Apologies to the fans

April 22, 2010

First, I would like to begin by apologizing to all of our fans from the Informer about our recent absence but as you may understand, we are not pleased with how the Diamondbacks have performed in the past week. That, however, is no excuse and we will be working harder to give you the news that we should. We will not cover each game from the past week but only give a summary of the past week and what D’Backs fans have seen. We can safely say, that we have not seen good things in 7 days.
The D’Backs have dropped 6 of their last 7 and have lost 3 straight series (two on the road to the Dodgers and the Padres and one to the Cardinals at home). Fans have probably been trying to post blame on a player or many players, or have recognized that the teams the D’Backs have been facing are above par, or have began to blame manager A.J. Hinch. We here at the Informer have analyzed each game, from first pitch to last swing to determine the causes of these problems. We will break them down by opponent in the past 3 series.
Lead-off: Los Angeles Dodgers,
Now, to begin, we can all agree here at the Informer that the Dodgers are no cupcakes and they fight hard and for that, they won the division last year. But this year, it is clear that they are not as good as the NL West winning 2009 campaign in this young season (mainly due to pitching) but can still hit with the best of any of them. In the 3 game set, the D’Backs allowed 6 home runs, only 2 of them solo shots. Now, obviously, the Dodgers will hit home runs with sluggers such as Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, or Casey Blake, but 6 home runs in a 3 game set is unacceptable. Pitches have been hanging in the zone, after getting the batter into a hitter’s count. In the three games, the D’Backs allowed 6 runs or more (two games going into extra innings) in each game and allowed at least 10 hits in each as well. Arizona also added a total of 4 blown saves in the 3 game series
The Diamondbacks also commited 4 errors in the series (all coming between the two extra inning games) and our pitchers have combined for 5 wild pitches. The only Diamondbacks win in the series could easily be attributed to fatigue by the two teams and becoming a game of attrition rather than Arizona outplaying Los Angeles.
Our 3 stars in the Dodgers series:
1. Chris Young–6-for-13, 3 RBIs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 2 doubles, and a stolen base, 2 runs scored.
2. Leo Rosales–3.0 innings pitched, 3 hits, one walk, 3 strikeouts, no runs allowed.
3. Stephen Drew–6-for-13, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, 1 double, 1 home run, 3 runs scored.
Our 3 duds in the Dodgers series:
1. Chad Qualls–2.0 innings pitched, 2 blown saves, 3 hits, 3 runs (all earned), 3 walks, only 1 strikeout.
2. Justin Upton–4-for-16, 2 RBI, 2 GIDPs, 6 strike outs, 2 home runs, 3 runs scored.
3. Blaine Boyer–1.2 innings pitched, 1 loss, 1 blown save, 5 hits, 1 walk, 2 runs (both allowed), 1 strikeout.
Moving on to the Padres. First off, there is no excuse to be swept by the Padres, much less be shut out. This team is expected to be last in the NL West and tore it up against the Diamondbacks. Each game, San Diego scored at least 5 runs and had at least 7 hits. Once again, the bullpen hurt the D’Backs win another blown save, this time by Juan Gutierrez. The Diamondbacks scored only 6 runs in the series, which would have only been enough to tie the Padres in the series opener. The Diamondbacks fell to 1-5 on the road.
Our 3 stars in the San Diego series:
1. Ian Kennedy–5.0 innings pitched, 2 hits, no runs, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts, 11 first pitch strikes against 20 batters (No Decision); 1-for-2 at the plate.
2. Edwin Jackson–6.0 innings pitched, 3 hits, no runs, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, 2 GIDPs (No Decision).
3. Kris Benson–6.0 innings pitched, 6 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 4 walks, 1 strikeout, 1 hit batter (Loss: 0-1); 1-for-2 at the plate. This was Kris Benson’s first start of the year.
