AZ Snake Pit - Game #108: 8/7, Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Cincinnati Reds 0 An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2015-08-08T00:41:19-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/88836562015-08-08T00:41:19-04:002015-08-08T00:41:19-04:00ARI 2, CIN 0: Good. Bad. I'm a guy with a beercap
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<p>Well, hello, Mr. Fancy Pants.</p> <p><b>Record: 53-55. Pace: 80-82. Change on 2014: +6.</b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951306/20131028-075754.0.jpg" alt="darkness" data-height="304" width="541"><br>A Groovy night for baseball.</p>
<h5>Beer 1: A pitcher of Dragoon IPA</h5>
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<li>Just barely beat out the storm getting to OHSO. Yes, that's right, a change in venue for once. Though I just missed out on happy hour, theirs is the best. $6 for a pitcher of any locally brewed beer? Can't be beat.</li>
<li>Might get kicked out of my perch out on the patio, another storm front about to move in. Normally no big deal, but for some baffling reason the patio is the only place with internet.......sigh.</li>
<li>annnnnnnnnd it got rained out. Surprise. I now find myself set up next to the brewing equipment, which is cool, and blessedly the internet juuuuuuuuuussttttt reaches me. <br> </li>
<li>Zombie night? Maybe I should make this a Army of Darkness themed recap? I think I shall.</li>
<li>Anderson. Looking a bit rusty so far. Allowing some very hard hit balls in the first. Still gets through without any blood given, but one must wonder what this game has in store for him.</li>
<li>Yesterday was National IPA Day so just about half the taps are full of hoppy goodness. With that in mind I will not be treating readers to anything coming close to variety. Just IPAs</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951400/Bruce-Campbell-in-Army-of-Darkness-2.0.jpg" alt="boomstick"><br>(Goldy) "This is my boomstick!"</p>
<h5>Beer 2: Puff, Puff Mash session IPA by OHSO Brewing</h5>
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<li>The name makes it sound pretty dank huh? Just like this Dbacks offense yo.</li>
<li>Iglesias allows the first two batter to get on in front of Lord Goldy, regrettably Goldy's boomstick has been lacking of late and shows it as he pops out after bring the count to 3-1. Sigh.</li>
<li>Peralta though brought his boomstick today and brings in Inciarte with a single. Hail to the king baby! 1-0 Dbacks</li>
<li>Anderson must have said the word correctly this inning as Merlin advised. 1.2.3 go the Reds.</li>
<li>....so do the Dbacks unfortunately. Still 1-0 going into the 3rd.</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951494/ash_old01.0.jpg" alt="gro"><br>It's groovy to be winning.</p>
<h5>Beer 3: Hops and Dreams dry hopped IPA by OHSO</h5>
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<li>When I brew I dry hop the "F" out of everything. Seriously. If you want to ensure your beer has the freshest hop aroma and taste: dry hop.<br> </li>
<li>Billing "F'n" Hamilton. This guy is stupid crazy fast. 51 stollen bases on the year. FIFTY ONE!!!!!!! That's literally insane and it's without the aid of solid fuel rockets strapped to is back. Luckily he's not quite fast enough to beat out an inning ending double play.</li>
<li>Both Anderson and Iglesias appeared to have settled in. Maybe I wont reach that fifth beer this recap after all....</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951482/ARMY_OF_DARKNESS_THEATRICAL-5a.0.jpg" alt="once"><br>[game }"You found this game beautiful once." <br>[Goldy] "Ya babe, but you got real pitch-duely"</p>
<h5>Beer 4: Blood, Sweat and Beers IPA by OHSO</h5>
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<li>Another great IPA, but this one has a far more pronounced citrusy flavor about it. Nom nom nom<br> </li>
<li>Seriously, I'm a baseball fan and certainly respect pitching duels, but I would really like to see a little offense. Is that so much to ask?!!?!?</li>
<li>I wish Anderson hadn...........wow. Just wow. The top of the 5th goes from two runner on with no out to a wild series of throws and miss-throws that leads to two out with only one on and no one scored. Just wow.</li>
<li>The wild play is challenged, and rightfully so, but luckily things go our way as the call is upheld. Anderson dodging bullets like Neo up there. Still 1-0 going into the bottom of the 5th. Somehow.</li>
<li>The pitching duel continues into the bottom of the 6th. Seems like both Iglesias and Anderson shop smart, S-Mart that is. You got that!!!!!</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951612/ian_abercrombie_as_spinach_chin_in_army_of_darkness.0.jpg" alt="chin" height="339" width="602"><br> [Spinach Chin ]"The words. Repeat the!" <br>[Goldy] "There. Will. Be. No. Offense."</p>
<h5>Beer 5: Day Dream IPA with mangoes and pineapple by OHSO</h5>
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<li>Way way way more mango and pineapple than I thought, but still yummy. </li>
<li>Looks like AJ heard the words and chose to misspeak them as he hits a two out double with Goldy on deck. Perhaps I spoke too soon?</li>
<li>Nope, Goldy still struggling and we're going into the 7th, still 1-0 Dbacks.</li>
<li>Castillo, the Duke of Welington comes through again. Crushes an opposite field homer and cushions our lead just a bit. 2-0 Dbacks.</li>
<li>Hill does a thing! <strike>Two</strike> three things! Single, steal and advances to third. Perhaps this is Bad Hill, the one pitchers used to fear?</li>
<li>Still 2-0 going into the 9th as we just can't quite be as cool as Ash.</li>
<li>Winning!!!!! Done.. Thanks all for reading this nonsense.</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=2015-08-07&team=Diamondbacks&dh=0&season=2015"><img src="https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3951662/chart.0.png" alt="Fangraph"></a><br>[<i>click for details, at fangraphs.com</i>]<br><b>Army of Darkness: Chase Anderson, +46.4%<br><i>The Evil Dead remake: Paul Goldschmidt, -7.8%</i></b></p>
