Blah, what a bad ending for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night as Jon Rauch gave up a two run home run to Jody Gerut and the San Diego Padres defeated the D-backs 4-2. The loss was very bad becase the Dodgers lost and the the Diamondbacks could have extended their lead in the division to four games. Instead they are ahead by three games.

Rauch took the loss after serving up the homerun in the bottom of he ninth inning. Starting pitcher Dan Haren gave up nine hits and two runs in seven innings of action. Haren pitched well enough to win however there just wasn’t any run support for him. Haren struckout 11 batters while only walking one. Tony Pena pitched the eighth inning without allowing a run to score.

Both of the Diamondback’s runs came in the fourth inning when Chris Snyder singled. Conor Jackson and Mark Reynolds both scored on the single by Snyder. The D-backs and Padres will play again on Tuesday evening and the Diamondbacks will send Brandon Webb to the mound.

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Adam Dunn went deep once again to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 8-6. The Diamondbacks have now one the first two games in the three game series and they will be going for the sweep on Thursday night.

Dunn got the D-backs on the scoreboard in the first inning when he clubbed a three run home run to get the team back in the game as they were already down 4-0 after the top of the first inning. Chris Snyder then added a solo home run and Conor Jackson a rbi single in the second inning to put the D-backs on top by a 6-4 score. Mark Reynolds finally got the team on the scoreboard again in the seventh inning when he scored two runs with a double.

On the mound it was Dan Haren who got the win even though he had the terrible first inning where he gave up four runs. Haren gave up 11 hits and five runs but it was good enough to get his 14th win of the season. Chad Quails, Tony Pena, and Jon Rauch all pitched in relief of Haren. Rauch gave up one run but Quails and Pena both pitched scoreless innings.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-2 on Thursday afternoon and with the win took two out of three games in Denver. It was a big win for the D-backs who are battling back and forth with the Los Angels Dodgers for the top spot in the West Division. With only sox or so weeks left in the season, every game is very big!

The D-backs blew the game open in the fifth inning when they scored five runs. Chris Snyder and Chris Burke both home home runs in the inning. Adam Dunn added a two run single to conclude the five run inning. Chris Young added a rbi double in the seventh inning to add a little bit of insurance as well.

Dan Haren picked up the victory as he tossed eight inings to impove to 13-6 on the season. Haren did a great job as he allowed seven hits and two runs while striking out nine Rockies and only walking two. Jon Rauch finished things up in the ninth inning as he shut the door on the Rockies.

Now the D-backs will travel to Houston to take on the Astros in a three game series.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Wenesday night as the two teams finished up a three game series.  After losing the first game, the D-backs came back to win the next two and won the series two games to one.  That is exactly what the team needs to do right now, just keep on winning every series and things will turn out good.

Dan Haren earned the victory as he tossed seven innings, giving up seven hits and three runs. Haren is now 11-5 with a 2.62 era.  Jon Rauch and Tony Pena both pitched a scoreless inning of relief after Haren left the game.

Mark Reynolds and Chris Snyder both hit solo home runs in the eighth inning for the D-backs.  Reynolds and Chad Tracy both finished the game with two rbi while Chris Young and Snyder finished with one rbi each.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks were attempting to sweep the Chicago Cubs in a three game series but they fell just short as they lost 10-6 on Wednesday night.  The Cubs scored six runs in the 8th inning to blow the game wide open.  Even though the D-backs responded with three runs in the bottom of the 8th inning they were still four runs behind and just couldn’t score enough to come back.  All in all I will take two out of three against the Cubs any time.

Doug Davis pitched seven innings and gave up five hits and was charged with four runs.  Davis struckout six batters while walking two.  He did give up a first inning home run to Derrek Lee but then settled down until the Cubs scored three more runs in the fifth inning.  Davis is now 3-5 on the year.

The big blow to the D-backs came in the 8th inning however when the Cubs pushed across six runs.  Five of those runs were charged to Micah Owings as he left with the bases loaded.  Reed Johnson then hit a grand slam off of Leo Rosales.  It did appear that the ball got some help from a fan to get over the fence but the umpires met and still ruled it a home run.

Tony Clark had a two run home run while Chris Snyder added a three run home run off Bob Howry in the 8th inning.  The other run for the D-backs came in the 5th inning when Conor Jackson had a rbi triple that scored Augie Ojeda.  The Diamondbacks struckout 11 times and left 16 runners on base in the game.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks were able to beat the Chicago Cubs by the score of 2-0 in a pitchers duel on Monday night.  Diamondbacks starting pitcher Randy Johnson outdueled newly acquired Cubs pitcher Rich Harden as the D-backs took the first game of the three game series.

Johnson gave up two hits through seven innings and held the Cubs scoreless to improve to 7-7.  Johnson struckout four batters and was hit hard but none of the ball left the ballpark.  The Cubs did have 5-6 long fly outs that were caught at the warning track but they just didn’t have enough to get over the wall.

Micah Owings who was scheduled to pitched on Tuesday threw a scoreless eighth inning and then Chad Qualls pitched the ninth inning to record his second save.  Qualls did have some trouble in the ninth when the Cubs got the first two runners on base with no outs but he got Derrek Lee to ground into a double play on a 2-0 count and then Aramis Ramirez grounded out to end the game.