Our 3 duds in the San Diego series:
1. Justin Upton–1-for-11, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk, caught stealing once, one stolen base.
2. Kelly Johnson–1-for-10, 4 strikeouts, 2 walks, 1 double.
3. Aaron Heilman–1.2 innings pitched, 5 hits, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts, 4 runs (all earned), one home run, 1 wild pitch, 1 blown save (Loss: 0-1).
Finally, the series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Now, the Cardinals are once again a good team with players such as Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols, but there is no excuse for the travesty that the bullpen has given up. The D’Backs got lucky with their win in the second game but faltered in the end. The Cardinals scored 20 runs in the series, amassed 32 hits, and had 6 multi-run innings. The Diamondbacks scored 15 runs and totaled 32 hits as well with 3 errors.
Our 3 stars in the Cardinals series:
1. Kelly Johnson–5-for-13, 2 walks, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 4 doubles.
2. Danny Haren–6.0 innings pitched, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts, (Win: 2-1); Career high 4-for-4 at the plate with one RBI.
3. Stephen Drew–5-for-11, 2 walks, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 double.
Honorable Mention:
Edwin Jackson–8.0 innings pitched, 4 runs (all earned), 0 walks, 4 strikeouts (No Decision).
Our 3 duds in the Cardinals series:
1. Justin Upton–0-for-11, one run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 stolen base, 1 error, 5 strikeouts
2. Chris Young–1-for-12, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
3. Chad Qualls–2.1 innings pitched, 6 hits, 4 runs (all earned), 1 save, 1 loss (1-1), 3 strikeouts.
The previous nine games raise a lot of questions for A.J. Hinch and the Diamondbacks, most notably, two questions. 1. Can Justin Upton cut it right now in the clean-up spot in our order? Short and simple answer, no. Upton is 2-for-27 (.074) in our last 7 games. Numbers like that are unacceptable in the major leagues, much less for a player batting clean-up. The best way to fix this situation is to move Upton down to the 7 or 8 spot, and have the line-up become this:
1. Conor Jackson
2. Kelly Johnson
3. Stephen Drew
4. Mark Reynolds
5. Adam LaRoche
6. Chris Young
7. Chris Snyder or Justin Upton
8. Justin Upton or Chris Snyder
9. Pitching spot
2. Can Chad Qualls close out games for the D’Backs? Short and simple answer is once again, no. Qualls has blown 2 saves during our 3 series, and has one loss (and the only reason he didn’t blow that as a save was because the Diamondbacks weren’t winning at the time). In two series, he allowed 7 runs in only 4.1 innings pitched. Once again, that is not good enough for a major league player, much less a closer. The best way to fix this is to put Chad Qualls as a reliever (or in the minors) and either put Kris Benson in as the closer or promote either Kevin Mulvey or Billy Buckner for the closing role. 
The Diamondbacks have a much needed off day before opening a series against the Phillies. But honestly D’Backs fans, don’t get your hopes up. The Phillies are much better than they were last year and much better than the teams the D’Backs have face thus far.
Congratulations are in order for Cole Gillespie who delivered in his first major league at bat with a double down the right field line.
Best of luck to the Phoenix Coyotes, who travel back to Glendale to try to take a 3-2 series lead against the Red Wings on Friday.
Best of
luck to the Phoenix Suns, who travel to Portland to try to take a 2-1 series lead against the Trailblazers on Thursday.
Thank you fans for coming back to the Informer. Feel free to add your input or insight on how the Diamondbacks have played thus far, and as always, come back for more.
On tap for Thursday, the Minor League round-up and pitching probables for the Phillies series.

