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Game Summary
Full recap to follow shortly. Celebrate The Mainstay in the comments!
Win Probability and Box Score
Outside the Box Score
- Ildemaro Vargas’ RBI single in the first was a rocket back up the box that made the pitcher duck and cover. I would be terrified of that kind of play if I was a pitcher and don’t blame anyone who hits the deck instead of trying to make a play on the ball.
- The Diamondbacks scored six runs in the first inning and all six scored with 2 outs in the inning. What a fun rally to start off the game!
- Jose Fernandez double during the first inning rally was a hustle double which was great to see from the kid. The ball was softly hit into the right center gap and Fernandez utilized his awesome speed to slide into second safely even though the ball was fielded at medium depth. That’s normally Corbin Carroll hustle double territory, nice to see another player putting that sort of pressure on defenses!
- Merrill Kelly had recorded 2 outs, only thrown 7 pitches and was ahead in a 1-2 count when he threw a changeup that got turned around and sent screaming into the first few rows of the left field bleachers for a solo HR. The trajectory of the hit looked like it never got much higher than the wall, but when a ball is hit at 111 mph, it doesn’t need to get very high to get out.
- Nolan Arenado was thrown out for the final out in the second inning trying to score from first on an Ildemaro Vargas double down the left field line. Looked like a bad send by our third base coach JR House. Replay showed the Go sign going up when the ball was fielded in the corner and Arenado not quite at third. An excellent relay throw beat Arenado by about 10 yards.
- I haven’t written much about Merrill Kelly thus far, probably because he’s cruising through extremely efficiently. He made it through 6 innings with only 3 hits and 0 walks and needed only 64 pitches to do it!
- The first batter after Tim Tawa came on as a pinch runner and defensive replacement for LGJ in left field drilled a line drive toward the wall in left field and Timmy made a fantastic running grab while reaching above his head just before he hit the wall.
Comment of the Game
The GameDay Thread was fairly sparse for a Friday night with a final tally of 256 comments at time of publishing. Comment of the Game tonight is awarded to AZNailgal520 for her appreciation of former Snake favorite Jake McCarthy:
Coming Up
The Diamondbacks face the Rockies for the second game of this 3-game set tomorrow evening with a 12:10pm first pitch Arizona time. Righthander Tomoyuki Sugano (3-3, 4.07 ERA) will take the mound for Colorado
and our favorite hologram, Eduardo Rodriguez (4-0, 2.25 ERA), takes the ball for the good guys looking to continue his streak as the Snakes unequivocal best starting pitcher.
