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SubscribeThe final nail in the coffin…
Photo: The Canadian Press The Skinny: With the Los Angeles Dodgers possessing a magic number of one, you might figure that the Diamondbacks would play with renewed passion on Thursday and at least force L.A. to win the National League West on their own accord on Thursday night. That didn't happen. The St. Louis Cardinals' big [...]
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D-Backs clinging to life as they visit Cardinals
Seven games left in the season, and the Arizona Diamondbacks have life. After picking up a full game on the Dodgers on Sunday, Arizona trails by 2.5 games in the National League West. The Diamondbacks make their one and only visit to Busch Stadium to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for a 4-game series starting [...]
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Haren baffles Giants in 2-0 win
The Skinny: Dan Haren will turn 28 years old tomorrow. On Tuesday night, he gave himself and fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks an early gift. Haren pitched his first ever complete game shutout, and tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts, as the D-Backs won their 2nd straight over the Giants 2-0 at Chase Field. Haren, [...]
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Dunn delivers, D-Backs finally in the win column
Photo:Dave Sharpe/AP The Skinny: Adam Dunn clubbed a two-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning off of Brad Hennessey, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. Doug Davis pitched a masterful game. Davis went 7 innings, scattering 8 hits and allowing only 1 unearned run. [...]
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D-Backs host Giants
Wow, how things have changed in a week. The Diamondbacks now languish in second place, 4.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, and appear to be a baseball team that is simply playing out the string. No fight, no emotion, no execution. The D-Backs didn't help themselves this weekend by losing 2 out of 3 [...]
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Velez the hero again as Giants sweep Diamondbacks
The Skinny: First it was Manny Ramirez, then it was Andre Ethier. Add Eugenio Velez to the list of Diamondback killers. Velez, who came into the game hitting .232, laced an 0-2 pitch to the right center field gap scoring Ryan Rohlinger and Aaron Rowand and giving the San Francisco Giants a second straight 9th inning win [...]
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Giants continue D-Backs’ misery
The Skinny: Wow. The Arizona Diamondbacks actually showed a sign of life on Tuesday night. Chris Snyder belted a 2-run home run in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game at 4. But it didn't last long, as the Diamondbacks' bullpen failed again in a 5-4 win by the San Francisco Giants. [...]
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Second place D-Backs visit San Francisco
After 136 consecutive days in first place, the Arizona Diamondbacks find themselves looking up at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers have a 1.5 game lead in the National League West after convincingly sweeping the Diamondbacks over the weekend in Los Angeles. And as you would imagine, it wasn't pretty. Friday and Saturday weren't close, [...]
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Observations from a busy Phoenix sports weekend
With football in full swing at the college and pro levels, and baseball winding down, there is a lot going on in Phoenix sports. And yes, I soaked in as much of it as I could this weekend. Here's what I saw... The Diamondbacks are not good. I'm not just saying that because they were swept [...]
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Diamondbacks fall flat in Los Angeles
The Skinny: In the first game of undoubtedly the most important series of the season, the Arizona Diamondbacks did not really even show up in Los Angeles. Former Sun Devil Andre Ethier continued his recent domination of Diamondbacks' pitching by going 5 for 5 with a home run, 2 doubles and 5 runs batted in as [...]
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