Los Angeles Dodgers @ Arizona Diamondbacks April 30 - May 3

[BC867]

Whew, a needed DP.

 

[Dback Jon]

That double-play helped

 

[Dback Jon]

Goldschmidt strikes out again

 

[Dback Jon]

What happened to Ryu?

 

[Praxis]

What happened to Ryu?

Looked like a pulled hammy

 

[BC867]

Goldschmidt strikes out again

Steve mentioned that most of Goldy's strikeouts have been on fast balls. 'Not a good sign.

 

[Dback Jon]

Again. No runs with Bases loaded

 

[BC867]

Our offense is particularly putrid today. Despite their starter leaving in the 2nd inning.

 

[BC867]

Here are the latest stats showing how many games each of our three Catchers have started.

AVILA........13
MATHIS......11
MURPHY.......5

None of them stands out as being a better Catcher than the rest.

Here are their batting averages.

AVILA........ .163
MATHIS..... .226
MURPHY..... .242

I know that Mathis is Grienke's designated Catcher but, regarding Avila and Murphy, it makes no sense.

Murphy is the closest we have to a hitting Catcher and he has started 5 games out of 29.

 

[Dback Jon]

Hey Dbacks. Take note how to hit a sac fly

 

[GatorAZ]

Holy buzz kill

 

[Dback Jon]

Well that sucked

 

[Shaggy]

Well that sucked

Yes it did.

 

[Shaggy]

Did Marte put in extentions? His hair isn't that long.. Is it?

 

[Dback Jon]

Failing to score the run when we had bases-loaded is going to bite us in the butt

 

[Dback Jon]

Game over. Avila up

 

[Shaggy]

Murphy! Now they are counting on Avila..

 

[BC867]

And Murphy drives in our first run of the game.

 

[GatorAZ]

Game over. Avila up

No point in even watching this AB.

 

[Shaggy]

Just a base hit Avila. Come on.

 

[BC867]

And after our seldom used Catcher drives in a clutch run, our lead Catcher then ends the game with the tying run in scoring position.

 

[Shaggy]

Crap! Why did they put Avila in? Wasn't there someone else?

 

[Dback Jon]

That deep fly ball would have been helpful earlier

 

[TJ]

Glad they didn't quit, but in the end, the lack of big bats came back to haunt. Lamb and Souza need to be back like now.

 

[AZCrazy]

Don't know why they haven't used Souza in pinch hit situations. He's been swinging fine for weeks, just has trouble throwing. It'd be a good way to ease him back into facing major league pitching too.