Well the Arizona Diamondbacks are officialy eliminated from post season play as they lose to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday afternoon. The Cardinals put a hurting on the D-backs as they won 12-3. Congrats to the Los Angeles Dodgers for winning the division.

Five different Diamondbacks pitchers gave up runs in the game as they just didn’t have it going. Doug Davis and Tony Pena were both charged with three runs while Leo Rosales, Yusmeiro Petit, and Jailen Peguero all gave up two runs each. Rosales ended up taking the loss for the team.

Adam Dunn hit a solo home run in the second inning and then Mark Reynolds had a two-run single in the fourth inning but that would be it for the D-backs at the plate. They had problems with Joel Piniero and could just never get anything going.

The D-backs will close out the season with a series against the Colorado Rockies.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks got a scare in the ninth inning but they were able to hold off the San Francisco Giants for the victory. The 7-6 victory over the Giants and the Dodgers loss, puts the D-backs 3.5 games back in the division with 10 games to go in the season.

Brandon Webb picked up his 21st win of the season as he tossed eight inning and only gave up three runs on eight hits. Webb walked two batters and struck out two others in the game. He let his defense help him out rather then trying to strike everyone out.

Doug Slaten had some trouble in the ninth inning as he was charged with two runs. Tony Pena tried to clean up the mess but he was charged with one run as well. Luckily for Pena and the D-backs he was able to get the final two outs of the game via the groundball and the Diamondbacks won.

B.J. Upton and David Eckstein both hit home runs for the D-backs. Upton’s was a two-run shot while Eckstein’s was a solo home run. Brandon Webb had a nice two-run double as well in the game. The rbi tab finished up with Stephen Drew and Conor Jackson both finishing with one rbi each.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks only needed two swings of the bat to beat the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. Justin Upton and Adam Dunn both hit home runs off of Giants starting pitcher Brad Hennessey to give the D-backs a 3-1 victory. With the win, the Diamondbacks are now 4.5 games out of first place as the Dodgers continue to play good baseball.

Dunn’s two-run blast came in the bottom of the eighth inning when the game was tied 1-1. Dunn came up huge for the D-backs and they need a lot more of that in the next week and a half if they want any shot at catching the Dodgers.

Doug Davis tossed seven strong innings while only allowed one run to cross the plate. The one run scored on an error by centerfielder Chris Young so it was unearned. Tony Pena tossed a scoreless eighth inning before turning things over to Chad Qualls in the ninth inning. Pena ended up with the win and is now 2-2 while Qualls picked up his fourth save of the season.

The D-backs pretty much need to win all their remaining games to have a shot at catching the Dodgers. I don’t think they will do it but you never know. Just look back to the New York Mets of last year when they faded during the last week of the season. So do you think they will catch the Dodgers? Leave us a comment and let us know!

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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 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.

I should let everyone know that I will be gone at a computer conference for the next couple of weeks and will return on Aug 12th.  I will be unable to blog during this time so if there is a D-backs fan out there that enjoys following the team and wants to write some short game recaps similar to this one, please email me by clicking the contact us link at the top.  I can reply and send you some more information etc.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs for the second straight night as they won 9-2.  The game was a close one until the D-backs scored six late runs in the 7th and 8th innings and blew the game wide open.  The Diamondbacks can now sweep the Central Division leading Cubs with a victory on Wednesday.

Yusmeiro Petit improved his record to 1-1 as he tossed five innings to get the win.  Petit gave up three hits but only one run while walking four and striking out three batters.  It was a quality start for Petit who made some mistakes but also pitched well at times.

Leo Rosales, Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and newly acquired Jon Rauch all pitched one inning of relief.  Pena was the only pitcher to give up a run as gave up a solo home run to Daryle Ward in the 8th inning.  Other then that one mistake by Pena, the Diamondbacks bullpen all did a great job.

At the plate for the D-backs, they were lead by Conor Jackson who went 3-5 with three rbi.  Jackson had a solo home run in the first inning off of Jason Marquis and then added a two run double in the 8th inning when the D-backs broke the game wide open.  Stephen Drew, Orlando Hudson, Augie Ojeda, and Mark Reynolds all contributed with one rbi as well.

