Our pitching staff heads to Coors. What could possibly go wrong?
Recaps
[Dbacks.com] How the D-backs pulled off a see-saw, walk-off victory in the desert – It is impossible to break down every single wild thing that happened during the Diamondbacks’ 11-10 walk-off win over the Brewers on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. Heck, just trying to sum it up is a challenge, but Arizona fill-in manager Jeff Banister came as close to anyone in doing so. “It was a rollercoaster ride today,” Banister said. “Better than at Disney World.” Of course, the ride was only fun because the D-backs came out on the winning side, because the stakes are high for them right now. The win kept the D-backs 1 1/2 games behind the Padres for the top NL Wild Card spot.
[Arizona Sports] D-backs walk off a wild one to beat Brewers in extras – Arizona (83-66) avoided a three-game sweep at home after it led 5-0, trailed 8-5, tied the game 8-8 and fell behind 10-8 in a near-four-hour marathon. “Crazy game,” Suarez said. “The at-bat Del Castillo had left-on-left and then Corbin had a good at-bat too, base hit, all those little things that’s why I hit that walk-off. They gave me an opportunity to be at the plate with that situation. I never thought to hit a homer or whatever. I just tried to put one in play, clear my mind, see a ball as long as I can, pick one good pitch to swing at.”
[Burn City Sports] Diamondbacks refuse to quit, rally for 11-10 extra-innings win over Brewers – With Devin Williams sidelined due to workload, having pitched in three of the previous five days, the Diamondbacks took advantage of Jared Koenig in the 10th. They sent five batters to the plate, all of them reaching. Adrian Del Castillo had a big left-on-left hit to bring them within a run and Christian Walker took a fastball that hit his elbow guard with the bases loaded that tied the game. That set up Suárez to play the role of hero for the day, as he’s now at 95 RBI for the season.
Team news
[SI] Frayed D-backs Pitching Staff Testing Limits of Competitiveness – Both the rotation and bullpen are in tatters, allowing runs at an alarming rate. To make matters worse, the team’s most reliable pitcher since July 2nd, Ryne Nelson, was just placed on the 15-day injured list with shoulder inflammation. For the full season, Arizona’s 4.63 ERA ranks 27th in MLB. The league and park adjusted ERA+ is now down to 90. No modern team in a full non strike season has ever made the Postseason with an ERA+ that low. The last time it happened over a full season was 1913 by the Philadelphia Athletics who posted an 88 ERA+.
[AZ Central] Arizona Diamondbacks reinstate catcher Gabriel Moreno from injured list – Moreno had been out more than a month since suffering a strained adductor muscle in a game at Cleveland. He’s set to make the trip with the Diamondbacks to Denver for a series with the Colorado Rockies that starts Monday. Moreno is hitting .262 in 86 games played this season, but provides just as much, if not more, on defense. Moreno caught five innings in a simulated game on Saturday. “Checked all the boxes. I think everything came out pretty clean,” acting manager Jeff Banister said before Sunday’s game. “All in all it’s been extremely positive for him.”
[PHNX Sports] ‘Part of who I am’: Diamondbacks third-round pick Daniel Eagen embraces small beginnings – Eagen was not heavily recruited out of high school, in part because the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out his senior year. He landed at Presbyterian College, a Division I university in Clinton, South Carolina with a student body just north of 1,000. The Diamondbacks made Eagen the highest draft pick in school history. He wears his small beginnings as a badge of pride. “I feel like it’s every part of who I am as a person,” Eagen said, “embracing that small-school mentality. I’ve always been the underdog pretty much my whole life.
And, elsewhere…
[LA Times] Tyler Glasnow done? Dodgers’ annual meltdown begins now – This season, their first postseason opponent is themselves, and the cratering begins now. Tyler Glasnow is done, and it feels like the Dodgers could be done with him. Their ace with a history of injuries is broken again, and a team with a history of autumn wounds could be breaking apart with him. Either that, or the Dodgers are going to become the first team in baseball history to win the World Series with a one-man rotation. [Jim: That sound is the world’s smallest violin playing]
The San Diego Padres, who slashed their payroll by $90 million, are now just 3.5 games behind the Dodgers, who spent $1.4 billion last winter.
The NL West race certainly remains open.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 15, 2024
[ESPN] Ramos becomes 1st righty batter to homer into McCovey Cove – Ramos hit a 394-foot, opposite-field drive into the water behind the right-field stands in the ninth off Robert Suarez (9-3), tying the score 2-2. There have been 167 splash homers by left-handed batters since the ballpark opened in 2000, including 104 by Giants hitters. “It looks impossible just by looking at the wall and the weather here,” Ramos said, adding that the feat was “insane” to him. The 25-year-old said he was always aware that no right-handed hitter had a splash hit and wanted to be the first. “We lost, obviously, but it’s a special day because I did that,” Ramos said. “It’s a good accomplishment for me.”
However:
McCovey Cove Dave says he wouldn’t give the historic splash hit ball back to the #SFGiants after he says recent negotiations didn’t go well. But he would share it with Cooperstown.
“It’s my most precious ball. I’ve worked over 20 years for it.”
— Steven Rissotto (@StevenRissotto) September 16, 2024