AZ Snake Pit - Game #94: Diamondbacks 0, Giants 5An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2014-07-12T01:24:43-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/56564622014-07-12T01:24:43-04:002014-07-12T01:24:43-04:00D-backs 0 Giants 5: Beercap of Unending Tommy John
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<p>Will any of our pitchers survive this nightmare?!??!?!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4746194/avb62009beer_medium.jpg" class="photo" alt="Avb62009beer_medium"></p>
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<h5><span>Beer 1: Modus Hopperandi by Ska Brewing</span></h5>
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<li><span>Hopheads gonna be hopheads. I think this is the best canned IPA on the market (that doesn't cost $10.50 a 6pack by Ballast Point). Just well balanced with a great flowery/citrusy aroma. Nice way to kick things off after a long week at work</span></li>
<li><span>Today I'm watching this game at Chop and Wok, which is also where I wrote a Fang Food article many moons ago. Weird punk rock-skater-chinese restaurant, but damned if their chinese food isn't some of the best in town.</span></li>
<li><span>Well Trumbomb is back today, which during any halfway decent season might be a very positive thing, but as this season is a legendary failure...............</span></li>
<li><span>At least our good buddy Timmeh is pitching. I swear, we must have some really good dirt on him to own him so thoroughly.<br></span></li>
<li><span>Hill somehow strikes out against Timmeh, something I very much doubt will be repeated.</span></li>
<li><span>Goldy smiles as he approaches, a wicked smile of someone who already knows the outcome of events to come........</span></li>
<li><span>......apparently Goldy didn't get the memo that he's facing Timmeh and flies out. 1-2-3 go the Dbacks</span></li>
<li><span>Panda, that damned Panda. On my first beer still and he’s already ruined my night.<span> </span>0-2 SF</span></li>
<li><span>Well, not too hot a start to the game.<span> </span>God how I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love </i>our pitching. By love I mean hate.<br></span></li>
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<p align="center">Pictured: the closest example to our pitching</p>
<h5><span>Beer 2: Praying Monk Belgium IPA by Old World Brewing</span></h5>
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<li><span>I hope I don’t come to regret this beer like I have this season.<span> </span>Olde World has a very very very bad reputation among craft beer dinkers, but a friend of mine urged me to give it a try again.</span></li>
<li><span>Yup, I regret this order.<span> </span>Reminds me of a Fat Tire pale ale, but slightly more tart and with no hop aroma or flavor.<span> </span>This is not a Belgium IPA.<span> </span>At all.</span></li>
<li><span>Well at least Timmeh wont have a no-no.<span> </span>0-2 Dbacks after 1.5.</span></li>
<li><span>0-3 now.<span> </span>My kingdom for some starting pitching!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></li>
<li><span>0-4….on a squeeze play…this bar may not have enough beer.</span></li>
<li><span>Local at the bar has just put together the deepest 80’s playlist I’ve ever heard.<span> </span>I’m talking "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Eyes Without a Face" kind of deep here.</span></li>
<li><span>All smiles from Timmeh as he fails at life, but still gets the out.<span> </span>Still 0-4 after 3.5.</span></li>
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<h5><span>Beer 3:<span> </span>NCA Ale by Barrio Brewing</span></h5>
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<li><span>I used to poopoo this brewery in Tucson, but in this last year I’ve really warmed up to it.<span> </span>Great American Strong Ale: big malt up front with hints of dates and<span> </span>nice hop bite at the end.<span> </span>Love it</span></li>
<li><span>Hate this game though.<span> </span>Morse challenges the Parrazooka after what usually would be an easy off the left field wall double and still barely gets in.<span> </span>Damn that Parra has rail gun for an arm!</span></li>
<li><span>Top of the 4<sup>th</sup> and Goldy has a chance to redeem himself.</span></li>
