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May 18-20: ARIZONA (30-19) @ MILWAUKEE (32-18)

May 21: Arizona 2, Milwaukee 1
May 22: Milwaukee 1, Arizona 0
May 23: Arizona 10, Milwaukee 2

The Arizona Diamondbacks won a pitcher's duel on Monday night in Milwaukee, 2-1 over the Brewers. Patrick Corbin (2-1) won this one, picthing seven solid innings, allowing just one run on four hits, whiel striking out seven. Ketel Marte provided all the offense that Arizona would need with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth, his first on the year. Archie Bradley pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 17th save.

Both teams had just four hits in a briskly played game that lasted just two hours and 31 minutes.

The Brewers took game two in another pitcher's duel as Brent Suter out pitched Robbie Ray as the Brewers defeated the DBacks 1-0. Milwaukee pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the eighth as Lorenzo Cain beat out a possible inning ending double play with the bases loaded, allowing Manny Pina to score. Pina walked to open the inning and was the last batter that Robbie Ray would face. The Brewers scored just one run on four hits for the second consecutive game.

Ray (2-5) was magnificent in this one, scattering three hits and walking three, while striking out six. Brent Suter (7-1) was better. He pitched eight shut out innings, allowing six hits and no runs whiel striking out three. Corey Knebel worked a tight rope in the ninth to pick up his 17th save. He got A.J. Pollock to line out to left to end the game, leaving Nick Ahmed stranded at third after a diving catch from Christian Yelich.

The Diamondbacks took the Wednesday afternoon rubber match, crushing the Brewers 10-2. Paul Goldschmidt, Alex Avila and Daniel Descalso hit home runs to lead the DBacks offense. Zack Godley (4-1) went the distance, allowing single runs in the eighth and ninth. He scattered eight hits and struck out 12, while walking none.

The first place DBacks (30-19) will have tomorrow off and they finish their nine game road trip with a three game weekend series in Oakland, beginning on Friday evening.

Ketel Marte's two-run shot on Monday proved to be the game winner.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS


NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

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May 25-27: ARIZONA (32-20) @ OAKLAND (28-25)

May 25: Oakland 6, Arizona 5
May 26: Arizona 7, Oakland 0
May 27: Arizona 3, Oakland 1

The Oakland A's took the opener of a three game weekend series over the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 at Oakland Coliseum on Friday night. The Athletics rallied from an early 5-0 deficit, hitting four home runs including a three-run go-ahead home run from Chad Pinder in the bottom of the sixth inning off of Taijuan Walker. Matt Olson, Franklin Barreto, and Josh Phegley hit solo home runs for the A's. A.J. Pollock hit a solo homer in the first inning, hi steam leading 14th on the season.

Ryan Dull (3-0) picked up the win for Oakland out of the bullpen. Yusmeiro Petit worked the ninth and earned his 16th save on the season, second best in the American League.

Zack Greinke pitched a complete game shutout on Saturday afternoon as the DBacks defeated the A's 7-0. Paul Goldschmidt and Jake Lamb added home runs as the DBacks jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings. Greinke (7-1) leads the National League in wins. He allowed just four hits and struck out six.

Arizona took the rubber match of the weekend series on Sunday afternoon behind a strong pitching performance from Patrick Corbin as they defeated the Athletics 3-1. Alex Avila went 5 for 5 with three doubles and an RBI. He is now batting .361 on the season. (If only his real life counterpart could do the same). Corbin pitched eight innings, allowing a run on just five hits. He struck out a season high 12 and did not issue a walk.

Arizona finished the road trip (7-2) and will now head home to take on the Reds (21-33) tomorrow afternoon in a Memorial Day afternoon game. They play three with the Reds and then host Miami for three games next weekend. The Reds and Marlins are the two worst teams in the National League so far in 2018.

Alex Avila is having quite a season for the DBacks.