The Diamondbacks only had two hits at the plate but they made sure both of them scored runs.  Alex Romero hit is first home run in the sixth inning off of Harden and that broke up Harden’s no-hit bid while putting the D-backs on the scoreboard 1-0.  Stephen Drew then added a rbi triple in the eighth inning off of Bob Howry and Chris Snyder scored all the way from first base.

It was a good win over a good quality team in the Cubs.  Now the D-backs will send Yusmeiro Petit to the mound on Tuesday night as they try to go up 2-0 in the series.

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Dan Haren and Josh Beckett were locked in a great pitchers duel on Monday night and the Arizona Diamondbacks came away with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.  The two teams battled back and forth until the Diamondbacks were finally able to score both of their runs in the seventh inning.  The Red Sox didn’t score until the eighth inning, and they fell one run short in the end.

Haren pitched the first seven innings of the game and only allowed two hits while striking out five batters.  It was a great outing for Haren as he improved his record to 8-4 with a 3.04 era.  Tony Pena pitched the eighth inning and gave up a sac fly to J.D. Drew and then Brandon Lyon pitched the ninth inning to pick up his 16th save.

Chris Young had a rbi double and Chris Snyder had a rbi ground out in the seventh inning to provide both of the Diamondbacks runs.  The D-backs were lucky to get two runs off of Beckett as he was really dealing on the mound.

The D-backs will try to go up 2-0 in the series against the Red Sox on Tuesday evening.  Make sure to tune in and watch another great Diamondbacks game!

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The Diamondbacks traveled to Shea Stadium on Tuesday to take on the New  York Mets.  While the Diamondbacks are currently in first place in the NL West, they are not a great road team compiling a 13-18 road record this season.  When the Diamondbacks last saw the Mets they had a 20-8, the lost 2-3 to the Mets and since then are 14-22.  After a fast start, the Diamondbacks as a team are hitting .251 and are struggling to consistently put runs on the board; they still hold first place in the NL West as everyone else in division is playing .500 baseball.  However, the best thing to happen to the Diamondbacks’ offense was Mets pitching.  The Diamondbacks as a team had four homeruns in their 9-5 win over the Mets.  

Micha Owings started the game for the Diamondbacks.  In his last outing Owings was rocked for four earned runs off eight hits before leaving the game after three innings.  Owings has had two starts against the Mets and has a 0-1 record with a 6.94 era in those two games and didn’t fare much better in Tuesday night’s start.  In 41/3 innings he gave up 5 runs, four earned, on 8 hits with three walks and two strikeouts.  Owings who averages 2.6 walks per nine innings had give up two walks in the first inning of the game.  He was not sharp and lucky for him, neither were any of Mets pitchers.   

The Diamondbacks scored a run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead.  John Maine gave up a long home run to Orlando Hudson in the top of the fifth to cut the Mets lead 5-3.   In the sixth inning with Mets reliever Claudio Vargas on the mound, the Diamondback’s would score two runs and tie the game.   Vargas walked the lead off man before hitting  Justin Upton with a pitch, Jeff Salazar’s ground out allowed the runners to advance to second and third, with the tying runs on, Augie Ojeda drove them in when he hit a line drive that eluded the glove of Mets first baseman Carlos Delgado and landed in right field.  Ojeda would advance to second on the throw by Endy Chavez, but was stranded there when Chris Young flied out to end the inning. 

In the top of the seventh, with weather reports showing that rain was near and with the wind picking up at Shea Stadium, the Umps suspended play and the Mets grounds crew secured the tarp on the field.  The rain delay would last one hour.  When play resumed, the Diamondbacks took the lead on a homerun by Chris Snyder off Met’s reliever Joe Smith.  In the top of the ninth inning the Diamondbacks scored three more runs when Duaner Sanchez gave up a two run homer to Stephen Drew and a solo shot to Conner Jackson.   

The Diamondbacks will have Brandon Webb on the mound tonight, and he will be opposed by Mets starter Mike Pelfrey.  Game time is set for 7:10 p.m.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks didn’t get off to a good start on their series with the Milwaukee Brewers as they lost 4-3 on Monday evening.  The Diamondacks are now 2-6 in their last eight games as they are struggling at this point in the season.

Doug Slaten ended up taking the loss for the D-backs as he gave up a solo home run to Prince Fielder in the eighth inning that proved to be the winning run in the game.  Slaten is now 0-2 on the season as he let his team down on Monday night.

Doug Davis went six innings while giving up six hits and three runs in the game.  Davis got the no decision and remains 2-2 on the season.

Chris Snyder had two rbi’s to lead the Diamondbacks.  He had a rbi double in the second inning and then added a solo home run in the seventh inning.  Mark Reynolds also had a infield rbi single in the fourth inning for the D-backs.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Florida Marlins by the score of 3-2 as the two division leaders battled on Tuesday night.  The Diamondacks just didn’t get the big hit that they needed to late in the ball game.

Micah Owings dropped to 5-2 on the season as he took the loss.  Owings didn’t pitch too badly but he did give up seven hits and three runs through seven innings of action.  Tony Pena pitched a scoreless eighth innign in relief of Owings.

Conor Jackson had a sac fly and Chris Snyder had a solo home run for the Diamondbacks runs.  No other batter stepped up in the game to provide the big hit late in the game.

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