<p align="left">Solid volume in the GDT, getting towards 500 - not bad for a game with no offense to speak of. James Attwood and freeland1787 ended tied for the top spot, with GuruB in third. Also present were: Clefo, DeadmanG, Jim McLennan, JoeCB1991, Makakilo, MrMrrbi, NumberOneIanKennedyFan31, Oldenschoole, Re Tired, gamepass, hotclaws, makattack71, noblevillain, onedotfive, porty99, preston.salisbury, soco and thunderpumpkin87. Comment of the thread to soco for the sole Sedona Red comment, in response to a statement that Frazier is pretty good.</p>
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<p>but when Niles and Daphne got together it really went down hill.</p>
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<p>The real violence, the violence I realized was unforgivable, is the violence we do to ourselves when we're too afraid to be who we really are.</p>
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<p align="left">Tomorrow, it is, of course, Randy Johnson's number 51 getting retired, which will be quite a special event. Our own fireballing left-hander, Robbie Ray, gets the honor of the start!</p>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/8/9118337/beepcap-seeing-redTurambar2015-08-08T00:18:23-04:002015-08-08T00:18:23-04:00Diamondbacks 2, Reds 0
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<p>Chase Anderson's return to the mound was highly successful, even if the offense showed about as much life as one of the walking dead, on Zombie Night at Chase Field</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> did score in the first inning, <span>David Peralta</span> singling home <span>Ender Inciarte</span>, but a twin-killing off the bat of <span>Welington Castillo</span> ended the threat. Indeed, it ended pretty much any threat from the Diamondbacks hitters for quite some time. We didn't get another base-runner until <span>A.J. Pollock's</span> two-out double in the sixth inning, but the next time up, Castillo launched another home-run, to double the home-team's advantage. We also threatened in the eighth, but with men on the corners and one out, A.J. Pollock lined into a hard-luck double-play. Arizona managed only six hits and a walk, Pollock reaching base safely twice.</p>
<p>Fortunately, Chase Anderson's time off had apparently done him quite a lot of good, as he was even better at stifling the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> offense. He worked seven innings, allowing only four hits and two walks, with seven strikeouts, holding the Reds to 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position. <span>Daniel Hudson</span> worked a perfect eighth, breaking a streak of shaky outings, and <span>Brad Ziegler</span> worked around a one-out single in the ninth, to notch his 20th save. All this, and Lemonade Guy moved on to the next round of MLB's Best Vendor!</p>
<p>Turambar will be along shortly with the beer cap!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/8/9120063/diamondbacks-reds-scoreJim McLennan2015-08-07T20:30:02-04:002015-08-07T20:30:02-04:00Game #108 Preview: 8/7, Diamondbacks vs. Reds
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<p>Chase Anderson is back in the rotation for the D-backs tonight. </p> <div class="pane sports_data_widget lineup clearfix">
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<span>Raisel Iglesias</span><br>RHP, 2-3, 5.13<span></span><span></span>
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<p>Anderson makes his return from the DL today. In a move which was so startlingly expected, I didn't even bother with a post about it, <span>Allen Webster</span> was sent back to Reno to make room for Anderson. Been a little while for Anderson, whose last outing was on July 18, and was also his worst of the season, as he was tagged for 10 hits and seven earned runs in only 3.2 innings of work against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/">Giants</a>. A month earlier, he had owned a season ERA comfortably under three (2.84), but five starts over which he was charged with 26 earned runs in 25.2 innings, has done a number on that, to the point where his ERA is little better than Rubby De La Rosa (4.37 vs. 4.56).</p>
<p>It's hard to argue he has been hard-done by, with his FIP sitting at 4.25. Indeed, outside of Ray, the rest of our rotation is much of a muchness, looking at that figure, with only four-tenths separating our #2 and #5 pitchers thus far. And the order may not be what you think. Here's how the five current members of our rotation stack up by FIP:</p>
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<li> <span>Robbie Ray</span>: 2.99</li>
<li>Chase Anderson: 4.25</li>
<li> <span>Jeremy Hellickson</span>: 4.48</li>
<li> <span>Patrick Corbin</span>: 4.63</li>
<li>Rubby De La Rosa: 4.65</li>
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<p>With National League average FIP at 3.79, it's clear where the D-backs' problem lies, if they are seriously to consider contending next season. Corbin may well have some upside, given he is barely a month back after missing a season and a half, but the peripherals of the other three are troublesome. I think we need our prospects to step-up, big time, in 2016, if the team is to have much chance.</p>
<p>Also, note the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a> are hitting their pitcher eighth again, with speedster Billy Hamilton occupying the ninth spot. Mind you, since Hamilton has an OPS+ of 51, that may be justified. Even those stolen bases barely get his value up above replacement (0.3 bWAR), and he's on pace for 78 this season, a number not surpassed in the majors since Rickey Henderson and Vince Coleman were roaming the bags for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/">Yankees</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> respectively, in 1988. I kinda hope Hamilton does get on base, just for the fun of it, though with an on-base percentage of .265, that's far from a certainty. You can't steal first-base, as the old adage goes!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/7/9119497/game-107-preview-8-6-arizona-diamondbacks-washington-nationalsJim McLennan