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May 28-30: CINCINNATI (21-36) @ ARIZONA (35-20)

May 28: Arizona 8, Cincinnati 1
May 29: Arizona 6, Cincinnati 2
May 30: Arizona 10, Cincinnati 4

The Arizona Diamondbacks opened their home stand with an 8-1 thumping of the Cincinnati Reds on a gorgeous Memorial Day afternoon at Chase Field. Robbie Ray (3-5) tossed a complete game three hitter, allowing only a solo home run to Scooter Gannett in the top of the eighth inning. Steven Souza Jr. hit two solo home runs and Jake Lamb added a two-run shot to pace the DBacks offense.

Zack Godley pitched his second straight complete game as the Arizona Diamondbacks used the long ball to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Tuesday evening at Chase Field. The Dbacks hit four solo home runs to move a season high 14 games over .500. Godley (5-1) scattered four hits over the nine innings, allowing just two solo home runs. He struck out four and walked one.

The DBacks offense has been red-hot lately as they improved to (12-4) over their last 16 games to move 2 1/2 games in front of San Francisco in the National League West.

Arizona completed the sweep on Wednesday evening, winning their fifth straight game, rallying from a 4-1 deficit to blow out the Cincinnati Reds 10-4 at Chase Field. Trailing 4-1 in the fifth, David Peralta started the rally with a solo home run. Paul Goldschmidt hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 4-3.

The DBacks would then blow the game open with a five run sixth inning. Daniel Descalso homered to open the inning, his fourth on the year. Ketel Marte and Paul Goldschmidt then lined bases loaded RBI singles to give the DBacks the lead. Steven Souza Jr capped off the inning with a two-run single. Peralta would add an RBI double in the eighth, and AJ Pollock singled him home to cap the scoring.

Shelby Miller (3-0) picked up the win in relief of Taijuan Walker. He worked a perfect sixth inning after Walker allowed four runs in five innings. Austin Brice (3-3) took the loss out of the Reds bullpen, allowing four runs on five hits in just one inning of work.

Arizona will have tomorrow off before hosting the Miami Marlins for a three game weekend series. The Marlins currently own the worst record in baseball.

Jake Lamb and the surging DBacks are 15 games over .500 and lead the West by three games.

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June 1-3: MIAMI (20-39) @ ARIZONA (36-22)

June 1: Miami 3, Arizona 2 (12)
June 2: Arizona 9, Miami 5
June 3: Miami 3, Arizona 2

The Miami Marlins took the opening game of a three-game weekend series at Chase Field, outlasting the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in 12 innings. Garrett Cooper scored the go ahead run in the top of the 12th on a suicide squeeze play, then Miguel Rojas lined a two-out RBI single to right off of Yoshi Hirano to add a huge insurance run. Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock hit solo home runs for the Diamondbacks in the loss, snapping a five game winning streak.

The DBacks took the second game of the series on Saturday evening, 9-5 over the Marlins, at Chase Field. The DBacks jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings, then held on as the Marlins put together a rally. Patrick Corbin (4-1) picked up the win despite a shaky outing, allowing five earned runs on nine hits in seven innings of work. Paul Goldschmidt went 3 for 5 with two triples, and RBI and three runs scored to pace the offense.

The Marlins took the rubber match on Sunday afternoon, winning 3-2 over the Diamondbacks. Wei-Tin Chen (5-6) pitched a strong seven innings, allowing just one run on four hit. Drew Steckenrider picked up the save, his 12th, but it wasn't easy. He gave up an RBI double with one -out to A.J. Pollock, but he got Steven Souza to bounce out and Ildemaro Vargas to line out to left to end the game. Garrett Cooper went 3 for 4 with a home run and drove in two runs for the Marlins as they surprisingly took two of three from the DBacks.

Arizona (35-22) will now hit the road for three in San Francisco and three in Colorado with their lead in the National League West down to just a half game over the red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers, winners of 11 of their past 12 games.

Garrett Cooper and the last place Marlins took two of three from the DBacks.

