AZ Snake Pit - Game #54: 6/5, Arizona Diamondbacks 7, New York Mets 2An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2015-06-06T01:24:00-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/85036222015-06-06T01:24:00-04:002015-06-06T01:24:00-04:00Diamondbacks 7, Mets 2: Das Boot-cap
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<p>Solid hitting and solid pitching? Madness?</p> <div align="center">
<b>Why Das Boot theme? Because I can.</b><br>
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<p align="center"><b>Das beer is coming!!!!!!!!!!</b></p>
<h5>Beer 1: Velvet Imperial Pale by San Tan</h5>
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<li>I love smoked beers. LOVE. When done in a more intense manner the beer is liquid bacon, which is awesome. This is far more smooth than that, but the smokiness of the malt is there indeed.</li>
<li>Trumbo trade has come and gone and I'm pleased. Any move that ensures our future pieces get more AB's (Tomas & Lamb) is a good thing in my book. Were we a competing team with no time to develop young talent, then we're talking about something completely different. Not now though. The youth movement is in full affect.</li>
<li>Bad Hellickson alllmmmmoooostttt reared his ugly head in the first, but a ground-out and a double play later he gets out of the 1st with no blood given. I'll take it.</li>
<li>I keep forgetting the All Star Game is upon us. You best all be sure to stuff those ballot boxes with Goldy and Pollock votes. Just the thought of Goldy not getting in sends me into a blind rage.</li>
<li>Seriously, if Bryce Harper wasn't killing opposing pitching like Hannibal Lecter right now Goldy would be the hands down MVP for the NL</li>
<li>Just as I was saying "Hellickson had a good first innn......" he gives up a solo shot. Granted Cuddyer had to reach WAYYYYY outside the zone for it, but he got it. Sigh.</li>
<li>0-1 going into the bottom of the 2nd and despite the solo shot Hellickson looks OK. Perhaps that's just the beer talking.........</li>
<li>Still 0-1 after the third. Tomas with yes another single. Seriously. What the heck is going on. I was promised power and a high strike-out rate, but instead I get all the singles.<br> </li>
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<p align="center"><b>"It's hopeless, we'll never score a run."</b></p>
<h5>Beer 2: Southern Hemisphere Harvest IPA by Sierra Nevada</h5>
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<li>Mmmmm IPA. Fresh hopped at that, and made with Southern Hemisphere hops. Nom nom nom nom.</li>
<li>Hellickson once again shows shades of bad and good. Luckily he gets out of the top of the 3rd without much trouble, but you gotta wonder.....</li>
<li>Papago, a land of mystical beer wonder. A perfect place after a long and glorious week of work. Papago Jerry mumbling advice on Dbacks hitting. Quiet Erick being quiet. Good times.</li>
<li>Pollock comes through and the Mets make the damage worse than what it needed to be: 1-1 with Pollock at 2nd, but Goldy just can't quite come through to put a crooked number on the board. Still, he's my MVP<br> </li>
<li>Dammit. 1-2 Mets as Hellickson gives up another tough run. He's still hanging in there, but our bats NEED to show up and soon.</li>
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<p align="center"><b>'Those bats. They're out there somewhere...."</b></p>
<h5>Beer 3: Older Viscosity Imperial Barrel Aged Stout by Port Brewing Co.</h5>
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<li>As the name implies this beer is black as midnight and strong as steel. Yet the barrel aging keeps it smooth as silk. Strong chocolates notes with a bit of bourbon. God this is awesome.</li>
<li>Our offense obviously doesn't want to listen to me. 1-2-3 go the Dbacks and it's still 1-2 Mets after four.</li>
<li>Jerry, he of the long white beard, finally braided it in a very Viking way. Seriously, if I had a beard that went down below my chest I'd braid the heck out of it. These are the kind of goofy people that exist at Papago. Like Mos Eisley Catina, but with disc golfers, engineers and programers.</li>
