AZ Snake Pit - Game #101: Diamondbacks 5, Tigers 4An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2014-07-23T02:22:59-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/56923342014-07-23T02:22:59-04:002014-07-23T02:22:59-04:00Diamondbacks 5, Tigers 4: Montero Raises Some Hill
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<p>A great night offensively from Hill, plus some late heroics from Montero, and an save from Reed gave the Diamondbacks the win tonight.</p> <h4>Record: 44-57 On Pace: 71-91 Change on '13: -8</h4>
<p>The start of this game was less than promising, but, as you can tell from the headline, it turned out okay. In the first inning, <span>Chase Anderson</span> looked a little spotty. He gave up a lead off single to <span>Austin Jackson</span>, and then two batters later, gave up an RBI single to <span>Miguel Cabrera</span>, giving the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> an early one-run lead.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>, and more specifically, <span>Aaron Hill</span>, were not going to take that lightly. After <span>David Peralta</span> struck out to start the Arizona half of the first inning, Hill hit a solo home run to tie the game. That was just the first of three comebacks the Diamondbacks would need tonight.</p>
<p>Anderson would hit another, much rougher patch, in the top of the third inning. He got Tigers starter <span>Rick Porcello</span> to ground out to start the inning, but then gave up back-to-back singles to Austin Jackson and <span>Ian Kinsler</span> before getting another out in the form of a Miguel Cabrera ground out. An intentional walk to <span>Victor Martinez</span> loaded the bases for J. D. Martinez (no relation to the former). While J. D. Martinez was pitching, Anderson unleashed a wild pitch, which allowed Jackson to score. Martinez flew out to Geraldo Parra to end the inning, but not before the Tigers took a 2-1 lead.</p>
<p>Again, however, Hill would not stand for that, this time getting an assist from David Peralta. Peralta got a one-out triple, and was then brought home by an Aaron Hill sac fly, giving Hill two RBI's on the night. Two all.</p>
<p>That duo wasn't done yet, however. Peralta lead the sixth inning off with another triple, his second of the game, and again was brought home by Hill, this time with a ground out to shortstop.</p>
<p>Anderson ended up going six strong innings, scattering five hits, and only giving up two earned runs. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to get the win, since, despite leaving with a lead, the Tigers would take the lead one more time. <span>Oliver Perez</span> and <span>Evan Marshall</span> combined for a scoreless seventh, and <span>Brad Ziegler</span> was brought in for the eighth.</p>
<p>And then things got ugly. Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera lead off the inning with back-to-back singles, something of a theme tonight. Victor Martinez grounded into one of the more confusing fielder's choices in recent memory, where all you need to know is that after a lot of throwing the ball around, Kinsler was thrown out at home, Cabrera ended up at second, and Martinez was at first. One out. J. D. Martinez then hit a screaming liner right back at Ziegler that hit him square in the chest for a single. Ziegler stayed in the game, seemingly okay, but maybe that wasn't the best idea, as the next batter hit a two-run single to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.</p>
<p>What could easily have been a killing blow ended up being just a bump in the road. In the eighth, <span>Ender Inciarte</span>, who came in during a double switch in the top of inning, David Peralta, and <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> all walked to load the bases with two outs. <span>Miguel Montero</span> then came up and hit a go-ahead two run single to give the Diamondbacks the lead, and our final score.</p>
<p>Some other notes about tonight's game. With the win, we actually moved up to third place in the division, by percentage points. Also, Peralta's two triple game (or would it be a double triple? Hmmm...) was the first for a Diamondbacks since Miguel Montero did it in 2010. Yes, <i>that</i> Miguel Montero.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Rockstar from Mars: David Peralta, 31.1%</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Abducted by aliens from Mars: Brad Ziegler, -60.1%</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Pretty active Gameday thread tonight, with 636 comments, though I'm pretty sure most of that was discussing the merits of the different series and incarnations of Star Trek. Dbacksskins lead the way with almost double anyone else. I came in second and Paulnh came in third. All present were:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">AJV19, AzRattler, Circa4life, Daredevilish, DbacksSkins, GuruB, Hazzard21, Jim McLennan, JoeCB1991, Makakilo, MrMrrbi, Paulnh, Rockkstarr12, SongBird, asteroid, cheese1213, freeland1787, hotclaws, imstillhungry95, onedotfive, piratedan7, porty99, preston.salisbury, rfffr</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Despite the number of comments, there wasn't anything I really felt was worth of the title CoTD. Make better choices tomorrow, people.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">12:10 start time tomorrow, and no television broadcast, but we'll be here, and there will be a radio broadcast, so there is that.</p>
