Recaps
[AZ Central] Diamondbacks build big lead, hold off Rockies in road trip finale – A weather delay was announced five minutes before the scheduled first pitch, and a few minutes later, groundskeepers rolled out the field tarp. Light rain then began to fall. At 1:31 p.m., in Denver, fans were told to seek shelter with lightning in the area. But the sky eventually cleared up, the tarp was off the field by 2:35 p.m. and the game got under way. Fans in the stands sang along and danced to music, including
Neil Diamond’s classic “Sweet Caroline. Most appeared to have waited out the delay.
[dbacks.com] Carroll homers twice as D-backs erupt, then hold off Rox late rally – After being held homerless for the first two games of the series, the D-backs unloaded on the Coors Field bleachers Sunday, with Corbin Carroll knocking a pair to pace Arizona’s 8-6 win over the Rockies and secure the series win and a .500 road trip. Gurriel knocked his first homer of the season in the two-run fifth and Carroll’s second homer of the game, a 448-foot blast to right-center, accounted for a sixth-inning insurance run to make it an 8-2 lead. Michael Soroka pitched 5 2/3 innings for Arizona, allowing two runs (both earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out eight.
[Arizona Sports] Corbin Carroll knocks 2 home runs in Diamondbacks’ win over Rockies – With the D-backs up 3-0 in the fourth inning, Carroll hit a 94-mph fastball off Rockies righty Michael Lorenzen into the Colorado bullpen for his sixth homer of the season to make it 5-0. His second homer of the day marked the ninth-career multi-home run game of Carroll’s career. His last multi-homer game came on June 3 last season against the Atlanta Braves. Carroll’s offensive outburst was a welcome sight for the Diamondbacks, as Arizona left 10 runners on base and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position in a 4-2 loss to the Rockies on Saturday.
Team news
[AZ Big Media] Paul Sewald of the Diamondbacks has, literally, returned home – Last spring, Sewald and his wife, Molly, purchased a home in the Valley with a plan: six months at home, six months on the road, and stability for their two young daughters. The cycle of packing, unpacking and re-establishing routines was getting tiring. Then the phone rang. “The Diamondbacks called, and we thought, ‘That’s amazing,’” Sewald said, sitting in the dugout during batting practice. “Pretty cool to stay at home.” For Sewald, the move wasn’t just convenient — it was personal. Sewald and Molly met while she was an ASU student. His brother, Johnny, is also a former Sun Devil. The couple considered settling in the Valley during Sewald’s first stint with the D-backs, from 2023-2024.
[SI] Diamondbacks Prospect Manuel Pena Simply Can’t Be Ignored Any Longer – To say infield prospect Manuel Pena has been swinging a hot bat for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles would be a vast undersell. The 22-year-old is simply posting a .963 OPS, with a .634 slugging percentage through the first 36 games of the Texas League season. The reason that slug is so high? Pena has 15 home runs already. That is on pace for just over 57 long balls in the 138-game Texas League season. Six of his home runs have come in the month of May, including a two-homer game back on May 7.
And, elsewhere…
[ESPN] Mariners call up top prospect Colt Emerson for MLB debut – [Emerson] will be the youngest Mariners player to make his major league debut since Félix Hernández did so at 19 on Aug. 4, 2005. Emerson signed an eight-year, $95 million contract April 1 — the biggest commitment at the time for a minor leaguer yet to make his major league debut. The Mariners selected Emerson with the 22nd pick in the 2023 draft, and his stock only rose from there. General manager Justin Hollander said, “This is not a 15 at-bat or 20 at-bat tryout to see if he’s capable of taking the job and running with it for the rest of the year.”
[Awful Announcing] Joe Davis, John Smoltz discuss whether MLB should change ABS strike zone – As Davis explained, walk rates (specifically, unintentional walk rates) are at an all-time high because the ABS has shrunk the strike zone. Davis then asked Smoltz, “Would you tweak the ABS zone, make it bigger in certain areas?” “No,” Smoltz, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015, responded. “I think lowering it gives hitters a chance with velocity down vs. velocity up. If that strike zone was higher, no chance.” “That’s a spot where the zone has shrunk the most,” Davis said. “The top of the zone is three inches shorter than what umpires were calling last year.”
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