Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Blog » Juan Cruz http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com A blog about Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Diamondbacks are shut out 5-0 in Boston http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-are-shut-out-5-0-in-boston/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-are-shut-out-5-0-in-boston/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:59:51 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-are-shut-out-5-0-in-boston/ The Arizona Diamondbacks really struggled at the plate on Wednesday night as they were defeated by the Boston Red Sox by the score of 5-0.  The Diamondbacks only recorded three hits in the game.  It just wasn’t the Diamondbacks night I guess as they couldn’t get anything going at the plate and struggled on the mound.

Randy Johnson pitched six inning while allowing eight runs and two hits.  The Big Unit pitched pretty good there was just no run support to back him up.  Juan Cruz pitched a scorless seventh inning but then gave up a three run home run to Kevin Cash in the eighth inning and was pulled from the game.  Doug Slaten came in and finally calmed things down as he got all three outs in the eighth inning without giving up another run.

The Diamonbacks did threaten to score in the ninth inning as they loaded the bases with two walks and an infield single but Jonathan Papelbon came in and struck out Chad Tracy to end the game.

The Diamondbacks went 1-2 in the series with the Red Sox and will now travel to Florida to take on the Marlins this weekend.  The Marlins are a pretty good team so the Dbacks will have to play good on the road to win the series.

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]]> http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-are-shut-out-5-0-in-boston/feed/ 0 Diamondbacks route the Athletics 11-1 http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-route-the-athletics-11-1/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-route-the-athletics-11-1/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:58:01 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-route-the-athletics-11-1/ The Arizona Diamondbacks completely routed the Oakland Athletics Wednesday night by the score of 11-1.  It was a big butt kicking by the D-backs as the offense hit the ball hard and the pitchers had no problems shutting down the A’s offense.

Dan Haren tossed seven innings while only allowing four hits and one run.  Haren picked up the win and is now 7-4 on the season.  Haren struck out eight batters and also lowered his era to 3.26 on the season.  Juan Cruz tossed the eighth inning and struck out the side.  Chad Qualls then came in and pitched the ninth inning to record one more strick out for the D-backs.  Great job by all three pitchers!

Chris Young and Stephen Drew both hit home runs at the plate for the Diamondbacks.  Young’s was a three run shot while Drew hit a two run homer.  Young and Haren led the Diamondbacks with three rbi each while Drew and Chad Tracy both had two rbi in the game.  We can’t forget about Jeff Salazar who also had one rbi in the game.

So will the great pitching and hot hitting carry over to Thursday when they Diamondbacks and Athletics play the rubber match of the three game series?  For Diamondbacks fans, they are sure hoping so.

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]]> http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-route-the-athletics-11-1/feed/ 0 Diamondbacks continue their slide as they lose 7-1 to the Brewers http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-continue-their-slide-as-they-lose-7-1-to-the-brewers/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-continue-their-slide-as-they-lose-7-1-to-the-brewers/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:39:55 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-continue-their-slide-as-they-lose-7-1-to-the-brewers/ The Milwaukee Brewers once again got the best of the Arizona Diamondbacks as the Diamondbacks continue to struggle.  This time it was a 7-1 loss to the Brewers that dropped the Diamondbacks record to 32-27 on the season.  You would think that they would get out of this slump somtime, but it just hasn’t happened yet.

Randy Johnson took the loss and is now 4-2.  The Big Unit tossed 6 1/3 innings and gave up six hits and four runs in the game.  Juan Cruz then came in and recorded the last two outs of the seventh inning.  Max Scherzer was called upon to pitch the eighth inning and gave up three hits including two home runs.  That pretty much put the game out of reach for the Diamondbacks especially the way they have been swinging the bats.

The one run for the Diamondbacks came in the fourth inning when Mark Reynolds doubled and scored Orlando Hudson.  Other then that, the Diamondbacks stunk it up once again.

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]]> http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-continue-their-slide-as-they-lose-7-1-to-the-brewers/feed/ 0 Doug Davis is pounded as the Diamondbacks lose 11-3 to the Giants http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/doug-davis-is-pounded-as-the-diamondbacks-lose-11-3-to-the-giants/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/doug-davis-is-pounded-as-the-diamondbacks-lose-11-3-to-the-giants/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 15:04:04 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/doug-davis-is-pounded-as-the-diamondbacks-lose-11-3-to-the-giants/ 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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]]> http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/doug-davis-is-pounded-as-the-diamondbacks-lose-11-3-to-the-giants/feed/ 0 Diamondbacks beat up Jeff Francis and the Rockies 8-4 http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-beat-up-jeff-francis-and-the-rockies-8-4/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-beat-up-jeff-francis-and-the-rockies-8-4/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 13:32:20 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-beat-up-jeff-francis-and-the-rockies-8-4/ 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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]]> http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-beat-up-jeff-francis-and-the-rockies-8-4/feed/ 0 Diamondbacks sign reliever Juan Cruz to one year contract http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-sign-reliever-juan-cruz-to-one-year-contract/ http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-sign-reliever-juan-cruz-to-one-year-contract/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:38:15 +0000 SnakeBitten http://www.diamondbackshomeplate.com/diamondbacks-sign-reliever-juan-cruz-to-one-year-contract/ Juan Cruz and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed on a one year contract worth just below $2 million.  Cruz had a really good year for the Diamondbacks last year going 6-1 with a 3.10 ERA.  Cruz just has nasty stuff out of the bullpen and really had all his pitches working for him last season.

I’d expect another great year out of Cruz.  He is hitting that point in his career where he is really learning each batter, and knows what he needs to do to get each guy out.  Cruz is making great progress, and in another free agent year, I expect great things from him.

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