AZ Snake Pit - Game #111: 8/10, Arizona Diamondbacks 13, Philadelphia Phillies, 3An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2015-08-11T00:46:23-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/88926062015-08-11T00:46:23-04:002015-08-11T00:46:23-04:00D-Backs 13, Phillies 3: Offense catches phire
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<p>Only won by a touchdown and field goal sheesh.</p> <p>I'm not sure what to make of Rubby De La Rosa, to be honest. At the end of the day, lately anyway, his results seem to be good, but the process of getting there is always harrowing, like a cab driver that takes alleyways and sidewalks to get to your destination, but he ends up getting there anyway. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a>, the team the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> played tonight in case you have headline blindness, seemed to hit him kinda hard. Fortuneately, <span>Aaron Harang</span>, the starter for the Phillies, was hit even harder.</p>
<p>I really buried the lede of this game, eh?</p>
<p>Also the Phillies were the best team in the majors post All-Star break. Keep this in mind as you read along and feel more impressed.</p>
<p>The Phillies scored first, because they're jerks. <span>Carlos Ruiz</span> hit a double in the 3rd, but it turned into three bases because <span>David Peralta</span> sort of committed an error. Ruiz scored on a sac-fly by <span>Chase Utley</span> to make it 1-0 Phillies. The Diamondbacks answered right back in the bottom of the inning thanks to a legit <span>Jake Lamb</span> triple followed by a <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> single. That RBI put him past <span>Matt Williams</span> for 5th all-time for a Diamondback, which once again proves my theory: <strike>Germans love David Hasselhoff </strike>Paul Goldschmidt is good.</p>
<p>The scoring continued in the 4th when <span>Yasmany Tomas</span> hit a monster of a solo shot off of Harang to make it 2-1. That was Tomas' 7th dinger of the season thus far. However, the Phillies answered right back with <span>Cesar Hernandez</span> doubling home Utley to tie the game.</p>
<p>The Diamondbacks took a sizable lead in the 5th Goldy hit a sac-fly to score <span>A.J. Pollock</span> to take the lead. David Peralta doubled home Jake Lamb, but was thrown out between second and third, but the score was 4-2. <span>Welington Castillo</span> then hit another dinger, his 8th in the last two weeks and 15th on the year. He's pretty good. The Phillies added another off of RDLR on a <span>Maikel Franco</span> homer to deep center. (That guy is also someone to keep an eye on, he'll be pretty good, hell he is already.)</p>
<p>In the 6th, the Diamondbacks went HAM. Jamie Romak came in to pinch hit for RDLR and hit an RBI double, his first of either of the year, to make it 6-3. That did it for Harang. Adam Loewen came in for the Phillies for his first Major League appearance since 2008. He got Jake Lamb to strike out, so good for him...? He intentionally walked Goldy with a base open to load them for Peralta. Coming into that AB, the Diamondbacks were 0-<span>∞ </span>after intentional walks to Goldschmidt. Peralta broke that streak with a slow tapper to third base that resulted in everyone being safe and the score being 7-3.</p>
<p><span>Justin De Fratus</span> came in to face Castillo. Castillo hit his first career triple to clear the bases and make it 10-3. (#YearOfTheTriple) Tomas then singled home Castillo to make it 11-3. Or 3-11 if you felt like you should Come Original with, uh, score listings.</p>
<p>But wait, there's more! A.J. Pollock had a two-run homer off of De Fratus in the 7th to make it 13-3! Pollock finished the game a double short of a cycle.</p>
<p>From that point, both teams went through the motions and the final score was that.</p>
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<b>Cheap Rum: </b>Peralta (+12.2%)</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">The Hangover you get from it: </b>RDLR Hitting (-3.8%)</div>
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<p>COTN goes to ZM, for pointing this out about the Castillo/Trumbo trade:</p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; line-height: 1.5;">The Diamondbacks have gotten 2.5 fWAR out of Trumbo and Castillo this year. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a> have gotten -1.2 fWAR out of Trumbo and Castillo this year.</p>
