The Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three game series with the New York Mets wining two of three.  For a second straight game the Diamondbacks found some offense late and rallied against Mets’ closer Billy Wagner to tie the game late and send it to extra innings.  Today, the Diamondbacks’ were on the wining end beating the Mets 5-4 in ten innings. 

Dan Harren started the game for the Diamondbacks, he went six innings giving up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts.  The Diamondbacks’ bullpen gave up two more runs in the bottom of the seventh with Doug Slaten on the mound.  Slaten hit Damion Easley with a pitch; Ramon Castro hit a long fly ball to center that was misplayed by Chris Young, Easley would advance to third on the double.  Both Castro and Easly would score on an RBI single to center off the bat of Fernando Tatis.  Jose Reyes hit a double that advanced Tatis to third, Endy Chavez drew a walk and with one out and the bases loaded, Edgar Gonzalez came in to the game-he would get David Wright to hit a popup in foul territory on the first base side that was caught by Conner Jackson.  However, Gonzalez would have to face Carlos Beltran again, this time with the bases load, but Gonzalez won the battle when he got Beltran to fly out to centerfield.

The Diamondbacks scored two runs in the top of the eighth and Joe Smith on the mound, with one out Augie Ojeda drew a walk, but would be erased on a fielder’s choice, Orlando Hudson was safe at first, Connor Jackson hit a single to center advancing Hudson to second.  Mark Reynolds hit a triple that just missed going over the fence in center field.  Both Hudson and Jackson would score to make it 4-2.   

The top of the ninth inning started when Billy Wagner walked lead off man Miguel Montero, Wagner then gave up a single to Stephen Drew.  Chris Young doubled to left, scoring Montero, and allowing Drew to advance to third.  Augie Ojeda walked to load the bases, Orlando Hudson grounded to Jose Reyes who threw Drew out at the plate.  Connor Jackson hit a grounder to Jose Reyes, who flipped the ball to second base to get the force out, but Drew would score and tie the game at four.  Wagner was able to strike out Mark Reynolds on a called third strike to end the inning, but the damage was done.  With the game tied at 4 in the top of the tenth Aaron Heilman started the inning by giving up a double to Justin Upton, Jeff Salazar moved the runner to third on a sac bunt, and Upton would score on a sac fly by Miguel Montero.  Brandon Lyon shut the Mets down in the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings recording his second win of the season. 

The Diamondbacks return home to start interleague play.  The Kansas City Royals will be in town.  The Diamondbacks will have Doug Davis on the mound and he will be opposed by Zack Greinke.  First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. 

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The Arizona Diamondbacks were pretty much man handled on Wednesday afternoon by the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Brewers beat up on the Diamondbacks by the score of 10-1 as they swept the Diamondbacks in a three game series.  The Diamondbacks are now 2-7 in theie last nine games and are 32-28 in the season.

Micah Owings only lasted three innings and took the loss for the D-backs.  Owings gave up eight hits and five runs as his record dropped to 6-4.  Edgar Gonzalez did a terrible job on the mound as he came in for Owings.  Gonzlez gave up six hits, five runs, and two home runs in only three innings of action.

Finally Doug Slaten and Brandon Lyon were able to calm things down as they pitched the eighth and ninth innings without giving up a run.  It was a little too late however, as there was no way the offense was going to get out of that big hole.

Once again the Diamondbacks hitters struggled at the plate as they only scored one run.  Mark Reynolds singled in Chris Burke in the third inning for the only rbi in the game for the Diamondbacks.

Arizona will now get a off day on Thursday and then play the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend.  This weekend I really see the Diamondbacks getting back on track and atleast winning three out of four games against the Pirates.

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Well that was a bad game all around for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they lost to the San Francisco Giants 11-3 on Wednesday night.  The fifth and sixth innings were like a dagger in the hear of the Diamondbacks as the Giants blew the game wide open with four runs in each of the innings.

Diamondbacks starting pitcher Doug Davis was roughed up for nine hits and six runs in only five innings of action.  Davis served up a grand slam to Ray Durham before being taken out of the game.  Davis’s record is now 2-2 on the season.

The Diamondbacks bullpen wasn’t much better than Davis however.  Juan Cruz gave up three runs before leaving the game with a sore neck, Doug Slaten and Edgar Gonzalez both gave up one run before Brandon Lyon was finally able to come in and pitch a scoreless inning.

Mark Reynolds had a solo home run in the eighth inning for the Diamondbacks.  Other then that it was a two-run double by Justin Upton in the sixth inning that scored the other two runs for the D-backs.

Overall it was just a bad game for the Diamondbacks, and hopefully they will come out on Thursday afternoon and pick up a win against these same Giants.

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Brandon Webb is on fire!  Webb is now 9-0 after beating the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.  Webb gave up six hits and three runs over 7 1/3 innings but it was good enough to still get the victory as the Diamondbacks won 8-5.

Doug Slaten, Chad Qualls, Brandon Medders, and Brandon Lyon all pitched in relief of Webb.  Medders had some trouble as he gave up two runs, but then Lyon came in to get the save.  Lyon is now up to 12 saves on the season.

