Diamondbacks Go For Sweep vs Marlins Behind Eduardo Rodriguez
Team News
Brandon Pfaadt continues strong starting pitching, Diamondbacks club 4 HRs in win over Marlins
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/brandon-pfaadt-4/3580965/
Starting off with pop: Top of lineup continues to rake in Miami
“I’ve said all along Pavin can hit, we all know what Corbin is capable of doing,” Lovullo said. “Josh Naylor comes over with a huge resume, and then the one that’s standing out to me is Perdomo, who’s really evolved and grown as a hitter. We count on that part of the lineup.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/josh-naylor-hits-home-run-d-backs-win-vs-marlins
Strong start, 4 big blasts and a condiment shower: Arizona Diamondbacks win again at Miami
“It’s so beautiful and special, like you said, all of my family is here and can come to the stadium to see me play,” Suarez said in Spanish. “It feels good to come home and be with my daughters and my wife in the morning. I can wake up my girls to get ready for school. To have those moments, even though they are so quick because I have to keep working with the team, is wonderful.”
Tim Tawa’s First Career Home Run Punctuates D-backs’ Series Win
“I was just looking for something over the plate. I feel like I’d been getting pitched pretty well. A lot of hard stuff down and away. And so I finally got something over the plate and didn’t miss it, thankfully. It felt good coming off the bat, and it was fun to watch it fly, for sure,” he said.
Diamondbacks’ Rotation Taking Pressure off Bullpen, Offense
“I think the consistency that it gives your team, what it does for the position players… And we’ve been behind a decent amount lately. We have, even in some of these starts, we’ve given up some runs early,” Hazen said. But they’ve settled in and given us six innings. And when the position players see that over time, I think they walk out onto the field every night being like, ‘alright, we need to get three or four runs. We’re going to win this game.’ So I think it’s very important from that standpoint mentally.”
Other Baseball
How pickleball rivalries and tournaments took MLB by storm
Early hot streaks shake up Hitter Power Rankings
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/2nd-hitter-power-rankings-of-2025
105-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor throws out 1st pitch at AmFam Field
Spencer Strider returns for the Braves: What did we learn from his first start of 2025?
‘Just for Coconut’: Holliday dedicates 2nd career slam to pup
https://www.mlb.com/news/jackson-holliday-hits-second-career-grand-slam
Pham joins (unfortunate) rare club, hits into 7-3 putout
https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-pham-part-of-rare-7-3-putout
Padres ‘handle the deviations’ en route to one of the best starts in franchise history
https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-tie-best-19-game-start-in-franchise-history-with-win-vs-cubs
Anything Goes
This day in history:
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Flossing your teeth improves memory.
Here’s one useful random fact for you: Research suggests that if you keep your gums healthy and avoid gum disease, it will lead to the prevention of stiff blood vessels. Preventing stiff blood vessels also prevent memory problems.
The queens in ant colonies live for around 30 years.
This was observed by keeping queen ants in captivity. On average they lived for almost 29 years. However, it is estimated that they are able to live much longer in the wild with a full colony.
Crayola means ‘oily chalk’.
It comes from two French words, Craie, and ola. Craie meaning a stick of chalk, and Ola meaning oily.