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June 4-6: ARIZONA (38-23) @ SAN FRANCISCO (34-28)

June 4: San Francisco 4, Arizona 3 (10)
June 5: Arizona 10, San Francisco 3
June 6: Arizona 8, San Francisco 6 (11)

Buster Posey's bases loaded single in the bottom of the tenth inning off of Andrew Chafin drove home Gregor Blanco with the winning run as the San Francisco Giants rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday evening at AT&T Park. Daniel Descalso tied the ballgame with a two-out RBI single in the ninth after Joe Panik knocked in Austin Jackson with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to give the Giants a 3-2 lead. Brandon Belt hit a two-run home run in the sixth off of Zack Godley to tie the game at 2-2. It was his 11th on the year.

Steven Souza Jr hit a solo home run in the top of the sixth for Arizona, it was also his 11th on the season. Arizona turned a triple play in the ninth inning as Archie Bradey got Brandon Crawford to bounce into a 5-4-3 triple play to send the game to extra innings.

The DBacks took game two 10-3 over the Giants behind a Steven Souza Jr pinch-hit grand slam that capped a five run eighth inning. Paul Goldschmidt added two solo home runs as the DBacks hit five long balls on a foggy night at AT&T Park. Every positional player had a hit except for David Peralta as the DBacks pounded out 12 hits, seven which went for extra bases.

Taijuan Walker (4-4) earned the win, pitching 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. He struck out five and walked none. Madison Bumgarner (3-7) was saddled with the loss, allowing five runs on eight hits in just 4 1/3 innings.

The Diamondbacks took the rubber match on Wednesday afternoon as they rallied for an 8-6 victory in 11 innings over the Giants. This was a slugfest with the wind blowing out at AT&T Park. The DBacks hit four home runs while the Giants smacked five. A.J. Pollock would get a pinch hit RBI single in the top of the 11th and Archie Bradley hit a sacrifice fly to give the DBacks a lead in the 11th. Bradley then shut down the Giants, getting the game's final four outs to pick up his first win on the season. Paul Goldschmidt, Ketel Marte, Jake Lamb and Alex Avila homered for Arizona. Evan Longoria went deep twice, Austin Jackosn, Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford all homered for the Giants.

The first place DBacks will now make their first visit to Colorado this season as they face the Rockies (31-30) for a three game weekend series beginning Friday night at Coors Field.

Steven Souza Jr hit a grand slam on Tuesday evening.

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2018 MLB First Year Player Draft

22-year-old Danny Magana went first overall to the Detroit Tigers.

The 2018 MLB Amatuer Draft took place on Wednesday afternoon and the Arizona Diamondbacks made seven selections. They drafted catcher Bruce Gross, a 19-year-old out of California with their first selection, #26 overall. Below are their picks:

1. Bruce Gross, C (Overall: 49, Potential: B)
1C. Buddy Coulter, LF (Overall: 72, Potential C)
2. Luke Wyatt, SP (Overall: 58, Potential C)
3. Carlos Juarez, RP (Overall: 65, Potential B)
4. Brad Uribe, SP (Overall: 65, Potential B)
5. Drew Stewart, SP (Overall: 71, Potential B)
6. Alfredo Perez, RF (Overall: 70, Potential D)

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June 8-10: ARIZONA (40-24) @ COLORADO (32-33)

June 8: Arizona 6, Colorado 5
June 9: Colorado 6, Arizona 1
June 10: Arizona 4, Colorado 3

The Colorado Rockies bullpen imploded again on Friday night as the Arizona Diamondbacks scored three runs in the ninth inning to rally for a 6-5 victory at Coors Field. Davis Peralta went 4 for 5, hitting for the cycle, driving in two, including the go ahead run in the ninth inning. Steve Souza Jr. continued his torrid run as of late also, hitting two more home runs, both solo shots. He now has 14 home runs on the season.