<li><span>Kinda does with a walk, and then gets thrown out.<span> </span>Redemption meter still reading zero.</span></li>
<li><span>Miggy though does redeem himself by chugging out a double.<span> </span>And I do mean chugging.<span> </span>Running is not his strong suit.</span></li>
<li><span>Trumbomb, our hero, fails to bring hope to another hopeless inning.<span> </span>A majestic long out though.</span></li>
<li><span>Sexy double play to end the 4<sup>th</sup>.<span> </span>Timmeh as the hit part of a hit-and-run didn’t work too well and with that Monte easy threw out the runner.</span></li>
<li><span>Deep 80’s tracks still lingers as does this awful game.</span></li>
<li><span>Surely Didi can save us from this game?<span> </span>Nope.<span> </span>0-4 after 4.5</span></li>
<li><span>Bottom of the 5<sup>th</sup>.<span> </span>Runners on the corners and no out.<span> </span>I really wonder just how much better this team would be with three sub 4ERA pitchers.<span> </span>To dream……</span></li>
<li><span>0-5<span> </span>Panda again crushes all hope with his rotund self.</span></li>
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<p align="center">Panda is more......shapes</p>
<h5><span>Beer (kinda) 4:<span> </span>Stella Cidre</span></h5>
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<li><span>When it’s nice and hot (and this bar is hot) a cider is a winning thing.</span></li>
<li><span>Winning though is foreign to this ball club as they get out of the 5<sup>th</sup> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">only </i>giving up 1 run.</span></li>
<li><span>6<sup>th</sup> time at bat for the Dbacks with the same results.<span> </span>I’m happy to say that this season has been so bad that my recaps can’t possibly be responsible.</span></li>
<li><span>Amazing pla…….Prado F’s up a pretty routine play at 3<sup>rd</sup>.<span> </span>Timmeh safe at 1<sup>st</sup>.</span></li>
<li><span>Prado almost fails at life twice in a row, but recovers….by the grace of God.<span> </span>After 6 still 0-5</span></li>
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<h5><span>Beer 5:<span> </span>Hop Nosh by Uinta Brewing (From Utah)</span></h5>
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<li><span> Yes I know "Utah makes beer!??!?!?!?" They do indeed and some of their breweries are pretty good, this most certainly being one of those. <br></span></li>
<li><span>Missed the 7th as I went back home, but I've not missed much. 0-5 after 8.5 innings.</span></li>
<li><span>Well I can at least hope that we get something good back from some impending trade that is surely on the horizon. <a href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Giants</a> win 5 to nada.<br></span></li>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/12/5891959/diamondbacks-giants-tim-lincecum-paul-goldschmidtTurambar2014-07-12T00:58:25-04:002014-07-12T00:58:25-04:00Diamondbacks 0, Giants 5
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<p>Well, that wasn't quite what we hoped.</p> <p><b>Record: 39-55. Pace: 67-95. Change on 2013/2010: -11/+3.</b></p>
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<p>So he should be dismissed after one bad start?!?! Three quality starts in a row, but one bad game and he should be sent down?!?! I really thought you guys knew baseball, but I’ve changed my mind. Have a fun season! Cheers!!!</p>
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<p>Yeah... About that... Bolsinger lasted five innings tonight, gave up eight hits - and wasn't getting BABIP'd to death - two walks and five runs, all earned, and his ERA increased to 5.50. I'm beginning to feel almost wistfully nostalgic for Trevor Cahill. Randall Delgado worked two ugly innings but somehow managed to post a pair of zeroes, and Eury de la Rosa worked a scoreless eighth. However, if was more than enough on a night when the unthinkable happened.</p>
<h4>Breaking: <span>Tim Lincecum</span> no-hits <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span>.</h4>
<p>Yep. The apocalypse is surely upon us. For, though Goldie did get a walk, and also a ninth-inning single to extend his on-base streak to 31 games (tying his career-best and equal fourth in franchise history), he didn't homer. Then again, neither did anyone else, with the D-backs getting only five hits. <span>Martin Prado</span> also had a hit and a walk, and <span>Mark Trumbo</span> went 1-for-4 in his return from the DL.</p>