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<p><span>Aaron Hill</span> and <span>David Peralta</span> made up most of the offense for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> tonight. Between the two of them, they were responsible for most of the run scoring in the game, and half of the hits. Hill hit a solo, game-tying home run in the first inning for the Diamondbacks first run. Then in the third and sixth innings, Peralta hit triples, both times being brought home by Hill, first on a sac fly, then on a ground ball to short stop.</p>
<p>A mixed bag for pitching performances tonight. Chase Andersen started for the Diamondbacks and was pretty solid for them tonight. He didn't go very deep into the game, only managing six innings, but scattered five hits and only allowed two runs. <span>Oliver Perez</span> and <span>Evan Marshall</span> combined for a scoreless seventh. However, Brad Zeigler did not have a good night. He got hit by line drive right in the chest, which was the final hit to load the bases, then he gave up a two-run single to give the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> a 4-3 lead which would not hold up. Reed came in to pitch the ninth, and got the save, thanks in large part to a great play by Aaron Hill.</p>
<p>The big blow came thanks to Miguel Montero. Three Tigers pitchers combined to load the bases in the eighth inning, and the third, LHP Corey Knebel, gave up a two-run single to Montero, and the Diamondbacks took a 5-4 lead. That would be our final. Full recap to follow</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/23/5928737/dbacks-5-tigers-4Imstillhungry952014-07-22T20:35:12-04:002014-07-22T20:35:12-04:00Preview: Peralta hits lead-off again
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<p>David Peralta hits leadoff again for the Diamondbacks, the eighth man to hit there for Arizona this year. Can you name the other seven?</p> <p>
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<br><span>Rick Porcello</span><br>RHP, 12-5, 3.39<br>
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<li> <span>David Peralta</span> - CF</li>
<li> <span>Aaron Hill</span> - 2B </li>
<li> <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> - 1B</li>
<li> <span>Miguel Montero</span> - C </li>
<li> <span>Mark Trumbo</span> - RF</li>
<li> <span>Gerardo Parra</span> - RF</li>
<li> <span>Martin Prado</span> - 3B </li>
<li> <span>Didi Gregorius</span> - SS</li>
<li>Chase Anderson - P</li>
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<p>Same line-up as last night, bar the pitcher's spot, so Gibson will stick at 84 different orders used this year for slots 1-8. Peralta hitting leadoff again, which is an interesting choice. At .349 his on-base percentage this year is the highest of anyone currently on the roster, with the obvious exception of Mr. Paul Edward Goldschmdt. But that's an OBP for Peralta which is <i>highly </i>dependent on a .322 batting average, with him having taken only six walks in 152 plate-appearances this year. If/when Peralta's BABIP regresses from its current .364 mark, his on-base rate is going to go with it, unless he starts taking a few more walks.</p>
<p>He also doesn't see as many pitches as you would typically want from your leadoff guy. At 3.59 per PA, he's ahead only Inciarte (3.52) among D-backs with 100 or more PAs this year, and well below the league average of 3.81. Leading the team is, perhaps surprisingly, Didi Gregorius, whose figure of 4.26 is ahead even of Goldie at 4.12. However, Peralta seems unfazed, despite being asked to do a job he never had filled in his pro career, <a target="_blank" href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azcentral.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fmlb%2Fdiamondbacks%2F2014%2F07%2F21%2Fleadoff-spot-d-backs-david-peraltas-next-hurdle%2F12975405%2F&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azsnakepit.com%2F2014%2F7%2F22%2F5928233%2Fdiamondbacks-tigers-preview" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener">saying</a> before yesterday's debut, "It's going to be interesting ... but it's going to be the same game. Hitting first, hitting second, it's going to be the same thing. I'm going to do the same thing. Do my job. Play hard."</p>
<p>[<i>The seven who preceded Peralta starting a game in the lead-off spot, along with their number of time there, are: Parra (45), Inciarte (19), <span>A.J. Pollock</span> (17), Gregorius (9), <span>Tony Campana</span> (4), <span>Chris Owings</span> (3) and Hill (2)</i>]</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/7/22/5928233/diamondbacks-tigers-previewJim McLennan