Shelby Miller (4-0) picked up the win out of the bullpen, working two innings and allowing just one run. Archie Bradley worked the ninth, and after issuing an lead off walk, got a game ending double play to earn his 19th save on the season.

Nick Ahmed was hit by a pitch to open the ninth inning and suffered a broken wrist. He will likely miss two to three months and was placed on the 60-day DL following the game. Jack Reinheimer has been recalled from Triple-A Reno to take his place on the roster. Does this get the DBacks more invested in the Manny Machado sweepstakes?

The Rockies took Saturday evening's game 6-1 behind a great pitching performnace from Chris Rusin. Rusin (4-0) worked six scoreless innings, allowing just one base hit and striking out three. Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off of Robbie Ray in the fifth inning to salt this one away. Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run, his 14th on the year, for the lone DBacks run, as they managed just three hits.

The DBacks took the rubber match on Sunday afternoon, 4-3 over the Rockies, at Coors Field. Jake Lamb got them going with a solo home run to center in the second off of Antonio Senzatela. Daniel Descalso doubled home Steven Souza Jr to make it 2-0. Back-to-back triples from Jarrod Dyson and pinch-hitter Ketel Marte extended the lead to 3-1 in the seventh. David Peralta would add a sacrifice fly to add on an insurance run.

Daniel Castro hit his second RBI double of the night in the bottom of the seventh off of Yoshi Hirano. They would get a single run in the bottom of the eighth after a leadoff double from Charlie Blackmon. He scored after back-to-back ground outs to cut the DBacks lead to one.

Archie Bradley came on and struck out the side in the ninth to seal it and earn his 20th save on the season.

The DBacks now return home for seven games, three against Pittsburgh and four against the New York Mets. They head into the series with a 1/2 game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West.

Archie Bradley closed out the series finale on Sunday, earning his 20th save.

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Some surprising teams so far (Twins, Jays, Halos)

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Good first season in the works! Keep it up!

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June 11-13: PITTSBURGH (33-35) @ ARIZONA (42-25)

June 11: Arizona 1, Pittsburgh 0
June 12: Arizona 2, Pittsburgh 0
June 13: Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 3 (10)

Arizona took the opener over the Pirates 1-0 on Monday evening at Chase Field in a pitcher's duel. Taijuan Walker (5-4) went 8 1/3 innings, allowing just three hits, while walking just one and striking out three. Jameson Taillon (7-4) was the hard luck loser for PIttsburgh. He went six plus innings, allowing four hits and the one run, a solo home run to A.J. Pollock to lead off the seventh inning. It was Pollock's 17th on the season, leading the Diamondbacks.

Archie Bradley came on to get the final two outs for Arizona after David Freese hit a pinch hit one-out double in the ninth. It was Bradley's 21st save on the season.

Notes: Jarrod Dyson was injured diving for a ball in the first inning and had to be removed from the game. He had shoulder soreness after and was placed on the 10-day DL. John Jay was recalled from Triple-A Reno to take his roster spot.

Zack Greinke tossed a five hit complete game shutout in game two as the DBacks defeated the Pirates 2-0. An RBI double from Alex Avila in the second proved to be all the runs that Arizona would need. Steven Souza Jr. hit a solo home run in the eighth, his 15th on the season. Ivan Nova (4-3) took the loss for Pittsburgh despite a nice outing. He went 6 1/3 innings, allowing the two runs on seven hits.

Greinke improved to (8-1) on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.43. He struck out five and did not issue a walk. A.J. Pollock went 1 for 3, scored a run, and stole his National League leading 25th base.

The Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged the series finale on Sunday afternoon, scoring four runs in the top of the tenth inning to win 6-3. Corey Dickerson lined a two-out, two-run single off of Andrew Chafin. Colin Moran then hit a two-run double off of Archie Bradley to put the PIrates up by four. Alex Avila drove home Daniel Descalso with an RBI single in the bottom, but Paul Goldschmidt's chance to tie it up ended with a fly out to deep center with two one base to end the game.

