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LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 30: A general view of Tinnell Memorial Skate Plaza as competitors warm up prior to the Finals of the 2021 SLS Championship Tour: Lake Havasu at Rotary Park on October 30, 2021 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today’s Lineups
CARDINALS | DIAMONDBACKS |
|---|---|
| JJ Wetherholt – 2B | Ketel Marte – 2B |
| Ivan Herrera – DH | Geraldo Perdomo – SS |
| Alec Burleson – 1B | Corbin Carroll – RF |
| Jordan Walker – RF | Gabriel Moreno – DH |
| Lars Nootbaar – LF | Max Kepler – LF |
| Masyn Winn – SS | Nolan Arenado – 3B |
| Nathan Church – CF | Tim Tawa – 1B |
| Jose Fermin – 3B | James McCann – C |
| Pedro Pages – C | Ryan Waldschmidt – CF |
| Dustin May – RHP | Brandon Pfaadt – RHP |
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Roster moves (just before going to press!)
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves. The D-backs’ 40-man roster is at 40.
- Recalled from Triple-A Reno: C Adrian Del Castillo
- Placed on the 10-day injured list: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (strained right adductor)
- Selected to the Major League roster and optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Gerardo Carrillo
It’s rare that a Diamondbacks’ loss so thoroughly annoyed me as the one last night. It was bad enough dipping into the Gameday Thread during last night’s concert. But after we came home and I was watching the condensed version of the game to unwind… Well, it succeeded only in winding me up more. It felt, after sweeping the enemy in Dodger Stadium, that the D-backs had the chance to get on a roll, and I wondered if perhaps the All-Star break was coming at just the wrong time. For certainly, based on the evidence last night, this looked like an Arizona team which had forgotten entirely how to play the game over the four days off.
There was hardly an aspect of the Diamondbacks game which was even adequate. Sloppy defense. Poor approaches at the plate (and never mind the 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, they seemed especially poor with a runner on third and less than two outs). Issuing free passes in key situations. Even the ABS challenges were woeful, allowing home-plate umpire Bill Miller to get away with the single most skewed pitch-calling (click on “Favor (Home)” to sort by that) of the season so far. Indeed, there just only one worse game all of last year – when there were no ABS challenges available to mitigate this level of official incompetence.
Hopefully, things will go better today. Merrill Kelly’s start was actually one of the lesser problems. While he did the five and dive, two of the three runs he allowed came courtesy of Marte’s first-inning gaffe and were unearned. So his ERA dropped to 5.20, the lowest it has been since May. We’ll see if Brandon Pfaadt can join him on the recovery train. Since returning to the rotation, he’s 3-0 with a 1.72 ERA and a FIP under three. Especially with the news about Zac Gallen, it looks like Pfaadt will be a key component of the rotation for the rest of the season. If he can pitch like it again today, we will be all the better for it.
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