Return of the New and Improved Informer

After the long lay off since before the
All-Star Break, the Informer has returned under some changes.
We have now been dedicated to give you all the information
you want, need, and expect from the Informer. Game recaps
will be available along with some post-game commentary and
statistics. Thank you for staying tuned, and continue to
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just the news, but the facts.

Apologies for Hiatus

June 5th, 2009

I apologize to my readers for my long hiatus. Instead of looking back on all of the missed games, we will cover the upcoming series with the San Diego Padres.

Game 1:
Arizona will send out Doug Davis (2-6, 3.65 ERA) to start the series with the Padres, countering with Chad Gaudin (2-3, 4.76 ERA). In Gaudin’s last start against the Diamondbacks, he was rocked with 7 runs and 5 walks but ended up with a no-decision, but he rallied himself in his last start against the Colorado Rockies with striking out the side in the first and leading the Padres to 7 shutout innings. He struck out a season high 9 batters. Doug Davis’s last start was frustrating pitching very well, throwing for 7 innings allowing 2 runs on seven hits but earned a no decision. The Diamondbacks ended up winning the game in 11 innings against the Braves.

Game 2:
Max Scherzer (2-4, 4.47 ERA) will get the ball hoping to earn his 3rd career win against Kevin Correia (1-4, 5.37 ERA). Scherzer’s last start was less than spectacular, in fact, his worst of his career, allowing 8 runs, 10 hits over a meer 3.2 innings. Scherzer hopes to have his command back for this game against a divison opponent. Kevin Correia was also abused in his last game, allowing a season-high 10 hits and 4 runs (two home runs) and earned the loss at home. In his last two starts, Correia has allowed 10 earned runs.

Game 3:
Danny Haren (4-4, 2.42 ERA) hopes to get back into the win column following a no-decision against the Dodgers. He left the game with a 5-1 lead in the 7th inning and Tony Peña came in and failed miserably, allowing 4 runs before being pulled for Dan Schlereth, who allowed 2 hits and one run and earned the loss. Haren will probably face off against his division nemesis Jake Peavy (5-6, 4.10 ERA) after suffering what seemed to be a respitory infection.

Game 4:
Jon Garland (4-5, 5.34 ERA) hopes to earn a win after an amazing outing at Los Angeles, only allowing 1 run over 6-innings which ended to be a 1-0 loss for the Diamondbacks. Josh Geer (1-1, 5.44 ERA), was roughed in the beginning of his last outing being tagged for 3 runs in the first inning but the Padres were able to score 3 runs at the bottom of the inning after an Adrian Gonzalez home run and Geer settled down. He allowed 5 runs in 6.2 innings with one walk and 3 strikeouts.

A few rumors that have been tossed around. Following the surprising release of Tom Glavine by the Braves, Glavine has spoken out saying that there are many teams interested in picking him up. One of the teams that may be interested in this is the Washington Nationals, who have had pitching problems all season long. Tom Glavine is an exprienced pitcher, who may be a future Hall-of-Famer, that can really help a lackluster Nationals pitching staff.

Speaking of the Nationals, I was in Washington D.C. to see Randy Johnson go for his 300th win. After having tickets for the first game, I waited for 5 hours at the ball park before the game was called. The umpires need to decide whether or not to call a game quicker instead of forcing fans to sit out in the cold rain. It doesn’t take a 30 minute photoshoot on the field and a rocket scientist to say, its raining to hard. But the next day, I was able to witness history and see Randy Johnson pitch his 300th win, 118 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and was glad to see a future Hall-of-Famer win a historical game. Congratulations go out to Randy Johnson.

Make sure to go out and vote for the All-Star Game, especially for the NL Player of May, Justin Upton, and the NL Rookie of May in Gerardo Parra.

–Bryan

Diamondbacks Rally to Take Series from A’s 8-7

May 24th 2009,

Arizona was down 5-1 to the Oakland A’s in the 8th inning, but clutch hitting by Arizona saved Danny Haren from getting the loss after a less-than-Danny Haren-pitching-performance. The Diamondbacks took the game into extra innings and won the game in the 11th by a score of 8-7, clinching the series win.

Danny Haren, eager to face his former team in Oakland, lost his streak of quality starts when he allowed 5 runs through 7 innings, giving up 9 hits (4 home runs) but striking out 7 batters with no walks. Danny allowed a season high in runs (5) all on the 4 home runs including a Nomar Garciaparra solo jack and a Jack Cust two-run homer that barely went over the wall.

Haren also gave up a home run to fan favorite Jason Giambi, who hit his 400 career home run, becoming the 44th player in major league history to accomplish the feat.

Former Diamondbacks pitcher Edgar Gonzalez showed what Arizona was missing by consistently getting runners out, allowing only 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 4 but in the sixth inning, two walks forced the A’s hand and pulled Gonzalez after only 5 innings pitched.

After that, the Diamondbacks began their clutch hitting in the 8th when Eric Byrnes, former Oakland Athletics fan favorite, hit a two run single to make the game 5-3 and Chad Tracy, who had left the bases loaded in the 6th, hit a two run double to tie the game. The game stayed that way until the 11th inning when Stephen Drew hit a single to score the up-and-coming Gerardo Parra and Mark “The Sheriff” Reynolds hit a 2 run double to right center field to add a couple more insurance runs.

