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Arizona Diamondbacks Lose Two of Three to the San Diego Padres

The Arizona Diamondbacks missed an opportunity over the weekend to keep pace with the suddenly surging San Francisco Giants in the National League West. As the Giants won their sixth-straight game Sunday, the D-backs lost their second of three to the San Diego Padres, the presumptive division doorma ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Swept By San Francisco Giants After the Bullpen Blows It...Again

The Arizona Diamondbacks have been living and dying by their bullpen this season, moreso the latter than the former as of late. And last night's 9-6 thumping by the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field was a pretty agonizing demise. "This will probably be one of the toughest defeats to take," stat ... More >>

J.J. Putz Blows . . . Another Save, Diamondbacks Lose to Giants, 2-1

If you had a dollar for every time Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz blew a save this season, you'd only have four bucks, which is way too many, in Putz's nine save opportunities.That fourth blown save, came last night as Putz tossed a meatball to San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandova ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Topple First Place Colorado Rockies For 3-2 Win

Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz got his mojo working again last night at Chase Field, pitching three solid strikeouts in the ninth inning to help his team nail down a close 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Thursday's win moved the D-backs (13-9) into a tie with the San Francisco Giants ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Split First Two Games With San Francisco

Arizona Diamondbacks fans watching their team's battle against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday evening may have felt a nagging sense of déjà vu sometime around the ninth inning. It's probably because the game was shaping up to be an exact repeat of how the defending World Series champs beat th ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Edge San Francisco Giants in 10 Innings to Win Series

Pinch-hitter Wil Nieves drove home Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 10th inning today at AT&T Park in San Francisco to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 win over the Giants. The victory gave the D-backs the series win and pushed them to 5-0 in extra innings on the season. The nip-and-tuck serie ... More >>

San Francisco Giants Are World Series Champions*, and Kirk Gibson Was Right

The best hitter in baseball watched a 2-2 fastball go right down the middle with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning last night, as the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.For fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, and perhaps any other team in ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Pummeled By San Francisco Giants

One week from today, the San Francisco Giants will be going all out during the National League Division Series. The Arizona Diamondbacks, however, will be going on vacation until the spring. The playoff-bound Giants pummeled the D-backs -- who are one game away from being eliminated from postseason ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Blanked by San Francisco Giants

The Arizona Diamondbacks are now two games away from playoff elimination, after getting blanked 6-0 by the San Francisco Giants last night in the Bay Area.Starting pitcher Wade Miley didn't quite make a great case for himself in his bid for rookie of the year, as he gave up four runs -- three of the ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks' Playoff Chances Still Have a Pulse After Win Over San Francisco Giants

Although it would probably require winning all of their final eight games, and some additional magic around the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks are still somewhat alive in the playoff hunt.The Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants last night in the first of a three-game series in the ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Drop Series Finale to Colorado Rockies

During their three games with the Colorado Rockies this past weekend, the Arizona Diamondbacks produced a whopping 33 runs off a total of 48 hits. Turns out they should've saved some juice for the series' finale last night with the Rox as the D-backs most certainly could've used the hits during th ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Win One of Three Against San Francisco Giants, Increase Odds of Making Playoffs to 3 Percent

The Arizona Diamondbacks won a grand total of one game in three chances against the San Francisco Giants, which actually raised the D-backs chances of making the playoffs from about 1 percent to almost 3 percent.That said, there's about a 97-percent chance the Diamondbacks are just playing for digni ... More >>

Giant Obstacle

Arizona Diamondbacks Snap Three-Game Skid

After two consecutive heartbreaking losses, the Arizona Diamondbacks were the ones doing the heartbreaking on Tuesday night by beating the San Francisco Giants in 8-6 in 11 innings. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and barely kept the D-backs' postseason hopes alive. With the score deadlo ... More >>

Diamondbacks' September Glory #2--Division Clinching 3-1 Thriller Over Midgets

​We were there for this one, the Arizona Diamondbacks' NL West division-clinching 3-1 win over the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants. It happened to be one of the more exciting games of the year, and not just because of the momentous occasion of the icing on the home team's rags-to-ric ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Win National League West Title

​It's official: The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to the playoffs. Kirk Gibson's squad grabbed ahold of the National League West crown tonight after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field. And, in what has become the norm for Arizona this season, it was a come-fr ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Lose 5-3, But Magic Number Drops to Three

David Hernandez: Coughed up a two-run homer to Derrek Lee in the eighth.​Are the Arizona Diamondbacks stumbling, rather than charging, into the playoffs? After losing 5-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night at Chase Field -- the D-Backs' fourth loss in their past six games -- it appea ... More >>

D-Backs Magic Number at Two With Afternoon Home Win Over Pirates

The Arizona Diamondbacks' recently dormant bats finally came alive this afternoon, and it couldn't have been at a better time. Kirk Gibson's gotta be NL Manager of the YearThe locals held on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 at Chase Field in front of a lively crowd of about 25,000, all of who ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Reclaim Lead in NL West with 6-3 Win Over Astros

Associated PressWillie Bloomquist: Led off the game with a solo home run.​Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Josh Collmenter got a much-needed bounce-back performance Wednesday night as the D-Backs won their second straight against the lowly Houston Astros at the woefully underattended Chas ... More >>

Diamondbacks Get Squashed by Giants In Afternoon Contest--Still Win Series

The San Francisco Giants have just beaten the Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 8-1 to move back into first place in the NL West.   We love running this graphic--good memories! ​But the resurgent D-Backs proved in winning two of three games in the critical Bay Area series that they a ... More >>

Paul Goldschmidt Debut With D-Backs A Success: D-Backs Beat SF 5-2 In Big Series Opener

Talk about throwing a rookie into the pot of boiling water, just like that little bunny in the creepy Michael Douglas vehicle, "Fatal Attraction." Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson took no time in seeing what newly arrived first-baseman Paul Goldschmidt could bring to the table in what is the ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Move Within Two Games of San Francisco Giants After Taking Two of Three from Dodgers. Tonight: Giants in S.F.