The Diamondbacks can sweep the Cubs without having Dan Haren or Brandon Webb throw the ball.  Now that will be a big deal if they can pull it off!  Diamondbacks Baseball Blog

It was not a very good game by the Arizona Diamondbacks but they were able to defeat the Washington Nationals by the score of 2-0 on Tuesday night.  The D-backs were lucky they were playing the Nationals and not a good team or else they would have lost more then likely.

The Diamondbacks scored two runs but only on four hits.  Chris Young had a rbi single in the third inning and then Mark Reynolds scored in the sixth inning on a Nationals error by their center fielder.  The offense struggled against the bad Nationals pitching staff.  I expect them to swing the bat better on Wednesday.

Brandon Webb was awesome however as threw six innings to pick up his 13th win of the season.  Webb is now 13-4 on the year after getting the win.  Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon all threw one inning of relief.  Lyon grabbed his 19th save of the season.

A win is a win no matter how ugly it is however.  You and I will take them anyway the team can get them.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen had a game that they just want to forget as they allowed the Milwaukee Brewers to score three runs and come from behind and win the game 4-3.  Three relief pitchers each gave up one run as the Diamondbacks have now lost two out of three games to the Brewers in the series.

Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon all gave up runs in the game.  Lyon took the loss as he gave up the game winning hit / rbi to Mike Cameron in the top of the ninth inning.  Lyon is now 2-3 on the season.  Diamondbacks starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit pitched pretty good as he only gave up two his and one run over six innings of action.  It is too bad he wasn’t able to last longer in the game.

Miguel Montero got the D-backs on the board with a rbi single in second inning.  He almost had two rbi’s on the play but Chris Young was tagged out at home.  Young made up for being tagged out in the third inning when he had a rbi single that scored Orlando Hudson.  Justin Upton added a solo home run in the eighth inning for the Diamondbacks but it wasn’t enough at the end of the game.

The Diamondbacks will now have to win on Thursday to salvage a split in the four game series. Will they get it done?

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The Arizona Diamondbacks welcomed the Milwaukee Brewers into the desert with on Monday night and they came away with a 6-3 victory as the two teams opened up a four game series.  Doug Davis pitched well enough and then the bullpen did their job as the D-backs were able to hold on for the victory.

Davis tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up five hits and three runs to record his third win of the season.  Davis is now 3-3 on the year with a 3.79 era.  It wasn’t a great start for Davis, but he pitched well enough to keep his team in the game and that is what you ask your starting pitcher to do.

Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon all pitched great as they only allowed the Brewers to have two hits after Davis left the game.  Lyon recorded his 17th save of the season in the game.

Mark Reynolds went 3-3 in the game and finished with three rbi.  Reynolds had two doubles that scored a run each time and than added a solo home run in the ninth inning for a little insurance.  Justin Upton and Conor Jackson both added rbi’s of their own as well in the game.

Great win for the Diamondbacks as they are now 42-41 and one game above .500

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A very bad inning in the eighth inning caused the Arizona Diamondbacks to lose to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.  The Red Sox scored four runs in the eighth inning with two single and a double as they came back and beat the Diamondbacks 5-4.  Tough way to lose a game, hopefully the D-backs can bounce back and get a victory on Wednesday.

Doug Davis had only given up one run until the eighth inning when he was charged with two more runs.  Davis pitched seven innings and really did well up until that eighth inning when he wasn’t able to record an out in the game.  Chad Qualls then came in with two runners on in the eighth inning and gave up four hits and allowed four runs to score.  Two were charged to Davis, and the other two were charged to Qualls.  Tony Pena finally recorded the final out in the eighth inning.

Chad Tracy supplied all the offense for the Diamondbacks as he had a rbi single in the second inning and then a three run home run in the third inning.  Tracy had all four rbi for the Diamondbacks as the rest of the offense just couldn’t get things going.

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