In the bottom of the 11th, it proved that Reynolds’ 2 runs were in dire need when Chad Qualls allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in the bottom of the 11th. With the Diamondbacks up by only one, the tying run on third and the winning run on first with one out, Mel Stottlemyre Jr. came out to talk to Chad Qualls. “This guy is a good double play candidate,” Stottlemyre told Qualls, “Let’s get a ball on the ground here and turn one.” Qualls did exactly that forcing Jack Hannahan to hit a ground ball up the middle and Stephen Drew was able to get to hit, flip it to Ryan Roberts at second to throw over to Chad Tracy at first to end the game on a 6-4-3 double play. Qualls picked up his 11th save of the year while the win goes to Tony Pena (4-1).

Felipe Lopez left the game due to what appeared to be tightness in the leg while running the bases. No official word has been made whether he will play, rest, or be put on the DL.

The Diamondbacks go for the sweep against Oakland in an attempt to win their 5th consecutive game with Jon Garland on the mound (4-2, 4.72 ERA) versus Josh Outman (1-0, 3.31 ERA). In Garland’s history against the A’s he has compiled a 4-11 record with a 5.22 ERA.

Check Back For More after the Game

–Bryan 

Diamondbacks Win 3rd Straight In Oakland

May 23rd, 2009,

Billy Buckner (1-0), making his 6th career major league start, pitched a gem for the Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game Inter-league series with the Oakland A’s. Buckner, fresh from his call up from Triple-A Reno impressed Arizona faithful with 7.1 innings pitched allowing only one run (a Matt Holliday homer) on 5 hits, walking 2 while striking out 3. Coming in, Buckner had an ERA of 15.75 when he appeared as a reliever early in the year, lowered his earned run average to 6.35 during is solid pitching performance. Jon Rauch picked up his second save of the year, allowing one hit and one walk in the bottom of the ninth. Oakland outfielder Ryan Sweeney said about Buckner in the game, “he was keeping guys off balance, and I saw him pretty good but when I hit the ball, it didn’t go anywhere. He got me on a couple of changeups.”

The ninth batter Chris Young seemed to come out of his slump, entering the game in a 0-for-21 slide, going 2-for-3 with a solo home-run to break a 1-1 deadlock and to put Arizona up for good. After the game Young said hitting the home run was like, “my first homer in the big leagues, I’m not going to lie.” 

However, the rest of the Diamondbacks could only muster up 5 hits, one of which being a RBI single by Gerardo Parra.

Parra has played well since his call-up from Double-A Mobile, hitting safely for 7 of his 8 games and getting an RBI in 6 of those 8 games. Parra is currently sporting a batting average of .324 in his 34 at bats in the year, all of which in the second spot after .317 lead-off batter Felipe Lopez and before .304 batter Justin Upton.

Stephen Drew however, continues to struggle since coming off the DL. Drew went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts, dropping his batting average to .173 while batting in the 4th spot. On the current road-trip, Drew has only 3 hits in 27 at bats and has only 4 hits in 31 at-bats in the month of May, which is only an average of .129.

Clay Zavada has continued to impress skipper A.J. Hinch after pitching a third of an inning allowing no hits and no runs with no walks after Esmerling Vasquez picked up the same line in the 8th inning after Buckner’s departure.

In the second game of the matchup. Former A’s pitcher Danny Haren (3-4, 2.06) faces off against former Diamondbacks pitcher Edgar Gonzalez (first start of season). In Haren’s only start against the A’s, he pitched 7.0 innings strong only allowing one run on his way to the victory.

Check back for more updates and analysis

–Bryan

Diamondbacks Take Series Finale 4-3

May 22nd, 2009

The Diamondbacks closed the series with the Florida Marlins with a 4-3 win, winning the series 3 games to one. Arizona improved their record to 17-24.

Max Scherzer (1-3) had a strong pitching performance going 6 innings allowing three runs on 6 hits with 2 walks while striking out 10 batters. Unfortunately, he was denied his second consecutive win, while not factoring in the decision.

Clay Zavada, recently called up from the minors to take the place of Scott Schoeneweis, who went home to be with his family after his wife’s passing, threw one inning of shut-out ball, allowing 0 hits and striking out two. Zavada held the game for the win as Mark “The Sheriff” Reynolds hit a two-run home-run (his 12th) into right center field off of Cristhian Martinez (0-1) who was making his major league debut. Reynolds finished his strong series going 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Chris Snyder also showed more improvement at the plate, hitting his 4th home-run of the year in the 7th inning, while finishing 2-for-4.