<p>Turambar will be along with the beer-cap shortly. Until then, here are your bells and whistles:</p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2014-07-11&team=Giants&dh=0&season=2014"><img alt="20140711_diamondbacks_giants_0_2014071205244_live_medium" class="photo" src="http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/imported_assets/2282692/20140711_Diamondbacks_Giants_0_2014071205244_live_medium.png"></a><br>[<i>Click to enlarge, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Sharknado: Martin Prado, +1.4%</b><br><i><b>Attack of the Killer Lampreys: <span>Mike Bolsinger</span>, -29.2%</b></i></p>
<p align="left">Yep. Your game high WP was +1.4%. Says a lot. A sarcasm and SyFy original movie-filled thread tonight, led by JoeCB1991, some way ahead of freeland1787 and soco. Also taking part: Angry_Saguaro, Arizona Eyebrows, AzRattler, BrokeNBattleX, Clefo, DeadmanG, Diamondhacks, GODSCHMIDT, GuruB, James Attwood, Jim McLennan, Makakilo, MrMrrbi, SongBird, Umbrella24, asteroid, blank_38, hotclaws, preston.salisbury and xmet. Comment of the night to Clefo, suggesting Bronson's elbow issues might have been caused by him rocking out alongside <span>Aaron Hill</span></p>
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<p>That was the cause of Arroyo’s <span class="caps">UCL</span> tear, not pitching, but rocking out to early 00s Staind songs or whatever it is he likes</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/12/5892775/diamondbacks-0-giants-5Jim McLennan2014-07-11T22:00:05-04:002014-07-11T22:00:05-04:00Gameday Thread
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<p>Fact. Tim Lincecum has no-hit the Padres twice in the past year. He has NEVER no-hit Paul Goldschmidt in a game.</p> <p>Stay tuned for Turambar's beercap after this one. Hopefully we'll toasting the conclusion of another SadLincecumFest.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/11/5892457/gameday-thread-94-7-11-vs-giantsJim McLennan2014-07-11T21:30:02-04:002014-07-11T21:30:02-04:00Preview: He's baaaaaack....
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<p>The MLB All-Star Game festivities get under way tonight, with a preview of the Home-Run Derby, courtesy of Tim Lincecum pitching to Paul Goldschmidt. </p> <p>
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<li> <span>Aaron Hill</span> - 2B </li>
<li> <span>David Peralta</span> - CF</li>
<li> <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> - 1B</li>
<li> <span>Miguel Montero</span> - C</li>
<li> <span>Mark Trumbo</span> - LF</li>
<li> <span>Martin Prado</span> - 3B</li>
<li> <span>Gerardo Parra</span> - RF</li>
<li> <span>Didi Gregorius</span> - 2B</li>
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<p>Interesting line-up, Looks like Gibson is attempting heavily to leverage the match-up. Hill hits leadoff, because his OBP against Lincecum is, remarkably, even better than Goldie's at .640 - 11-for 19 with five walks and a sac. fly. On the other hand, Montero is batting clean-up, despite Miggy having a .440 OPS, with just a .167 average (10-for-60). So, go figure. Trumbo makes his return to the line-up, and hits fifth: he has never faced Lincecum, so we'll see how that works out. But, of course, the marquee match-up is the one whose picture can be found in the dictionary, beside the word "ownership". 15-for-26 with seven homers and a 2.042 OPS. Yep, an OPS that starts with a <u>two</u>.</p>
<p>Bolsinger will be casting envious eye at Chase Anderson's run support, being winless in his last six starts, with an 0-4 record. Some of that is how own fault, with an ERA above five, but the D-backs have scored an average of just three runs per game in that time, with a high of five. Or, as Chase calls it, "a good half-inning." :) But Bolsinger will need to pitch rather better than last time in Atlanta, where was lifted before the end of the fourth inning. A night-game at San Francisco should probably help, however. Still, with only three games before the break, and a well-rested bullpen, shouldn't be an issue.</p>
<p>So, go get some popcorn, put your feet up and see if Goldschmidt vs. Lincecum round 12 goes as well for us as the previous 11 have.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/11/5892371/diamondbacks-giants-previewJim McLennan