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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING -JULY 23: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone's largest hot spring, is nearly 300 feet wind and 121 feet deep. The thermophiles give the spring its vibrant colors on the edge on July 23, 2024 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today’s Lineups
BREWERS | DIAMONDBACKS |
|---|---|
| Brice Turang – 2B | Ketel Marte – 2B |
| Christian Yelich – DH | Geraldo Perdomo – SS |
| Jake Bauers – LF | Corbin Carroll – RF |
| William Contreras – C | Gabriel Moreno – DH |
| Garrett Mitchell – CF | Adrian Del Castillo – C |
| Andrew Vaughn – 1B | Nolan Arenado – 3B |
| Sal Frelick – RF | Max Kepler – LF |
| Cooper Pratt – SS | Ildemaro Vargas – 1B |
| Joey Ortiz – 3B | Tommy Troy – CF |
| Brandon Woodruff – RHP | Merrill Kelly – RHP |
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Happy Fourth of July, folks. May you all leave this holiday, in possession of exactly the same number of fingers with which you entered it. The depth of this preview is potentially constrained by the burgers and hot dogs being ready, at which point, it will come to a rapid conclusion, as I make a beeline for the dining room. Until then, I’ll do what I can. We’ll see whether Kelly can end his losing streak, currently at five consecutive appearances. He’s the first D-back since Shelby Miller in 2017 to lose five starts in a row. Miller also did it the year before. The last to lose six in a row was the Big Unit in June/July 2008. A rare bad spell by Johnson, with a 7.94 ERA in those six starts.
The franchise record holder, however, is Edgar Gonzalez, who dropped seven consecutive L’s during the trauma that was the 2004 season. He started ten times that year, and went 0-9 with a 9.32 ERA. The tenth? Well, that was easily his best start of the year: a Game Score of 64, thirteen points more than any other start. He took a shutout into the seventh, and allowed two runs over seven, but Mike Fetters coughed up four runs immediately in relief, and the D-backs lost that as well. One more fun fact, Silvino Bracho appeared in 24 consecutive losses as a D-back, including his first 23 appearances of 2016. He only took the L in two of those.
And with that, I hear the sultry sounds of Mrs. S yelling from elsewhere in the house. So that’s my sign! See you in the thread, post-dinner.
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