AZ Snake Pit - Game #136, Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 2An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2014-08-31T19:22:52-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/58548042014-08-31T19:22:52-04:002014-08-31T19:22:52-04:00Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 2
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<p>Finally, the great taco famine is over! The Arizona offense exploded for a whole six runs, to take the rubber game of their series against Colorado. New guy Nolan Reimold had a two-run homer. </p> <p>For a third consecutive game, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> got a very solid start from their pitcher, with only one run allowed. Chase Anderson's start was a little shorter than the preceding two, but he still went six innings, allowing five hits and walking none, tying a career high with eight strikeouts. Six of those came the first time through the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> order. <span>Evan Marshall</span>, <span>Will Harris</span> and <span>Matt Stites</span> closed things out from there, although Stites did give up the second run of the afternoon in the ninth, on a hit and a walk.</p>
<p>The offense had their best day since August 8, with most of the damage being done in a four-run seventh. That began with a two-run homer by <span>Nolan Reimold</span> in his first appearance as a pinch-hitter for the Diamondbacks. Later in the inning, an <span>Aaron Hill</span> double and <span>Mark Trumbo</span> single also helped to push runs across home. Hill finished a home-run short of the cycle with his three hits, while Trumbo and <span>Ender Inciarte</span> each reached base three times, with a pair of hits and a walk.</p>
<p>preston.salisbury will be along with the recap in a bit, and don't forget, there's a round table coming up later tonight too.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/8/31/6091373/diamondbacks-rockies-scoreJim McLennan2014-08-31T15:30:03-04:002014-08-31T15:30:03-04:00Preview: Will Chase get chased at Chase
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<p>The rubber match of the series. Will Chase get chased at Chase?</p>
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<h5>Jorge De La Rosa<br>LHP, 13-9, 4.19</h5>
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<span>Chase Anderson</span><br>RHP, 7-6, 3.90</h5>
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<span>Charlie Blackmon</span> - CF</td>
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<span>Ender Inciarte</span> - CF</td>
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<span>DJ LeMahieu</span> - 2B</td>
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<span>Cliff Pennington</span> - 3B</td>
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<span>Justin Morneau</span> - 1B</td>
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<span>Aaron Hill</span> - 2B</td>
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<span>Nolan Arenado</span> - 3B</td>
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<span>Mark Trumbo</span> - LF</td>
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<span>Corey Dickerson</span> - LF</td>
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<span>Jordan Pacheco</span> - 1B</td>
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<span>Brandon Barnes</span> - RF</td>
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<span>David Peralta</span> - RF</td>
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<span>Charlie Culberson</span> - SS</td>
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<span>Tuffy Gosewisch</span> - C</td>
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<span>Jackson Williams</span> - C</td>
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<span>Didi Gregorius</span> - SS</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Jorge De La Rosa - LHP</td>
<td class="td-first td-name">Chase Anderson - RHP</td>
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<p>And so the Diamondbacks come to the last game of August, needing victory to avoid this turning into the worst month of the season. We were 9-19 through the end of April, and we go into this afternoon's contest with an 8-18 record. There's no question what the cause is: an offense which has delivered the most putrid calendar month, by team OPS, in franchise history. Our line for August is .220/.288/.332, a .620 OPS. To put that into context, Willie Bloomquist's career OPS is .665. We're also currently sitting at 3.27 runs per game, and need to score more than four today, or that will end as the lowest rate since the horrors of July 2004 (88 runs in 28 games, a 3.14 rate).</p>
<p>Hard to feel too optimistic, looking at that line-up, and de la Rosa has been pretty decent, in particular by the low standards of Colorado Rockies pitching in 2014. I say that, but we are one Jake Lamb swing away from having scored one run in the first two games of the series. Again, this is less a glowing compliment to the opposition, than an indictment of how bad our hitters have been this month. We certainly need Anderson to be better than he has been in his last couple of starts, allowing 10 earned runs in only seven innings of work, with a K:BB ratio of 7:7. The curse of me writing something optimistic, strikes again...</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2014/8/31/6090683/game-136-diamondbacks-vs-rockiesJim McLennan