The Arizona Diamondbacks continued their streak of miserable play in June this past weekend, wrapping up a pretty unremarkable month by getting swept by the Atlanta Braves. And it was because of poor pitching (big surprise) and costly errors. The D-backs (42-39) are somehow still in first place in the…
The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a sweep in Washington yesterday, as Didi Gregorius dropped a successful bunt to hit in the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th against the Nationals.The pitching match-up between the D-backs’ Patrick Corbin and the Nats’ Stephen Strasburg delivered on the hype, as both went…
After a stellar rookie season in 2012, Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Wade Miley has been more or less pretty bad this year. On Wednesday, he was refreshingly really good, but his team couldn’t muster any kind of offense and dropped its second consecutive game to the Washington Nationals. The 3-2…
Trevor Cahill’s pitching hurt the Arizona Diamondbacks again during the team’s Tuesday night 7-5 loss to the Washington Nationals. Cahill (3-8, 3.92 ERA), who only pitched one inning last week because of injury, was batted around by the Nationals lineup. After pitching two scoreless innings, the D-backs starter unraveled in…
Major League Baseball has decided to lighten up on the horse manure of a suspension it gave to D-backs backup first baseman Eric Hinske, after the team’s scuffle with the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this month.Hinske’s suspension is now one game, down from five, but the punk seen punching Hinske,…
Paul Goldschmidt’s ass-kicking just doesn’t seem to end.Goldschmidt got at least one hit in each game — including two home runs on Friday — and set up a walk-off win on Saturday, as the Diamondbacks won two of three games in a weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds at Chase…
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Trevor Cahill exited Wednesday afternoon’s 3-1 win against the Miami Marlins early after suffering a right hip contusion in the first inning. No problem. Reliever Josh Collmenter entered the game in the second inning and proceeded to shut down the light-hitting Marlins for six innings, striking…
Paul Goldschmidt hit a walk-off solo home run to end the Diamondbacks’ four-game losing streak in Tuesday night’s 3-2 victory against the Miami Marlins. With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth and former D-back Chad Qualls on the mound, Goldschmidt smashed a bomb to center, which…
The Arizona Diamondbacks ran into the Miami Marlins at the wrong time for this week’s series, as the Stanton formerly known as Mike is fresh off the disabled list and already is on a tear.Giancarlo Stanton homered twice for the Marlins Monday night, including a solo homer in the ninth…
The Arizona Diamondbacks and their nonexistent offense lost three straight games to the San Diego Padres over Father’s Day weekend. In Friday night’s low-scoring affair, the Padres’ Eric Stults (6-5, 3.28 ERA) dazzled Arizona hitters with his blazing 86 mile-per-hour fastball. He went the distance and pitched all nine innings,…
Major League Baseball announced its lopsided punishments for the brawl involving the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers.Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy is suspended for 10 games for throwing a pitch at Zack Greinke’s head, and the D-backs’ Eric Hinske was suspended for five games for “aggressive actions” — which apparently…
The Arizona Diamondbacks once again found themselves fighting against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday — albeit more in the metaphorical sense instead of the sort of mortal combat that ensued earlier this week — as they battled against their NL West rivals at Chavez Ravine into the 12th inning…
While Ian Kennedy hasn’t delivered many wins this year with his pitches, the Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher certainly sparked off the most unforgettable moments of the season and made headlines across the sports world with a certain 92 m.p.h. fastball he tossed last night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kennedy…
After trailing for most of Monday night’s game, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ clutch, four-run rally overcame a two-run deficit and Heath Bell’s horrendous pitching to seal a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Heading into the ninth inning, the D-backs trailed 3-1 with little hope of winning; yet, Arizona willed…
After a rough start to the season, Brandon McCarthy’s first year in the desert got even rougher last week. Two days after the D-backs’ placed McCarthy on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation, McCarthy suffered a seizure in a restaurant. McCarthy is okay now and has started to take anti-seizure…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ pitching was mostly awful during this weekend’s three-game series against the San Francisco Giants, with the exception of Friday, when it was Patrick Corbin’s spot in the rotation.Corbin, 9-0, still didn’t get the win Friday at Chase Field, despite giving up a single run over 7 1/3…
If there hasn’t been a major boost in All-Star voting for Paul Goldschmidt after his epic hitting exploits this past week alone, it’s something of a minor tragedy. The first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks has been on an absolute tear during the last five games, including blasting a grand…
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single in the top of the 14th inning last night in St. Louis, which proved to be the game-winner in the second game of a four-game series against the Cardinals.There’s not much room to complain in a victory, but this game…
The Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t catch a break last night against the best team in baseball as they were trampled 7-1 by the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday evening at Busch Stadium. Inning by inning, members of the D-backs roster weren’t able to get much going against Redbirds ace Lance Lynn…
After being spanked by the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Thursday, the Diamondbacks (32-24) travelled to historic Wrigley field to take on the hapless Chicago Cubs (23-32). Wade Miley (3-5, 5.01 ERA) added to the D-backs’ woes Friday by giving up all seven of the Cubs runs in Arizona’s 7-2 loss…
After three very good starts in a row, Brandon McCarthy brought back the crap yesterday in Arlington against the Texas Rangers.McCarthy, who didn’t get his earned-run average under seven until the sixth game of the season — but allowed just one earned run in his last three starts — gave…
The Arizona Diamondbacks spent their Memorial Day holiday defeating the Texas Rangers in back-to-back games of a day-night doubleheader at Chase Field on Monday. It was the second-ever twin bill in team history at the stadium and the consecutive victories raised Arizona’s record to 30-22 and gave them sole possession…