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<div style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #888888; margin-top: 12px; font-family: 'Gotham Narrow SSm A', 'Gotham Narrow SSm B', Arial, sans-serif;" class="meta">by <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #c62030 !important;" target="_blank" class="poster" href="http://www.sbnation.com/users/Zavada's%20Moustache">Zavada's Moustache</a> on <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; color: #c62030 !important;" class="date" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128913/gameday-thread-111-8-10-vs-phillies#320759084">Aug 10, 2015 | 9:00 PM</a> <span class="user_actions"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #424242; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;" title="scroll to parent comment" class="up_link" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128913/gameday-thread-111-8-10-vs-phillies#">up</a> <a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #424242; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;" title="reply to this comment" class="reply_link" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128913/gameday-thread-111-8-10-vs-phillies#">reply</a> <span class="cactions mod "><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #424242; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;" class="rec_link recommended user_recommended" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128913/gameday-thread-111-8-10-vs-phillies#"> unrec <span class="rec_count">(4)</span></a> <span class="mod_actions"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #424242; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;" class="actions_toggle" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128913/gameday-thread-111-8-10-vs-phillies#">actions</a></span></span></span>
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https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/11/9129347/diamondbacks-philliesCharlie Gebow2015-08-10T20:00:01-04:002015-08-10T20:00:01-04:00Game #111 _review: 8/10, D-backs vs. _hillies
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<p>First off, let me say sorry, for any mistakes in this article. Hard to correct when, at any given moment, you can't get to a roughly cat-sized selection of keys. Right now, that's mostly to the high and right, so this _iece may come u_ short on a s_ecific letter, two after n. Which sucks, considering who we're _laying. </p> <div class="pane sports_data_widget lineup clearfix">
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<span>Aaron Harang</span><br>RHP, 5-12, 4.11<span></span><span></span>
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<p>[In case you are wondering how I managed our first-baseman's first name, etc. the above is HTML I get to insert, and don't have to manually write!]</p>
<p>The team we're facing have been doing very well of late, as documented in this morning's article, come to Chase fresh from taking three of three in San Diego. Indeed, it might shock you to learn that the visitors have been the best team in the major leagues since the All-Star break, with a a record of 16-5. Which says something about how utterly rancid their first half was: as in the very worst in the majors, a staggering 9.5 games back of the 29th-ranked <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a>. The recent good run had actually knocked them out of the winner's slot in the battle for the first draft selection in June 2016, as they now sit a game ahead of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a>.</p>
<p>Why the sudden change? It's down to both section of the team. Their offense was 14th of 15 over the first half, but has been third-best since the break, with a collective line of .277/.326/.437, which is more than 100 O_S better than in the first half. However, their hurlers have been even more unrecognizable. Before the break, their ERA was 4.83, worst in the league - yes, even worse than the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Colorado Rockies</a>. But in the second half, they are more than a run and a half better, with a 3.31 ERA that trails only the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">St. Louis Cardinals</a>. Good hitting and excellent mound work = a solid change to win better than four out of every five games.</p>
<p>Of course, your aren't going to have a W% above .800 indefinitely, so they <u>will</u> cool off at some stage. Fingers crossed, that stage iser the next three days in Arizona. But, as usual, whether we succeed or fail tonight, is largely down to where the Wheel O' De La Rosa lands, when we give it a turn. I'm not longer bothering to make any statements for Rubby's outings any more detailed than, "Watch this!" If Good Rubby takes the mound, we have an excellent chance of getting this series off on the right foot, under the watchful guise of our new site mascot, who brought us a walk-off win yesterday. However, if Bad Rubby arrives, all the kittens in the world may not be enough...</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/10/9128403/arizona-diamondbacks-philadelphia-phillies-previewJim McLennan