A four-run fifth inning bailed out Arizona Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy as the D-backs beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Wednesday at Chase Field. The D-backs took two out of three from Atlanta in former D-back star Justin Upton's return to Chase, where he'd spent his entire career until being traded to the Braves during the offseason.

More »

Finally, Justin Upton sucking is a good thing.

Upton went 0-for-2 last night for the Atlanta Braves, although he did draw two walks, as Patrick Corbin and the Diamondbacks bullpen shutout the Braves for a 2-0 victory last night at Chase Field.

See also:
-Justin Upton Returns to Chase Field to Punish the Diamondbacks During 10-1 Rout


More »

J-Up came back to town last night to dish up some pain.

Justin Upton couldn't have picked a better time and place to end his home-run drought than last night inside his old stomping grounds.

Last night, the former Arizona Diamondbacks all-star got sweet, sweet revenge against his former team when he made a triumphant return to Chase Field since being traded to the Atlanta Braves in January by hammering a 440-foot homer over the towering center field wall. The only thing sweeter would've been if the jack landed in the right field bleachers (a.k.a. the section formerly known as "UPTO(W)N")

The epic moonshot, which was J-Up's first since April 27, came in the fourth inning and served some a truckload of extra salt in an already gaping wound as Upton and the rest of the Atlanta Braves destroyed the Diamondbacks in a 10-1 rout. Heck, fellow former D-back Chris Johnson, who was also traded to the ATL from the same trade, got a bit of payback as well with a homer of his own, as well as an RBI hit.

See Also:
- Justin Upton Traded to Atlanta Braves
- Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers' "Moneyball" Strategy Isn't Madness

More »

Heath Bell seems to have picked up right where injured closer J.J. Putz left off -- by blowing save opportunities.

Bell wrecked a (rare) phenomenal start from Arizona Diamondbacks starter Brandon McCarthy yesterday at Chase Field, in a game the D-backs would lose in 10 innings, settling for a tie in the four-game series.

See also:
-Patrick Corbin's Ace Pitching Helps the Arizona Diamondbacks Down Philadelphia 2-1


More »

Undefeated Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Patrick Corbin earned his fifth win of 2013 last night with a phenomenal performance on the mound at Chase Field, doing his part to help the Snakes defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.

The 25-year-old southpaw made it looked effortless as he went mano-a-mano with onetime World Series MVP Cole Hamels of the Phillies for the first five frames, slinging four-seam fastballs and sliders to dispense opposing batters.

Corbin managed to scatter four hits and one earned run over 6.1 innings, striking out four and lowering his ERA to 1.75 (the fifth best in the National League) in the process. Arizona (20-15) is now tied with the San Francisco Giants for first place in the NL West.

More »

Paul Goldschmidt was once again the hero of the Arizona Diamondbacks as he rocketed a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning of last night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers to secure a 5-3 win for his team.

It was Goldy's seventh home run this season and came off a 3-2 slider from L.A. closer Brandon League that became a soaring moonshot into the left-center seats at Dodgers Stadium and scored Gerardo Parra.

The victory gave the Diamondbacks (18-15) their second straight win and allowed them to keep apace with the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies in three-team horserace in the National League West that's likely to take place all season.

More »

Paul Goldschmidt and the rest of the Arizona Diamondbacks crushed the Los Angeles Dodgers last night in L.A., 9-2.

Goldschmidt went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI, as Trevor Cahill pitched seven full innings, giving up both of the Dodgers' runs.

More »

The Arizona Diamondbacks missed an opportunity over the weekend to keep pace with the suddenly surging San Francisco Giants in the National League West. As the Giants won their sixth-straight game Sunday, the D-backs lost their second of three to the San Diego Padres, the presumptive division doormat.

For the D-backs, it was their fifth loss in six games (including a sweep by the Giants last week). They will try to get back to their winning ways tonight against the Los Angeles Dodgers, losers of four in a row. It will be the 17th-straight game against an NL West rival, and the bad news is that the D-backs are a mere 9-10 on the season against division teams, hardly the mark of a would-be division winner. By contrast, the Giants are 15-6 within the division.

More »

Diamondbacks Memes

The Arizona Diamondbacks have been living and dying by their bullpen this season, moreso the latter than the former as of late.

And last night's 9-6 thumping by the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field was a pretty agonizing demise.

"This will probably be one of the toughest defeats to take," stated radio play-by-play man Greg Schulte in the closing moments of Wednesday's loss, which gave S.F. the three-game sweep of the D-backs. Word.

If madness is indeed doing the exact same thing while expecting different results, then the Diamondbacks' bullpen is absolutely nucking futz.

More »

If you had a dollar for every time Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz blew a save this season, you'd only have four bucks, which is way too many, in Putz's nine save opportunities.

That fourth blown save, came last night as Putz tossed a meatball to San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who cranked out a two-run homer to give the Giants a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning.

See also:
-Arizona Diamondbacks Waste Epic Homers in 6-4 Loss to San Francisco Giants


More »