It was downright ugly Wednesday night at Chase Field. An announced crowd of 24,336 left early from witnessed domination by the San Francisco Giants, to the tune of an 11-3 win. Ancient Giants’ second baseman Ray Durham opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo homer, and added a 3-run double in a 4-run 6th inning. Diamondbacks starter Doug Davis couldn’t repeat the gutty performance he put forth in his return to the mound last week from cancer surgery. Davis was shelled for 9 hits and 6 runs in just 5 innings.
There’s always a silver lining: Third baseman Mark Reynolds homered, right fielder Justin Upton went 1 for 3, ending an 0 for 27 stretch at the plate, and closer Brandon Lyon got mop-up work in the 9th, when he struck out the side. That bleak wrapup of highlights for the D-Backs reminds me of this exchange from The Bad News Bears.
Ogilvie: Well, we committed 24 errors, and their pitcher threw a no hitter against us, but there is some good news! Two of our runners almost managed to get to first base, and we did hit seventeen foul balls!
Buttermaker: That’s the spirit! Cokes and hot dogs on me!
Ok, maybe it wasn’t that bad.
Here’s what they’re saying elsewhere about the Giants’ dismantling of the Diamondbacks…
-D-Backs roughed up again [Azcentral.com]
-D-Backs pounded by Giants, 11-3 [East Valley Tribune]
-Durham, Giants spoil Davis’ Arizona homecoming [San Francisco Chronicle]
-Red-hot Giants bats back red-hot Sanchez in win [San Jose Mercury News]
Tonight: The Diamondbacks will try to snap a 3-game losing streak and avoid the sweep against the Giants. Barry Zito (1-8, 5.56 ERA) is on the mound for San Francisco, countered by the Diamondbacks’ Randy Johnson (4-1, 4.03 ERA)–man this would have been a great matchup 5 years ago- and that’s not a knock on Johnson. First pitch is 6:40 at Chase Field.