Chad Qualls came in the 9th inning to strike out all three batters to earn his 10th save of the season.

The Diamondbacks fly back west to face Oakland in the first inter-league series of the season. Rumors show that Billy Buckner (0-0, 15.75 ERA) will get the start against Trevor Cahill (2-3, 5.01 ERA). Saturday, Dan Haren will make is second start against his former team in Oakland trying to earn only his 4th win of the year and should be facing former Diamondback Edgar Gonzalez in his first start of the season. In Dan Haren’s only start against the Athletics, he pitched 7 innings allowing only one run as he picked up a win.

Look for the designated hitter for the Diamondbacks to be maybe Chris Young or Gerardo Parra (which ever one gets the start in center field).

Check back for more updates

–Bryan

Diamondbacks Split Double-Header With Marlins With Heavy Hearts

May 20th, 2009

The Diamondbacks tribute the number 60 on their caps in honor of their teammate Scott Schoeneweis. The 35-year-old relief pitcher left the team in Florida after his wife was found in their Arizona home motionless and unresponsive. Gabrielle Schoeneweis was 39. The two celebrated their 10-year anniversary in January and they have 3 children together as well as another child from another marriage. Scott left the team shortly before the Diamondbacks took the field to be with his family. All of our hearts in the Diamondbacks organization and fan-base are sending our thoughts and prayers to the Schoeneweis family and we send our support for this tough time in Scott and his family’s life.

Game One of Double-Header (Florida 8-6 Arizona)

Chris Snyder and Chad Tracy both hit home runs for the Diamondbacks as they fell
(both led the team with 2 RBI). Doug Davis (2-6) was rocked after only 4.1 innings, allowing 6 runs on 6 hits with 5 walks, but had 4 strike outs. Stephen Drew didn’t help Doug Davis in the infield, getting 3 errors in the game.

Mark Reynolds tied a Diamondbacks record (previously recorded by Tony Womack) with 4 stolen bases in the game. He only had one run and had 2 hits on 3 at-bats with one walk and one strike out

Game Two of Double-Header (Florida 8-11 Arizona)

The Diamondbacks played an endless game with Bryan Augenstein (0-0) at the starting lineup. Augenstein pitched 5 innings allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks. Augenstein also recorded one strike out.

Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds had career games, both with 2 home runs. Justin Upton had a monster 3-run shot in the 3rd inning to get the Diamondbacks back into the game. He later hit the game winning home run with a even longer 3-run shot to put the Diamondbacks up 11-8 and kept the lead for good in 13 innings. Mark Reynolds, after his 4 stolen base game, had one stolen base and a 2-run home run in the 7th inning as well as a solo shot in the top of th 12th.

Chad Qualls came in relief in the bottom of the 11th and 12th and allowed 2 hits, 2 walks and 1 run. Qualls came in with the bases loaded and was able to get out of the jam without allowing a run. Jon Rauch got the save allowing one home-run and recording 2 strike outs.

The Diamondbacks close the 4-game set with the Marlins at LandShark stadium in Miami starting Max Scherzer (1-3) trying to capitalize after his first career win.

Keep the Schoeneweis family in your thoughts and prayers and check back for updates

–Bryan

Diamondbacks 5-run Seventh Leads to Victory Over Marlins

May 20th, 2009

Arizona received another quality start form starter Jon Garland (4-2) and the Diamondbacks 5-run seventh inning lead to the victory over the Marlins at Landshark Stadium 5-3. Garland pitched 6 strong innings allowing 7 hits with only 2 runs (1 earned), one walk, while striking out 3. Jon only threw 80 pitches in the win.

The seventh-inning Diamondback attack started with a lead-off home run to right-center field for his ninth of the year. After Eric Byrnes was safe on an error and a single Chris Snyder, Augie Ojeda laid a nice sacrifice bunt to move the runners over. Miguel Montero was hit by a pitch, loading the bases and Felipe Lopez hit a single to score Eric Byrnes to keep the bases loaded. Gerardo Parra continued his great streak in the majors with a 2-RBI single. Justin Upton hit a sacrifice fly to score Felipe Lopez, before the end of the inning. Chad Qualls came on in the ninth to earn his 9th save of the year.

