1/4/2024 0 Comments Bouncer walkerIt seems that Merrill is starting every hitter 0-2 – sure enough, all three of the batters in both the 2nd and 3rd innings started with two strikes (including Cronenworth’s 0-1 popout). That’s 17 pitches seen from McCarthy in two at-bats, but it’s also starting to feel like they should try to get more than just the one run before Musgrove is out of the game… He hits a long foul ball down the right-field line on 3-1 before grounding out on a high bouncer that Musgrove snags on the mound. Walker hits a 2-0 fly ball straight to CF, bringing up McCarthy with 2 outs and a runner on 1st again. Marte hits a short pop up that Machado tracks down, but the way folks seem to be commenting about Marte's at-bats, at least he didn’t GIDP. Varsho creatively bunts for a hit, beating Musgrove to the bag, giving us three straight innings with the leadoff hitter aboard (including Rojas’s big fly in the first). It reminds me of the Padres last September… The Padres seem listless on offense as Kelly mows them down. Cronenworth pops out to Alcantra on the second pitch, and Kim strikes out. Kelly is back to work, striking out Bell on 3 pitches, the second of which is a bit of a generous call. After going deep on the first pitch in the first, Rojas takes the first four pitches for a 3-1 count but swings through the next two to strike out as well. Alcantra lays off some tough breaking pitches but strikes out on a fastball away. Meanwhile, Carson impressively works a walk from an 0-2 count, laying off some close pitches, setting the table for Thomas, who unfortunately flies out to Profar in left-center on the first pitch. He takes the second chance to knock one into right for a great start to the inning, keeping Musgrove’s attention with a whole ton of throws over. It’s an easy 11-pitch 1-2-3 first for Kelly, and if this first inning continues, we’re going to be looking to sweep tomorrow.Ĭarroll is up as the DH and pops a 1-0 foul ball a bit out of Machado’s reach. Machado swings through a couple pitches before grounding it up the middle with Marte making a backhand snag look easy. He almost started the shuffle on a strike on the outside corner before popping out again. Soto looks so much less confident than his trademark swagger. He quickly gets Profar to ground out weakly to Ketel at 2nd. Let’s see if Kelly can settle in for a better first than Musgrove. All in all, they get a run and hang a 24-pitch first on Musgrove. On the tenth pitch, he hits a slow grounder that Kim practically hands to Myers at first. He fouls off a few more pitches thrown all over the edges of the strike zone, running the count full. On an 0-2 pitch, Jake McCarthy just misses an easy double down the 3rd base line with the left side of the infield wide open. Walker looks a bit lost but reaches out and makes contact, dunking one into left. Marte hits a hot shot that eats up the shortstop Kim shifted into the usual 2nd base position, but he snags it and has plenty of time to fire to first for the out. Kelly looks like a pitcher's duel in the making, but we'll see!īefore anyone is even settled in, Rojas hits one out oppo to left on the first pitch! Varsho falls behind in the count and ultimately grounds out weakly to first. Needless to say, it’s gotten a lot of us hyped up for this team’s potential, even if they’re still too far behind the Padres and Brewers and have too many Dodgers games coming up to allow ourselves to get too hopeful this season. The Diamondbacks have played four of them in their last 11 games, going 9-2. At the start of play tonight, there are six teams in the majors with between a 5% and 95% chance of making the playoffs according to ESPN.
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