Recaps
[Dbacks.com] Stars align! Marte hits walk-off double after Carroll’s clutch triple – “I just tried to have a good at-bat for my team,” Marte said on the D-backs’ postgame show. “I’ve been hitting the ball hard. That’s me right there.” Marte — who achieved 10 years of Major League service time Friday and still had the 1-0 balloons at his locker during his postgame media availability — has certainly been squaring the ball up. His 13 balls in play this season at 101+ mph ties him for second in the Majors,
behind only Atlanta’s Michael Harris II (14). “He’s just had a little bit of tough luck,” manager Torey Lovullo said of Marte. “He’s still grinding and I’m proud of him for fighting through it and believing that this day is going to come. I felt like the storm was coming for sure.”
[SI] Torey Lovullo Gave 4-Word Message after Crucial Win over Braves – Manager Torey Lovullo gave a simple assessment of the effort: “We’re a good team,” Lovullo said (via the postgame broadcast). “We talk about team ability here. Sometimes there’s a group that’ll lead, sometimes there’s a group that’ll follow, but we’re going to continue to do it together. … The top of our lineup today did a great job, sacrifice flies, base hits with runners at third base, less than two outs. Those little things, those situational hitting moments, are what carry really good offensive teams. Corbin huge day, Ketel, huge day offensively, so that’s the part of our lineup we know is going to carry the heavy load, and they did their job today. Overall, just a really nice win, get a day off tomorrow, we’re on our way to New York tonight, and we can just shut it down, relax, and go out and hopefully take advantage of the… one-day break, and play a really good game on Tuesday.
[AZ Central] Marte walks off the Braves with a loud double in the 10th – The Diamondbacks are not a team firing on all cylinders. They are not close to being at full strength and are not playing a soft portion of their schedule. And yet, after Ketel Marte’s walk-off double lifted them to a 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon, April 5, they are not a losing team, either. “Going 5-2 with an offense that’s kind of struggling a little bit — today was a little bit of a mini-breakout, I think — we got pitching heavy in those wins and that carried us,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “We handed off to one another. When it starts to fire on all cylinders, that’s when we’re going to really take off. Going 5-2 at home after a tough start in LA, I’m really proud of those guys.”
Team news
[Arizona Sports] Diamondbacks’ Carlos Santana exits vs. Braves with groin tightness – Santana took a pitch in the second inning and bent over in discomfort. After a conversation with manager Torey Lovullo and the athletic trainer, Santana stayed in the game initially. He floated a single into left field but did not look comfortable running to first base. Lovullo said Santana will get an MRI on Monday, staying behind while the team travels east to start a series at the New York Mets on Tuesday. “IL (injured list) is not imminent,” Lovullo said. “We’re just gonna read and react to what we see on the MRI.”
[Burn City Sports] Corbin Carroll’s hot bat against Braves inches him closer to franchise greats – The outfielder delivered another standout performance Sunday against the Atlanta Braves, going 3-for-4 with one RBI, a stolen base and a triple. The Diamondbacks rallied for a 6-5 walk-off win in the 10th inning, splitting the four-game series with Atlanta. The 25-year-old tied Paul Goldschmidt for the second-most stolen bases in franchise history with 124, and his triple leaves him one shy of tying David Peralta for second-most triples in team history. Carroll’s rapid and continued rise reflects a young player who has developed into a foundational piece of the current organization. Surpassing stars who had lengthy careers in the desert is a testament to what the Diamondbacks have, and what they could have in the coming years as they aim to remain competitive.
[Dbacks.com] With eye on long-term health, D-backs tab Kelly for 2nd rehab start – “It’s all predicated on health,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “That’s it, plain and simple. [Kelly] feels great. I know that, but we want to make sure that we take care of our athletes, and when he steps back in, we want him for the rest of the year, the long haul.” Kelly worked five scoreless innings for Reno while scattering a pair of hits and walks to go with two strikeouts. But most importantly, he built his pitch count up to 72 and faced 20 batters, while his velocity on all of his offerings was largely in line with where it sat last season. Despite that, the club is choosing to exercise additional caution as it pertains to the right-hander.
And, elsewhere…
[MLB.com] Hard-charging teams challenge Dodgers atop Power Rankings – We’re more than a week into the regular season, which has given us a good glimpse of notable trends across the league. While it’s early, there’s still enough of a sample to make some initial observations about where teams currently stand. In our second Power Rankings of the season, we will take a look at how teams have begun their seasons and how excited or concerned we should be. 21. D-backs (15) Of the Big Three in the lineup, only Corbin Caroll has been producing so far, while Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo have struggled. That mostly explains why the D-backs have struggled to get going, although Marte did have a multi-hit game on Sunday, including a walk-off extra-innings double.
[AP] Machado’s well-timed kick helps Padres rally to beat Boston – Padres third baseman — and San Diego FC part-owner — Manny Machado is making his case to move from the baseball diamond to the soccer pitch. Machado kicked aside a pickoff attempt to help the Padres score two runs as they rallied from a four-run deficit in their 8-6 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday. The error charged to Boston catcher Carlos Narváez moved up two runners, who eventually scored, and Machado’s three-run homer in the next inning gave San Diego a 6-4 lead. “I think I picked the wrong sport,” Machado said. “FC should probably sign me up.” So, did he do it on purpose? “Nah, I mean, I’m trying to get out of the way,” he told reporters. “It was perfect timing. … I couldn’t be better than that.”
[Reddit] I spent 14 hours at Disneyland on March 28th and counted every single MLB hat I saw from 8 AM to 10 PM – The Angels were not well represented considering that Disneyland is in Orange County. Lots of Brewers fans, relatively speaking. I saw 25/30 teams represented on 3/28. By 3/31 I had seen 29/30. The only team I never saw a hat for was The Rays. I even saw three Expos hats, but no Rays hats. Unsurprisingly there were a ton of Dodgers hats.
Event Horizon (1997)
Rating: B
Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson
Star: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard T. Jones
There is an escalating sense of dread, which builds from the first time we hear the last transmission from the Event Horizon. Complete with yelling in Latin. I’d have said this was a bit of a warning. Just me though. For Miller and crew plough on, in order that the film can happen. And for that, I thank them, despite proving poor decision-making skills in horror movies are not solely the remit of teens at summer camp. For there are not many big-budget films in this genre which are so relentlessly unsettling.
