AZ Snake Pit - Game #74: 6/27, Arizona Diamondbacks 2, San Diego Padres 7An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2015-06-28T01:36:00-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/86218602015-06-28T01:36:00-04:002015-06-28T01:36:00-04:00Diamondbacks 2, Padres 7: Dustcap Beercap
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<p>SAND STORMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p><b>Record: 35-39. Pace: 77-85. Change on 2014: +5.</b></p>
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<h5>Beer 1: Kirsch Gose by Victory Brewing</h5>
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<li>Well I mist the first two innings but a dust storm will do that to a guy on a bike.</li>
<li>I got in, very dusty, and said to myself "Gose, I will have a Gose." Pronounced much like the figure from the Ghostbusters (The Key Master I think) Goser the Gosarian. A Belgium fruit beer that's pretty easy drinking at 4.5%. A good way to re-hydrate during a beer article.</li>
<li>Good things so far as Peralta and Tomas get things going with two singles and then the bases are juiced, but Owings (AGAIN!!) does nothing and Hellickson almost gets a single into center, but not quite.......still 0-2 going into the bottom of the 2nd.</li>
<li>Owings just can't lay off those sliders out of the zone. My positive opinion of him is fading VERY quickly at this moment. No amount of beer will change that.</li>
<li>Hellickson recovers from a "meh" 1st to cruise through the 2nd. Good Hellickson is good.</li>
<li>Good to see monsoon season begin so early. Wetness, like beer, is a good thing.</li>
<li>Goldy protects! When the offense is in doubt you can depend on Goldy. </li>
<li>Peralta delivers and brings home He of the Many Home Runs on a double. 1-2 with two outs in the 3rd.</li>
<li>TOMAS!!!! Never missed a meal in his life and apparently he's never missed a pitch either. Ties things up with a double down the 3rd base line. 2-2 <br> </li>
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<p style="text-align:center"><img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3829768/MadMaxFuryRoad7.0.jpg" alt="drive to work" height="251" width="612"><br> Driving to work can be pretty rough during a dust storm......</p>
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<strike>Beer</strike> <strike>Cider</strike> Cyser 2: Green Apple Cyser by Arizona Mean Co.</h2>
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<li>Brand, brand, brand new Meadery out of Chandler and this not-quite-cider-not-quite-mead is pretty dang good. Nom nom nom is how I'd term is. Refreshing and laden with honey and apple. Good times. Much like the 3rd inning.</li>
<li>DUST STORM WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</li>
<li>I swear, these warnings are mostly just comical. Dust storms are rarely a big deal unless you're on the 10 driving to/from Tucson. Outside of that it's just annoying, and sometimes cool.</li>
<li>End of the 3rd and almost the end of my cyser. Still can't believe this team isn't at .500 yet. Seems like the DBacks should be far about that mark by now.</li>
<li>I could have sworn I saw Hellickson show bunt in the top of the 4th....with two outs.....and no one on. That can't be the case though, because that would be madness. Unending madness.</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3829770/mm4.0.jpg" alt="duff"><br>What a lovely game!!!!!!!!</p>
<h5>Beer 3: IPA by Dragoon Brewing Co.</h5>
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<li>Yup, an IPA. A very good IPA. I dare say the absolute best in the state.</li>
<li>Ahmed, unlike Owings, has resurrected himself from the land of crappy-batting. Between Owings and Hill 2nd Base is a black hole of suck. Something has got to give there. At some point.</li>
<li>Ahmed, despite the nice hitting, did a shit job of stealing. 1 out in the top of the 5th, for apparently no reason at all. Thanks Ahmed</li>
<li>It's dawned on me that this ump has a VERY generous strike zone. Goldy's K was nooootttttttt quite a K in my book, but at least he's calling those strikes both ways.</li>
<li>What the heck is it with the face painting I'm seeing. Does it mean anything? Anything at all? Should I care as a loyal viewer...besides the chicks doing said painting being mildly hot?</li>
<li>Upton just ruined my night with the 2run shot. I blame Zach the bartender who just informed me that he no longer hates Jupton, but pities him instead. Thanks Zach. 2-4 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a><br> </li>
<li>2.5% beer for $8???? No thanks. I'll pay for something that's high ABV, but whens it's an ABV I can give liquid just by looking at it????? Heck no.</li>
<li>Bottom of the 6th and still 2-4 Padres, and I'm in need of a good ending to this game. Sigh.</li>
<li>The wheels are falling off for Hellickson. Sigh. If only Lord Goldy could pitch.... Men on the corners with no outs in the bottom of the 6th. Ouch<br> </li>
<li>SUICIDE SQUEEZE WORKED?!!!!?!??!!??! Grrrrr. I'll need more beer to endure this game. 2-5 now........</li>
<li>After a brief bathroom break it's 2-6.....we're doomed. Sigh.</li>
<li>Make that 2-7. This game is over.</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3830140/Mad-Max-Fury-Road-05272015-970x545.0.jpg" alt="chrome" height="322" width="572"><br>The Dbacks lose, they win, they lose again!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<h5>Beer 4: Mach 10 Imperial IPA by Bear Republic Brewing</h5>
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<li>A crappy game demands an extremely strong beer to finish it out. Yay.</li>
<li>And here I thought I'd review a good game. What a fool I was.............</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3830164/mad-max-fury-road-movie-review-the-villainous-immortan-joe-406837.0.jpg" alt="joe" height="381" width="509"><br>This game will be reborn, shinny and chrome....</p>
<h5>Beer 5: Red Eye Coffee Porter by Two Brother Brewing</h5>
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<li>Yes, I finished the previous beer rather quickly, if only to forget how terribly this game is going. <br> </li>