<li>Getting distracted, dammit. Too much beer and too many bar locals.</li>
<li>Apparently we're still down, but I have faith as Ender comes up to bat at the bottom of the 6th. Faith spring eternal in the minds of blind Dback fans</li>
<li>Hope is fading as Ender strikes out, but Pollock gets a slick ground-rule double and Lord Goldy drives him in. As per usual. Truly he is the 1st basemen of first basemen<br> </li>
<li>Tomas!!!! Breaks his unending streak of singles and cashes in on a double. 3-2 Dbacks!!!!</li>
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<p align="center"><b>Das Bats!!!!!!!!!!!!!</b></p>
<h5>Beer 4: Sour in the Rye by The Bruery</h5>
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<li>An appropriately named beer for this game. Sours usually aren't by thing, but they are gradually growing on me. Definitely a palate cleanser to say the least.</li>
<li>After the 7th our heroes are still up. Wouldn't mind some insurance runs though....</li>
<li>Please let this game end. I got a nice cigar with my name on it waiting for me, and smoking laws in PHX don't allow me to light up in bars. Grrrrr.</li>
<li>Inciarte you magnificent son of a bitch! I read your book!!!!!</li>
<li>4-2 after Pollock, Goldy's rival, hits a clutch double. YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</li>
<li>Double steals. All the double steals. Men on 3rd and 2nd........never mind that. Bases JUICED!!!!! <br> </li>
<li>Hills up to bat.....ughhhhhhhh</li>
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<p align="center"><b>Good times....</b></p>
<h5>Beer 5: Hop Box by Joseph James Brewery</h5>
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<li>An Epic IPA for an epic at bat. Hill, the much loathed/liked is up to bat. Many wonder when his trade will go down. Hopefully sooner than later.</li>
<li>Hill defies my hate and gets a Texas-leaguer. Now it's 5-2 and I feel just a bit better about this game.</li>
<li>Owings with the sacrifice RBI, and God Emperor Goldy scores: 6-2 Dbacks</li>
<li>Loving this inning!!!! Wild pitch scores Peralta (bases loaded). Good times as it's now 7-2 Dbacks</li>
<li>Good time. Dbacks come back with a vengeance. YESSS!. No more writing/drinking.</li>
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<p>[<b>Bells and whistles, by Jim</b>]</p>
<p align="center"><img src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3766228/chart.0.png" alt="Fangraphs"><br>[<i>Click for details, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Das Boot-meister: A.J. Pollock, +21.7%</b><br>Crewmen: Tomas, +19.4%; Hudson, +12.1%; Goldschmidt, -10.8%<br><i><b>You sunk my battleship! Aaron Hill, -12.5%</b></i></p>
<p>Over 500 comments, not bad for a Friday night - even a wet one! DbacksSkins led the way, ahead of GuruB and preston.salisbury, with the following also present: AzRattler, BrokeNBattleX, DeadmanG, Diamondhacks, GODSCHMIDT, Jim McLennan, JoeCB1991, MrMrrbi, PhxSunsFan4Life, SongBird, Xerostomia, asteroid, bbtng, benhat, ford.williams.10, freeland1787, gamepass, hotclaws, onedotfive, shoewizard, since_98, soco and xmet. Comment of the night to 'Hacks, probably the first time ever to include an F-bomb. I'll let it slide, <b>just this once</b>. :)</p>
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<p>We reconvene tomorrow night - 7:10pm first pitch - at Chase for the third game, which sees Bartolo Colon take on Chase Anderson.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/6/8736767/das-boot-capTurambar2015-06-06T00:30:33-04:002015-06-06T00:30:33-04:00Diamondbacks 7, Mets 2
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<p>Jeremy Hellickson was his usual self, and so was Paul Goldschmidt, but it was A.J. Pollock who powered the offense tonight.</p> <p><span>Jeremy Hellickson</span> delivered his fourth consecutive quality start, but much like the previous three, it was more a thing of wonder than a thing of beauty, as he wobbled in and out of trouble. Probably no bigger than walking the pitcher to load the bases in the fourth inning, only to follow up by striking out <span>Curtis Granderson</span> on three pitches. Still, he became the first <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> starter in a while to throw six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks, with six strikeouts. There was then solid bullpen work from <span>Andrew Chafin</span>, <span>Daniel Hudson</span> and <span>Randall Delgado</span>, who threw three perfect innings. All told, the last 14 Mets' hitters went down in order.</p>