Arizona (42-25) tied this one up in the bottom of the eighth with two solo home runs as Jake Lamb and Steven Souza Jr. hit home runs to tie the game.

Arizona will close out the home stand with four games against the Mets.

Taijuan Walker pitched a gem in the series opener.

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Some surprising teams so far (Twins, Jays, Halos)

Yeah, I was surprised to see the Indians struggling in the A.L. Central. You would think they have the team to dominate that division.

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BigJ! Hope all is well - nice to see you still reporting! As a Giants fan I’ll be following this one - very interesting. Big home stretch coming up - see if you can’t increase that lead over the Dodgers.

Thanks buddy! I am enjoying the game and the quicker write ups allow me to get more games in!

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Good first season in the works! Keep it up!

Thanks for checking in, enjoy!

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June 14-17: NEW YORK METS (29-41) @ ARIZONA (44-27)

June 14: Arizona 8, New York 3
June 15: New York 3, Arizona 1
June 16: Arizona 10, New York 7
June 17: New York 6, Arizona 3

Robbie Ray tossed eight shutout innings on Thursday evening as the DBacks took the opener of a four game weekend series against the New York Mets 8-3. Ketel Marte hit a three-run home run to key a five run secind inning, while Alex Avila hit three doubles and drove in three in the victory. Ray (4-7) allowed just two hits in eight innings of work, striking out nine and not issuing a walk.

Yeonis Cespedes hit a three-run home run in the ninth off of reliever Fernando Salas. It was his 19th home run on the season. Jacob deGrom (4-5) took the loss for New York, lasting just three innings and allowing seven earned runs on eight hits.

The Mets took the second game of the series 3-1, scoring twice in the ninth off of reliever T.J. McFarland. Adrian Gonzalez lined a one out double to center to score Michael Conforto and Todd Frazier.

Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the fourth after A.J. Pollock singled, then stole second and third base before scoring on a Ildemaro Vargas sacrifice fly. Pollock leads the National League with 28 stolen bases on the season. The Mets tied the game in the seventh when Travis d'Arnaud singled to left with two outs to score Todd Frazier. The run was unearned after Ketel Marte kept the inning alive with a throwing error the batter before.

Zack Godley got the no decision for the DBacks despite another good outing. He went 6 2/3 innings, allowing the one unerned run on six hits. He struck out six and did not walk a batter. Jerry Blevins (4-4) got the win out of the Mets bullpen after working a scoreless eighth inning. Anthony Swarzek picked up his seventh save as he worked a perfect ninth inning.

Arizona took the third game in a slugfest, 10-7. Jake Lamb went 3 for 5 with a double, home run and three RBIs in the victory. A.J. Pollock blasted a grand slam in the fourth inning to put the DBacks up 10-4, it was his 18th on the season. Pollock also added to his stolen base total with a steal in the first inning. He leads the National League with 29.

Steven Souza Jr had to leave the game in the fourth after injuring his back swinging at a pitch. It apears that he will miss a few days but should not head to the disabled list.

The Mets managed to salvage a series split, winning 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. Jay Bruce led the charge for the Metropolitans, going 3 for 5 with a double, home run and three runs scored. Shelby Miller (4-1) took the loss out of the bullpen, allowing two runs in the seventh inning in relief of starter Zack Greinke. Greinke was not real sharp either on Sunday, allowing three runs on 10 hits in just six innings of work.

Willi Castro made his major league debut for the Mets on Sunday, acquired from the Indians on Saturday evening along with fellow prospect Ka'ai Tom in exchange for Asdrubel Cabrera. Castro went 2 for 4 with a couple of singles in his debut.

The DBacks will now hit the road for ten games with two in Anaheim against the Angels (39-34), then four in Pittsburgh (33-38), and four in Miami (26-46).

A.J. Pollock and the Arizona Diamondbacks split a four game series with the Mets.