<li>Coffee porters are made of awesome. Were I able to smoke a cigar in this bar this would be the beer to accompany it. Rich chocolate and coffee flavors flow from this beer like my hate for this game.</li>
<li>I care not of this game. Writing matters not now....</li>
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<p><b>Bells and whistles, by Jim</b></p>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2015-06-27&team=Padres&dh=0&season=2015"><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3830180/chart.0.png" alt="Fangraph"></a><br>[<i>Click for details at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Lawrence of Arabia: <span>Yasmany Tomas</span>, +20.2%<br></b>Hurricane Sandy: <span>David Peralta</span>, +13.2%<br><i><b>Sandy swimming-trunks: <span>Jeremy Hellickson</span>, -42.7%</b><br>Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank...: Owings, -11.7%; Saltalamacchia, -11.1%</i></p>
<p align="left">A close-fought thread, with only half a dozen comments covering the top three. freeland1787, preston.salisbury and JoeCB1991. Others braving the storm were: AzRattler, DeadmanG, Diamondhacks, GuruB, James Attwood, Jim McLennan, Makakilo, MrMrrbi, SongBird, Xerostomia, ford.williams.10, gamepass, hotclaws, noblevillain, shoewizard, thunderpumpkin87 and xmet. Again, no Sedona Red comments, and the game sucked, so no Comment of the Night will be awarded.</p>
<p align="left">We'll reconvene tomorrow afternoon as we try to avoid being swept: <span>Chase Anderson</span> starts for us, and Odrisa... Odins... Ondsi... there will be be a pitcher for the Padres too. 1:10pm first pitch.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/28/8858077/dustcap-beercapTurambar2015-06-28T01:08:36-04:002015-06-28T01:08:36-04:00Diamondbacks 2, Padres 7
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<p>This one pitch, and it all went downhill from there...</p> <p>With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, the D-backs and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> were tied 2-2. There was a man on second and <span>Justin Upton</span> was the plate. This scenario had cropped up earlier, and Upton had carefully been pitched around. This time though, <span>Jeremy Hellickson</span> got a full count and then wasn't careful enough. The resulting two-run homer was Upton's fourth in 12 games versus Arizona this year, and a further crooked number, a three-spot, in the sixth, put this one well out of reach. Hellickson struck out eight in 5.1 innings, but allowed 10 hits and a walk, leading to seven earned runs. <span>Randall Delgado</span> and <span>Josh Collmenter</span> combined for 2.2 scoreless in relief.</p>
<p>The offense, as last night, only had one meaningful sequence of production. With two outs in the third inning, we got back-to-back-to-back doubles from <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span>, <span>David Peralta</span> and <span>Yasmany Tomas</span>, scoring twice to level the game at two. Outside of that, we managed no walks or extra-base knocks, with only five singles. Peralta, Tomas and <span>Jake Lamb</span> each had two hits in this one, but it wasn't enough to stop Arizona sinking to their third consecutive loss.</p>
<p>Turambar will be along in a bit with the beercap. Feel free to drink heavily alongside him.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/28/8858293/diamondbacks-padres-scoreJim McLennan2015-06-27T20:30:02-04:002015-06-27T20:30:02-04:00Game #74 Preview: 6/27, Diamondbacks @ Padres
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<p>OMG! A losing streak! DON'T PANIC!!!!</p>
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<span>Jeremy Hellickson</span><br>RHP, 5-4, 4.94</h5>
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<span>Andrew Cashner</span><br>RHP, 2-9, 4.35<br>
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<p>S'funny what a difference a single defeat can Tmake; after the strenuous, failed attempts to reach .500 over the past couple of weeks, consecutive losses suddenly feels like a complete disaster. In some ways it is, because you have to go all the way back to June 10 to find the last time the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> lost consecutive contests, as they got swept out of Los Angeles. They fell five games below .500 at that point, one off the season high, and things looked bleak. But they then swept the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a> in San Francisco, and didn't lose another series until the one just finished against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a>. Fortunes can change quickly: I'm just hoping this isn't the start of a lengthy down-turn.</p>
<p>I'd quite happily settle for a repeat of the last time we saw Hellickson take on Cashner, which was last Sunday at Chase Field, with the Diamondbacks coming out on top by a 7-2 margin. We dealt with Cashner rather better than we had <span>Tyson Ross</span> the previous night, taking full advantage of some San Diego gaffes to tag him for seven runs and send him packing after four innings of work. Having clearly been guilty of sloppy play ourselves last night, we should be mindful of how costly that can be; it may not guarantee a loss, but it's a lot easier to win when you aren't giving the opposition extra chances and/or are running into unnecessary outs of your own.</p>
<p>Ahmed gets another shot at the top of the order, which is... interesting. I hope the top of the order can get it done, because Salty, Lamb, Owings and the pitcher's spot do not fill me with a great deal of optimism. In 15 games since his return, Lamb has just a .463 OPS, with 18 strikeouts in 52 at-bats, That's a striking contrast to the 1.204 OPS he had when Jake hit the DL; I'm just hoping we're not talking an Owings-like rehab, where he apparently needs to play for four months before getting back to being fully healthy. With a .265 BABIP, Lamb has been <i>slightly</i> unlucky, but a 32% K-rate isn't doing himself any favors either.</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/6/27/8857759/arizona-diamondbacks-san-diego-padres-previewJim McLennan