month..........nice</p>
<p>I need more beeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr........</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/6/26/5843142/beerbqcap-dbacks-clevelandTurambar2014-06-26T00:53:08-04:002014-06-26T00:53:08-04:00Diamondbacks 1, Indians 6
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<p>It only took about half as long as last night's game. But shorter isn't necessarily better</p> <p><b>Record: 34-47. Pace: 68-94. Change on 2013/2010/2004: -8/+2/+5.</b></p>
<p>What threatened to be a test of endurance for our pitching staff, turned into more of a test of endurance for the fans. After receiving 45 runs of support in his first five starts, going 5-0, Chase Anderson has received a total of five over his past three, losing each time. Not that he was exactly awesome tonight, with the usual problem of the long ball plaguing our starter. He lasted only five innings, giving up four runs, including two long balls, on seven hits and three walks, with four strikeouts. Newly called-up Zeke Spruill mopped things up the rest of the way, saving the bullpen with four innings of two-run ball, on three hits and a walk, also with four K's.</p>
<p>The problem tonight was a near total lack of offense, with Cleveland starter Corey Kluber shutting out Arizona for seven innings, on only four hits and a walk. The shutout continued into the ninth, before Miguel Montero took advantage of a couple of walks, driving in our first and only run with an RBI single. But Aaron Hill struck out swinging to end the game. Ender Inciarte had two hits and a walk out of the leadoff spot, and seems to be doing well there, but it definitely felt like our hitters were tired out after last night's marathon.</p>
<p>Off-day tomorrow, then we hit the road, starting off with the Padres. Turambar and edbigghead will be along with the beercap imminently, but here's the Fangraph and rollcall:</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2014-06-25&team=Diamondbacks&dh=0&season=2014"><img alt="20140625_indians_diamondbacks_0_2014062604646_live_medium" class="photo" src="http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2260447/20140625_Indians_Diamondbacks_0_2014062604646_live_medium.png"></a><br>[<i>Click to enlarge, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br>Nurse 3D: Gerardo Parra, +4.3%<br>Nurse not in 3D at all: Chase Anderson, -20.0%<br>Nurse 2D: Miguel Montero, -10.7%</p>
<p>DbacksSkins crushed all comers, posting more than twice as many as anyone else, with James Attwood and JoeCB1991 vying for second a third. Not that many people watching this one. Those present were: 4 Corners Fan, Clefo, DeadmanG, Diamondhacks, EzioExManAZ, GuruB, Jim McLennan, Makakilo, PyroKinesis, SongBird, hotclaws, onedotfive, preston.salisbury, rd33, soco and txzona. No comment received more than two recs, so I'm going to follow in the footsteps our hitters and can't be bothered.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/6/26/5844642/diamondbacks-indians-scoreJim McLennan2014-06-25T20:30:03-04:002014-06-25T20:30:03-04:00Preview: Half-way point
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<p>Tonight marks the half-way point in proceedings for the 2014 season. Half-way gone, or half-way there, depending on how you prefer to look at things.</p> <p>
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<h4>Diamondbacks Lineup</h4>
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<li> Ender Inciarte - CF </li>
<li> Gerardo Parra - RF</li>
<li> Paul Goldschmidt - 1B</li>
<li> Miguel Montero - C</li>
<li> Aaron Hill - 2B </li>
<li> Martin Prado - 3B</li>
<li> David Peralta - LF</li>
<li> Chris Owings - SS<br> </li>
<li>Chase Anderson - P</li>
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<p>Since Fangraphs gave up and went to bed before the recap last night, just to polish that off, here's the wild roller-coaster which was that game.</p>
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<p align="left">Have we ever had nine people with more than +10% in the same game before? Thinking that has to be something of a record. I've found games with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL200608150.shtml">more pitchers</a>, and games with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200505250.shtml">more hitters</a>, but I wasn't able to locate one where there were more in total. The significance for tonight is obvious: ten innings and 152 pitches thrown by our bullpen. The Indians are even worse off; they may only have thrown 9.1 innings, but that took them 187 pitches. At least the schedule is somewhat kind, with an off-day tomorrow, and the team also had an off-day on Monday. Let's see who we might have available in our bullpen, based on who worked Sunday and Tuesday:</p>
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<li> Matt Stites: 1, 33 pitches<br> </li>
<li> Joe Thatcher: 21, 12</li>
<li> Randall Delgado: 0, 29</li>
<li> Oliver Perez: 4, 23</li>
<li> Addison Reed: 0, 26</li>
<li> Brad Ziegler: 0, 14</li>
<li> Evan Marshall: 4, 5</li>
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<p align="left">Ouch. Ziegler? Marshall? Then it gets thin, as you're talking about people who either threw 25+ pitches last night or will be working three days out of four, which you'd rather avoid. This might be one of those days where we just have to leave Chase Anderson out there, regardless of results, hoping he suck it up and get through seven innings, almost regardless of the results. As noted, the Indians are probably worse off, but the difference is Anderson has gone past six on only one occasion in the majors, while Kluber has reached seven in half of all his starts this year, so odds are he'll be going deeper tonight. Should make for interesting management, to be sure.</p>
<p align="left">The above is, of course, pending any roster moves that may occur. There have been rumblings concerning such possibly taking place, but at time of writing (2:30pm), I haven't heard the specifics. If those occur, I'm sure there'll be a separate post about them in due course.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/6/25/5842498/diamondbacks-indians-previewJim McLennan