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— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) April 13, 2025
The @Dbacks are the first MLB team to have a walkoff 5+ run inning to snap a 17+ inning scoreless drought since the Tigers did it against the Senators on August 22, 1941. pic.twitter.com/7zC4XoJVrO
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) April 13, 2025
On final 2 outs, D-backs rally for 5 runs in 9th to walk-off Brewers
“I feel like they’re a very momentum-based team. Once one guy gets on, it’s next guy up, next guy up, next guy up, and that’s what we saw tonight,” said Milwaukee reliever Nick Mears, who did his job in keeping Arizona off the bases in a 1-2-3 eighth, and knows well how dangerous the D-backs can be. “It can happen quick.”
Arizona Diamondbacks come alive, shock Milwaukee Brewers with dramatic rally in the 9th
“It’s amazing,” said Geraldo Perdomo, who drew one of the ninth-inning walks and scored the winning run. “We were about to get shut out again. That was a huge win for us. That was a big break for this team.”
D-backs Complete Thrilling Walk-Off Win in Burnes’ Home Debut
“I was really proud of our guys today, you know, we kept fighting and grinding, and it wasn’t an easy game. … It would be easy for this team to shut down, but they don’t,” manager Torey Lovullo told reporters postgame. “And like I keep saying, you just don’t know where the rally is going to start. You don’t know how it’s going to start, who’s going to start it, and then who’s going to be in position to do something special like the last two hitters, McCarthy and Gurriel.”
How the Diamondbacks turned their offense around in epic rally to beat Brewers
“It feels good when you can impact the outcome of the game,” McCarthy said. “I just think that’s where you want to be, a situation like that. My teammates did a great job of getting me up there. I think there were like four or five incredible at-bats beforehand, and I’m glad they passed the baton to me and I’m glad I could pass it to (Gurriel).”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/rally-brewers/3580581/
D-backs’ Eugenio Suárez On His Bobblehead: ‘It’s My Favorite’
Walk-off slam, switch-pitcher dominance headline Saturday’s top prospect performances
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/top-prospect-performers-april-12-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Other Baseball
Mike Trout makes peace with Astros fan who ripped ball out of his glove in repeat of Mookie Betts World Series play
Trout connects with fans after run-in on foul ball
https://www.mlb.com/news/fan-stops-mike-trout-from-making-catch-against-astros
Cubs win 16-0 in Dodgers’ worst ever home shutout loss
“The boys came out swinging, and it was pretty cool to see,” said Chicago’s Carson Kelly, who homered twice among his three hits and drove in three runs. “Kudos to our guys for working at-bats, really working counts, getting good pitches to drive and not missing them. We also ran the bases well and took our walks. … I think it’s just the mentality of this team that we’re going to fight to the end no matter what the score is.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44652323/cubs-win-16-0-dodgers-worst-ever-home-shutout-loss
Elly gives fans what they came for: grand slam on bobblehead night
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/elly-de-la-cruz-hit-a-grand-slam-on-his-bobblehead-night?t=grand-slams-coverage
Switch-pitcher Cijntje’s encore in second pro start? More goose eggs, K’s
‘I love double plays’: Phils turn 5 to hold off Cards
https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/cristopher-sanchez-induces-4-double-plays-vs-cardinals
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— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 12, 2025
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The lungs are the only organs that can float on water.
The shortest explanation is that air is less dense than water. With air in our lungs, we float. Each lung cavity has about 300 million balloon-like structures called alveoli. Proper breathing is crucial to swimming because you’d sink (not to mention, drown) without air in your lungs.
Cats can’t taste sweet flavors.
This is mainly because they do not possess the base pair of genes that detect sweet flavors. As a result, sugar does not code on their tongues as proper proteins.
Flamingos produce milk – kind of.
No, they don’t have mammary glands – but flamingos can produce a certain “milk” from their upper digestive tracts. Both male and female flamingos produce crop milk to feed their chicks. This concoction contains protein, fat, and red and white blood cells.
