AZ Snake Pit - Game #123: 8/23, Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Cincinnati Reds 0An unofficial Arizona Diamondbacks community and bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47033/azsnakepit_f.png2015-08-23T16:04:25-04:00http://www.azsnakepit.com/rss/stream/89579722015-08-23T16:04:25-04:002015-08-23T16:04:25-04:00Diamondbacks 4, Reds 0
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<p>Baseball is a funny game...</p> <p>If you'd told me before the game that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a>' starter would allow three hits over seven innings, strike out 13 batters and we wouldn't manage a hit with anyone in scoring position all afternoon, I would have left the house and spent the afternoon at the mall. We clearly didn't have a hope in hell. But, yet, here the team is, flying out of Cincinnati having completed the sweep of the four-game series on the road, and pushed their overall record above .500. Home-runs from <span>Welington Castillo</span> and <span>David Peralta</span> provided the bulk of the offense, and the D-backs also took advantage of the Reds momentarily being possessed by the Bad News Bears.</p>
<p><span>Chase Anderson</span>, meanwhile, tossed 6.2 shutout innings. They weren't dominant to say the least - he only struck out two, allowing five hits and three walks - but he got the big plays when needed. None perhaps bigger than when we were one up in the fifth, with the Reds having two on, one out and the pitcher up. <span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> was charging in, but the pitcher swung, firing a laser line-drive. Fortunately, it found Goldie's glove and he ran back to double the runner off first, and end the inning. It was that kind of day, but in the end, it's a six-hit shutout for Anderson, <span>Addison Reed</span> and <span>Mark Reynolds</span>, and we tie our season high of one game above .500.</p>
<p>thunderpumpkin87 will be along in a bit with his second consecutive winning recap!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/23/9194509/diamondbacks-reds-scoreJim McLennan2015-08-23T12:09:34-04:002015-08-23T12:09:34-04:00Game #123 Preview: 8/23, Diamondbacks @ Reds
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<p>There's a (somewhat) new left-handed reliever in town....</p> <h4 align="center">The La Russa Heartbreakometer</h4>
<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/21/9189161/arizona-diamondbacks-cincinatti-reds-preview/in/8953700">What is this?</a></p>
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<span>Chase Anderson</span><br>RHP, 5-5, 4.51<br>
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<span>Raisel Iglesias</span><br>RHP, <span>3-4, 4.21</span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
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<span>Ender Inciarte</span> - CF</td>
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<span>Jason Bourgeois</span> - CF</td>
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<span>Chris Owings</span> - 2B</td>
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<span>Brandon Phillips</span> - 2B</td>
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<span>Paul Goldschmidt</span> - 1B</td>
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<span>Joey Votto</span> - 1B</td>
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<span>David Peralta</span> - LF</td>
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<span>Todd Frazier</span> - 3B</td>
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<span>Welington Castillo</span> - C</td>
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<span>Brayan Pena</span> - C</td>
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<span>Jake Lamb</span> - 3B</td>
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<span>Yasmany Tomas</span> - RF</td>
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<td class="td-last td-name">Chase Anderson - RHP</td>
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<p>Roster move this morning, with <span>Keith Hessler</span> having finally worn out his welcome after eight largely ineffectual appearances. He just couldn't retire righties, who went 10-for-18 against Hessler. Of course, he may well come back at some point (let's face it, he started the season in High-A, so may simply have been promoted beyond his current ability), but since the beginning of the 20th century, 6,261 pitchers have appeared in eight or more major-league games and precisely <i>six</i> have a higher ERA than Hessler's 15.19. One of those was actually this year: #1 is <span>Cory Mazzoni</span>, who pitched for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a> earlier this year, and put up an ERA above 20!</p>
<p>Replacing Hessler is another left-hander <span>Matt Reynolds</span>, who has a 1.98 ERA over 30 appearances for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>. That's the good news. The bad, is that he now possesses a different UCL from those days, having undergone Tommy John surgery, and his last appearance in the majors was more than two years ago. He has been healthy for a while, and I'm not sure why, given his solid track record, the team didn't bring him back in the same way they did our other TJ'd relievers like <span>Daniel Hudson</span> and <span>David Hernandez</span>, instead consigning Reynolds to toil away in Reno, where the results have been Reno-esque (a 5.58 ERA in 45 games).</p>
<p>The move is most likely because of limited options. The only other left-handed pitcher on the 40-man roster is <span>Will Locante</span>, who has an even higher ERA than Reynolds, facing a grate lower hitters in Double-A. I imagine the team would prefer to have brought someone up who could offer the team a bit more length, with <span>Zack Godley</span> likely out of action for a few days, but having a pitcher who can turn a six-run lead into a save situation, as Hessler did yesterday, is really not much use at all, and leaving <span>Andrew Chafin</span> as our only left-handed option out of the bullpen is also less than ideal. We'll see how it works out as we go for the sweep of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Reds</a>!</p>
https://www.azsnakepit.com/2015/8/23/9193837/game-123-preview-8-23-arizona-diamondbacks-cincinnati-redsJim McLennan