<p>However, the Diamondbacks had to come from behind twice here. They tied the game up at one in the third, A.J, Pollock legging out an infield comebacker which let <span>Nick Ahmed</span> scamper home from third. Then, they scored two in the sixth, on consecutive RBI hits from <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> and <span>Yasmany Tomas</span>, both making good contact on pitches well out of the zone. Arizona then added plenty of insurance in the ninth, as it was the turn of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>' bullpen who melted down. <span>Ender Inciarte</span> led off with a triple, with Pollock driving him in, then being driven in by Hill; <span>Chris Owings</span> added a sacrifice fly, and a wild pitch completed the scoring.</p>
<p>Pollock ended the night with three hits and two RBI, Ahmed a hit and two walks, Tomas a pair of hits and Goldschmidt got a hit and his contractually-obligated intentional walk. Turambar will be along with a celebratory beercap in a bit - he has a winning streak in these!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/6/8739983/diamondbacks-mets-scoreJim McLennan2015-06-05T20:30:02-04:002015-06-05T20:30:02-04:00Game #54 Preview: 6/5, Diamondbacks vs. Mets
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<p>Jeremy Hellickson looks to even the series against the Mets at Chase, after we dropped the first game. Can he keep up his run of recent quality starts?</p>
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<span>Jon Niese</span><br>LHP, 3-5, 4.42</h5>
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<p>It was nice of the 2010 Arizona bullpen to show up last night, for Throwback Thursday at Chase Field, allowing the opposition to score six runs over the last four innings of the game. Very much a case of The Good (<span>Robbie Ray</span>), the Bad (<span>Nick Ahmed's</span> fluff leading to a two-run homer, when Huddy should have been out of the inning) and The Ugly - Dominic 'Sergio' Leone's debut, which was among the worst of all time, right up there with Melvin Mora's and Ryan Cook's first games for the franchise. It was easy to see why his numbers were so awful with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a> this year, and I suspect a quick return to the minors in his immediate future, rather than A Fistful of Dollars...</p>
<p>This evening, we turn to Hellickson who has been the most consistent of our starting pitchers. Not necessarily <u>best</u>, note; just most consistent. The Game Scores for his starts have all been in a 30-point range, from 29 to 59, which is the smallest among our rotation members with more than two starts. <span>Archie Bradley</span> is at 45 (low of 27, high of 72), <span>Chase Anderson</span> at 48 (26-74), just ahead of Rubby De La Rosa's 49 (27-76), and <span>Josh Collmenter</span> has given us both the best (80) and the worst (1) starts of the season so far, for a spread of 79 points. Anderson has the best average, at 54.5, and is the only one above the league average, of 52.</p>
<p>That said, Hellickson has actually been decent of late, with back-to-back-to-back consecutive quality starts, at a time when Arizona pitchers going six innings has become as rare as hen's teeth. In the last three times round the rotation (which = 16 games, with Ray being added last night), Hellickson has three such outings, which is the same as everyone else in the 13 remaining contests put together (Anderson has two, and Rubby De La Rosa one). They may not have been brilliant or overpowering - only 11 strikeouts in 18.2 innings - but the D-backs won all three games, and the offense provided free tacos in only one of those. I'd settle for the same again tonight.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/5/8739509/arizona-diamondbacks-new-york-mets-previewJim McLennan