Arizona improved their record to 15-23 while the Marlins fell to 18-21.

Wednesday, the two teams play a double header to make up for the rained out game. Arizona will try to win their 3rd and 4th straight game.

Check Back for More

–Bryan

Diamondbacks Deliver Max Scherzer’s First Win in Rout of Braves, 12-0

May 17th 2009

Max Scherzer (1-3) earned his first career win in 14 starts as the Diamondbacks (14-24) defeated the Atlanta Braves (18-18) by a score of 12-0 in Turner Field. The Arizona offense finally looked alive, scoring their season high of 12 runs. Scherzer went 6 innings strong, allowing only 4 hits and no runs with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts.

The Diamondbacks got 11 hits in the game, highlighted by the 9th inning grand slam by Chris Snyder, his 2nd home run of the year (Snyder led the game with 5 RBI). Gerardo Parra continues his strong start to the majors going 3-for-6 with 3 RBIs with a triple and 2 singles.

Arizona’s next two games against the Braves and the opener against the Marlins were rained out and John Garland (3-2) is slated to start Tuesday against the Marlins at Landshark Stadium.

Check Back for more

–Bryan

Diamondbacks fall to Braves in walk-off fashion 3-4

May 16th, 2009

Arizona (13-23) suffered their 4th straight loss at Turner Field in Atlanta(17-17). Doug Davis started the game and earned a quality start going 6 innings and allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits with 3 strikeouts, and allowed one home run to future Hall-of-Famer Chipper Jones. The unearned run was ruled after an error by Doug Davis in an attempt to get the runner out on first sailed away from first baseman Josh Whitesell. The Diamondbacks scored 2 runs in the top of the first inning after a Felipe Lopez single and Gerardo Parra knocking him in with a triple. Justin Upton then grounded to shortstop scoring Parra. Atlanta then came back in the bottom of the 2nd and scored 2 runs and Jones hit 4th home run of the year in the bottom of the third. Doug Davis (2-5) and Javier Vasquez (3-3) both pitched well not allowing another run until they were both pulled (7th and 8th inning, respectively). In the top of the ninth with the Diamondbacks down 3-2, Stephen Drew hit his 2nd home run of the year to right field to tie the game at 3 apiece but in the bottom of the ninth with Tony Pena pitching his second inning, the bases were loaded and Jordan Schaffer scored on a Kelly Johnson sacrifice fly with one out scoring the winning run. Tony Pena (3-1) gets the loss for the Diamondbacks while Mike Gonzalez (2-0) earns the win after blowing the save.

The rookie Gerardo Parra finished 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, continuing to impress the Diamondbacks coaching staff.

Doug Davis, who only threw 80 pitches, was obviously frustrated after he was pulled and was shown arguing with Diamondbacks skipper A.J. Hinch. About pulling Davis for a pinch hitter, Hinch said, “We’ve got seven [outs] left in the game. Obviously, we’re trying to get a guy on base in front of [Felipe] Lopez and [Gerardo] Parra, so with seven outs, I’m going to take a shot at getting a guy on base and hitting a ball in the gap to score him and tie the game.” Ryan Roberts came in for Doug Davis in the seventh and struck out. Doug Davis did not speak to reporters after the game so was unavailable for comment.

I love seeing players showing a passion on the field and show some frustration when they are not allowed to be on the game, but there are limits. Doug, a player I have the upmost respect for, should not have argued with the manager. There most likely won’t be any ramifications between the two, because this frustration is understandable. Doug was probably angry about his error that allowed 2 runs, and how the team is struggling to pick up a win, losing 9 of their last 11 games. But when the cameras are on, the frustration should be left for the locker room, not the television.

Tomorrow, Arizona hopes to score enough runs to continue to try to get Max Scherzer (0-3, 3.98 ERA) his first career win against Atlanta, who will be countering with first year starter Kenshin Kawakami (2-4, 5.79 ERA). The only Braves with hits against Scherzer are Kelly Johnson and Gregor Blanco, walking one and striking out four while the Braves are batting .250 against the right-hander.

Tune back in for more updates

–Bryan

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