Chris Snyder had the big hit for the Diamondbacks as he hit a three run home run in the fifth inning.  Snyder led the D-backs with three rbi in the game.  Orlando Hudson and Justin Upton both had two rbi.  Stephen Drew made the rbi column as well as he had one rbi.

The Diamondbacks are now 26-15 in the season as they are playing really good baseball.  They will try to continue playing good this weekend as they play the struggling Detroit Tigers.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks have the Colorado Rockies number right now as once again they beat the Rockies.  The Diamondbacks did have to hang on in the late innings however as the Rockies made a nice comeback but still feel short by one run as the Diamondbacks won 4-3.

Micah Owings pitched six innings of shutout baseball to get the win.  He only allowed five hits in his six innings of action and he lowered his era to 3.81.  Owings is now 5-1 on the season.

Things got a little messy in the Diamondbacks bullpen as Chad Qualls, Doug Slaten, and Tony Pena all gave up one run in relief.  Brandon Lyon was able to come into the game in the ninth inning and secure the game as he picked up his 11th save of the season.  Lyon did have some trouble as well as he gave up two hits, but he got out of the jam unlike the other three relief pitchers.

Orlando Hudson led the Diamondbacks with a two run double in the fifth inning.  Conor Jackson had a rbi single as well for the D-backs.  The other run came off a double play by Eric Byrnes so no rbi was awarded.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks score three runs in each of the first two innings against Jeff Francis and the Colorado Rockies and then they went onto beat the Rockies 8-4.  The Diamondbacks put a lot of pressure on Francis in the game and they scored all eight runs off of him in only 4 2/3 innings.

I love to see the offense come out and score runs like that early in the ball game.  The three runs in the first inning all came on singles that scored one run each.  Orlando Hudson, Conor Jackson, and Mark Reynolds all had rbi singles in the first inning.

In the second inning, it was Stephen Drew connecting on a three run home run to score all three runs for the Diamondbacks.  It was Drew’s fifth home run of the season.  The Diamondbacks then scored one run in the fourth and and fifth innings as they extended their lead.  Hudson had another rbi single in the fourth inning while Chris Burke had a rbi single in the fifth inning when he was pitch hitting for Randy Johnson.

Speaking of Johnson, he picked up his third win of the season as he improved to 3-1.  Johnson tossed five innings of baseball as he gave up nine hits and four runs.  He did give up one home run but it was a solo home run so it didn’t hurt too bad.

Juan Cruz, Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and, Brandon Lyon all got a inning of action in the game.  All four pitchers did a great job and held the Rockies to zero runs.

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Randy Johnson pitched six inning and allowed four runs while the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 6-4 on Tuesday night.  With the win, Johnson improved to 2-1 on the season.

Johnson gave up six hits and four runs including two home runs in his six innings of action.  He still need to locate the ball a little better but I think he will get that location back as he gets a few more innings of action.  Brandon Lyon picked up his tenth save of the season as he closed the door on the Phillies in the ninth inning.

Stephen Drew had the big hit for the Diamondbacks when he hit a three run home run in the fourth inning that put that Diamondbacks ahead for good.  He said he knew he got a good swing on it, but didn’t think it would be a home run.   Well it sure was a home run and proved to be the game winning hit for the D-backs.  Chris Young, Conor Jackson, and Randy Johnson all had one RBI in the game as well.

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Dan Haren tossed 7.2 innnings as he picked up his fourth win of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 5-3.  Haren only gave up five hits and three earned runs in his seven plus innings of action.

Chad Qualls and Brandon Lyon closed out the Astros after Haren exited the game.  Lyon picked up the save which was his eighth of the season.

Mark Reynolds collected two RBI in the game to lead the Diamondbacks.  Reynolds had a two-rbi double in the fourth inning.  Conor Jackson, Chris Snyder, and Haren all had one RBI each for the Diamondbacks as well.

The Diamondbacks are now a league best 19-7 on the season as they continue to play very good baseball.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday night to move ahead six games in the divsion.  The Diamondbacks have got off to a great start as their record stands at 16-6 on the season.

At the plate for the Diamondbacks, Jeff Salazar hits a two run home run in the second inning to finish with two RBI.  Conor Jackson also finished with two RBI as he got the Diamondbacks on the scoreboard in the first inning with a RBI single and then a fielders choice in the fifth inning.  B.J. Upton also had a sac fly in the eighth inning.

On the mound for the Diamondbacks, Edgar Gonzalez picked up his first win of the season.  Gonzalez tossed 5.1 innings and gave up seven hits and three runs.  Chad Qualls gave up the other run to the Dodgers as he pitched in the seventh inning.  Brandon Lyon picked up the save which was his sixth of the season.

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Brandon Webb faced the San Francisco Giants once again, and again the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Giants and Webb picked up the victory.  Webb beat Barry Zito once again and improved his record to 5-0 on the season.  The Diamondbacks and Webb sure are off to a hot start.

Webb tossed six innings and gave up nine hits and three earned runs.  He did strikeout seven batters while walking two.

Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon all pitched one inning in relief.  Lyon picked up the save which was is fifth of the season.

Chris Snyder and Webb both had two RBI for the D-backs.  Eric Byrnes also had one RBI.

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