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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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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Micah Owings tossed 5 2/3 innings to start the game for the Diamondbacks.  He allowed one hit and three runs as he took the loss to fall to 6-8 on the year.  Five walks really seemed to hurt Owings in the game as he just didn’t have the control that he usually does.

Conor Robertson came in after Owings left the game and gave up two more runs while only recording the one out which was the final out in the sixth inning.  Leo Rosales and Yusmeiro Petit tossed the seventh and eighth innings without giving up any more runs to the Nationals.

As the offense was only able to come up with three hits there really isn’t much to blog about to be honest about the offense.  Hopefully they will swing the bats better on Thursday.

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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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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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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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Chad Qualls only pitched 2/3′s of an inning and gave up two hits and two runs to take the loss.  Qualls is now 0-3 on the season.  Diamondbacks starting pitcher Micah Owings pitched the first seven innings of the game and gave up four hits and three runs to get the no decision.  Owings did give up a two run home run that raelly hurt him and the Diamondbacks.

Chris Young had a solo home run in the fifth inning for the Diamondbacks only home run in the game.  Conor Jackson who was celebrating his birthday led the team with two rbi before leaving the game after colliding with Shane Victorino in the eighth inning.  Jackson said he was just a little dizzy but will be fine.  Stephen Drew and Young both had one rbi in the game.

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The Diamondbacks hit three home runs in the game that accounted for all four of their runs.  Mark Reynolds got the scoring started in the second inning when he hit a solo home run.  Eric Byrnes hit a two run homer in the fifth inning that made the score 3-2.  Orlando Hudson added an insurance run in the seventh inning with a solo home run to make the score 4-2.

The opening pitcher for the Diamondbacks was Micah Owings who threw for 6.1 innings giving up five hits, two runs, and one walk.  He came away with the win putting him at 4-0 for the year.  Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon were brought in to finish off the last 2.2 innings with Brandon Lyon getting his 4th save of the season.

The Diamondbacks will face off against the Giants again tonight for the last game of  the series.

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Micah Owings recorded his second win of the season as he pitched seven innings.  Owings allowed seven hits and three earned runs.  Brandon Lyon picked up his second save of the season.

Eric Byrnes led the Diamondbacks at the plate with two RBI while Mark Reynolds and Justin Upton had one RBI each.

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Justin Upton connected for his second homerun of the season as well as the Diamondbands kept pressure on the Rockies all day long.

This was a great win for the D-backs, I look for them to have a great game tomorrow against the Rockies as well.

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