Washington Nationals Starting pitcher Jason Marquis is acquired by D-Backs for stretch run.​It's a race in the National League West, as the Arizona Diamondbacks -- after winning two of three against the Dodgers over the weekend -- play the division-leading San Francisco Giants by ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Open Series Tonight Over In San Diego

Talk about a change of fortunes.   D-Backs out on Left Coast tonight for series against Padres​On this date (July 26) last season, the Arizona Diamondbacks at this point in the season were buried in the NL West cellar with a dismal 37-62 record, while the San Diego Padres were in ... More >>

Bat Company

A Giant Confrontation

Revenge Pranks

Losing four in a row is all part of the scheme

Arizona Diamondbacks Lose Another One--Please Don't Stop the Presses

The D-Backs' shutout loss to the scrappy San Francisco Giants should have come as little surprise to anyone even with half-an-eye on the last-place homeboys.   ​The 3-0 defeat at Chase Field ended Arizona's three-game winning streak (which had come at the expense of the ... More >>

Spoiled Rotten

D-backs try to mess it all up for the other team

Arizona Diamondbacks' Bullpen Doesn't Blow it as Snakes Eek Out Win Against San Francisco Giants

www.d-backs.com Conor Jackson scored the game-winning run by stealing home in the eighth inning of last night's win.​Ready for a shocker: The Arizona Diamondbacks often-pitiful bullpen actually played decent in the D-Backs 8-7 win over the San Francisco Giants last night. The D-Backs start ... More >>

Little Giants

D-backs host surprisingly successful divisional foe

Cactus League Baseball: San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics

Cactus League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants

Spring Training Schedule for This Weekend's Games

​"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to this weekend's spring training games:

Cactus League Baseball: San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants (split squad)

Play Ball Already

Oh, we waited so long

Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Giants

Diamondbacks Live Postgame Show: D-Backs/Giants

Chad Qualls Bungles Away Lead in 4-3 D-Backs Loss to San Francisco

It took just three pitches from Chad Qualls to sink the D-Backs last night versus the Giants.Rumors have been swirling about the Interweb over the past few days that Chad Qualls might soon find himself hurling the ball for another team, especially after the Arizona Diamondbacks closer was placed on ... More >>

D-Backs' Spoiler Role Falls Short in San Francisco

This unknown dude's blast in the eighth inning sunk the D-Backs.​ To boil down the Arizona Diamondbacks' series in San Francisco (which commenced last night), it's basically this: The Giants have mucho to play for and the D-Backs ain't got jack to compete for. Because SF is chasing Colorado ... More >>

On the Night They Honor Randy Johnson, the D-Backs Make Us Long for the Days When They Could Hit and Catch the Ball

Doug Davis: The D-Backs' defense did him in early.By the time the Arizona Diamondbacks caught up to San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito on Wednesday night, the little things had all but done the D-Backs in. And by the "little things," we mean putting down a sacrifice bunt, throwing accurately to ... More >>

Upton, Scherzer Step-Up in Arizona Diamondbacks' Win Over the San Francisco Giants

No doubt: Justin Upton played like an All-Star Thursday afternoon. Granted, the Arizona Diamondbacks are not a well-oiled machine. We're just not sure why. (Bad coaching? Poor team chemistry? Dodgy bullpen? Take your pick.) But there is one thing we know for certain: Thank goodness for Justin Upto ... More >>

Buckner Blows It As D-Backs Get Squashed By San Francisco 9-4

www.dbacks.comOur faces would look like that too if we'd given up 13 hits like Billy Buckner did last night. Billy Buckner probably wishes he could take back a few pitches from last night's 9-4 loss to San Francisco, with an 89 M.P.H. four-seamer to Pablo Sandoval during the fifth inning being chie ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Show a Little Fight in Dramatic 12th Inning Win Over San Francisco Giants. Next Up: Chicago Cubs, Tonight Through Wednesday.

After a couple of truly dismal games on Friday and Saturday, the Arizona Diamondbacks showed Sunday why we can't quite write them off and why there's still reason to believe (though they'll probably continue to drive us crazy all season long) in a team loaded with some of the best youn ... More >>

American Idle

Shiftless D-Backs plod toward the finish line

San Francisco Giants Trump Arizona Diamondbacks in a Battle of NL West Basement Dwellers. Next Up: Colorado Rockies, Tonight Through Wednesday.

mlb.comD-Backs Pitcher (and tantrum case) Dan HarenThere's one word to sum up the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2009 season thus far: Exasperation. While the emotion has been brewing amongst players and fans since the second game of the year against the Colorado Rockies -- when the Snakes began their inf ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants Battle to Stay Out of the Cellar Tonight Through Sunday

www.mlb.com Randy Johnson: Come on, baby, don't fear the Reaper. The Diamondbacks sucking wind with the bottom-feeders? The Padres in the clouds? What in the name of collective mediocrity is going on in the National League West? Thankfully, there's one constant that NL West watchers can depe ... More >>

More Patio Parties Planned at Asia de Cuba

Just got that word that last week's three-day Spring Training BBQ, held on the patio at Asia de Cuba, went over so well that the restaurant has decided to continue hosting the parties through the rest of the Spring Training Season. They'll be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on the day of every San Francisco G ... More >>

D=Backs to the Wall

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, BALLPLAYERS WERE UNDERPAID

GOOD BOOK, GREAT BOOKSSHORTSTOP TURNED PRINCIPAL CHRIS SPEIER STILL BELIEVES IN FUNDAMENTALS