POSTGAME: Diamondbacks BLOW Late Lead vs. Shohei Ohtani & Dodgers After EPIC Comeback

Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Margarita number four. Welcome in to the PHNX Diamondback show brought to you by our friends at of course Bet365 and Game Time and our guy Damon Dog is miserable in Studio K presented by our friends at Circle K. I am safe at home but I’ve made some comments on social media that I definitely regret. Welcome it to the PHNXDback show presented again by our friends at 3365 in game time. Damon, I’m not happy. Nobody’s happy. No Diamondbacks fan in the world is happy right now after seeing what happened to this team tonight. And it’s kind of wild because overall, right, this was a pretty epic comeback for the I’m not going to turn off the music. I’m not going to turn off the music. I’m not going to I’m going to loop it. You’re just going to You’re just going to let it run for the whole time? I might I might underlay it the entire show. Yeah, I might lube it. It’s appropriate. It’s appropriate. Look it. My camera’s all shaky and it’s on it’s it’s it’s on by design because this game was shaky and I don’t I don’t know. I mean, I guess this is one of those losses where the Diamondbacks did manage to manufacture an epic comeback themselves. They were down by a bunch of runs and thanks to Lurtis Guriel and a grand slam, Diamondbacks got back into this, they clawed their way back in. They tied it. They took a lead late, a 9 to8 lead and then they even tacked on a few more back-to-back home runs late that made you feel at least made me feel confident enough that the Diamondbacks were going to lock this one down that I committed to doing this podcast. Of course, welcome in to you all. Great to see you guys here. Damon not so happy to be here. Uh and understandably so. He might be angrier than ever anybody else to be here tonight. And that’s because this was probably the worst loss of the season, which seems weird to say considering it was also an epic comeback by this team. You’re speechless. Look at you. Where do you even want to start? And so just a little peak behind the curtain. I told our guy Kevin Thomas, “Hey man, you you have a good Friday night. I got this. I’ll handle it tonight.” You fool. Kevin went ahead and, you know, did all the work to, you know, for the for the win. We got it all ready to go. And so with with the comeback from the Dodgers at the end there, not only did I have to then change the entire show and put in work that I wasn’t previously going to do, I now have to go on a live broadcast in front of the worst people, you know, all these Dodgers fans in the chat and talk about the horror show that I just witnessed on live my my television. Well, I mean, there’s a lot of blame to be placed and you could place it on a lot of different people, Damon. So, I guess that’s what we’re here to do tonight. This isn’t a full podcast. We’re not going to go for an hour. We’re not going to do ad reads. We’re just going to sit here and lament. We’re just going to sit here and be sad. And I’m glad to have you guys here with us because you guys being sad with us, you guys being here to vent, uh, feels right. But obviously there’s a lot of people you feel like you could place this this loss on, right? Eduardo Rodriguez had one of his worst starts of the year. He went two and two/3 innings. He gave up eight earned runs on nine hits. Uh he walked three, he struck out three. He looked like he absolutely could not do much, especially there when he was pulled from this game to get an out. Right. So, uh, obviously what Rod did tonight and and his spectacularly bad outing definitely put the Diamondbacks in a hole. But, and I and I mean this to ask you this question, when when a team comes back and and bounces back and and evens the score at that point, is everything a wash when the game was 8 to8? did nothing before that matter considering we were back uh to even because before you even answer I’ll I’ll just say that that’s how I kind of view it, right? Yeah. I mean it feels like 000 at that point and uh you know I and honestly it felt like the Diamondbacks had the upper hand because they had all the momentum. They had the crowd behind them. They had you know the new jerseys on. They had uh you know a miraculous grand slam, right? And uh all for not. All for not. All for not. Uh the purple did seem to give Lordis uh superhuman powers, which once again, we already knew that was the case based on the way that he uh had had an incredible season after I dyed my hair purple last year, but again, one for five tonight. He did have five RBI. Uh not a ton of offense, but Catel Marte, like we said, did add a home run late there uh in the game. And then you also had Randall Gritic prior, you know, you had Gritic and and Marte going back-toback uh home runs in in the top or bottom of the eighth inning. And at that point, things felt pretty good. The Diamondbacks were up 11 to eight, right? Even when they came back, they came back to score uh one run earlier. Probably should have scored more with the bases loaded, but they were able to get that one run in, be up nine to eight there. But then, of course, the Diamondbacks could not uh do much to stop the Dodgers from coming back. Kevin Ginkle and and I mean again I can’t I gotta be honest, Kevin Ginkle was a guy that I was pretty excited to kind of see in that closer role uh in last night’s game to just see Kevin Ginkle late. However, uh not to make excuses for him, but Kevin Ginkle is pretty fairly fresh off of a return from an injury and the Diamondbacks have been going to him quite a bit, right? So, uh, he was not good tonight and that’s and that that basically is what put the Diamondbacks in a position to lose this game. He was awful tonight as was Rod, as was what pathetic performance from the pitching staff minus Christian Maya. Christian Maya. I feel worse. The only person I feel worse for than myself is Christian Maya. Yeah, I I said it. I feel horrible for myself. And the only person I feel worse for is Christian Maya who deserved, you know, to get a W tonight really because he was unbelievable and he carved up the Dodgers, you know, top dogs over and over again consistently. And you know, someone put it up here in the chat. I’m not going to go find it, but uh you know, they they said that all this just for Maya to get sent down. And you know, it’s it’s kind of kind of funny because that’s 100% what’s going to happen. like they picked him up because they needed the extra innings. Yes, they got the innings and now he’ll be back in Reno. Um and uh yeah, we we wasted we wasted, you know, an incredible performance in his, you know, Chase Field debut and uh and and yeah, just I I I can’t even fathom the bullpen performance tonight. There there’s a good chance he could be sent down just due to the situation, right? Just to get a fresh arm back up here. But that doesn’t mean that Mayana didn’t impress and especially with how I don’t how lost looked out there, especially when they pulled him from the game. Cristian Maya came in and gave the Diamondbacks three and two/3 innings. He struck out five. He walked one, didn’t allow a hit, didn’t allow a run. And it couldn’t have been more different from Rod’s performance. right now. You have fans before the end of this game clamoring for, you know, the the return of Ryan Nelson, Damon. And I mean, you know, again, it’s it’s the fact that Rod has been inconsistent. And even in some of his better outings, it’s not like he’s been a locked down pitcher. He’s still allowed runs. Uh and and Ryan Nelson, quite frankly, has still been very good going back to last year, right? But uh Christian Mana deserves his flowers because I I feel like he is the reason the Diamondbacks stayed in this game. Lordis Guriel obviously is a big reason why they got back into it with his grand slam. Uh but I mean overall this team didn’t quit and it felt like this I don’t know. I think that’s why this is such such a gut gut-wrenching loss for the Diamondbacks is that this feels like this one was earned kind of back. They they fought. They didn’t give up. They did what they’ve done all season long, which is bounce back late. And yet, once again, in the ninth inning, it doesn’t seem to matter who the Diamondbacks put in in that game, right? It’s it’s like feels like whoever they put in there. Now, again, saying that is is based on the results and not what could have been, right? Maybe Tory Lavllo could have swapped those two relievers around. Maybe Ginkle comes in in the eighth inning. Shelby Shelby Miller comes in in the ninth. I I don’t know. I mean, the the when when a team loses like this, it especially this Diamondbacks team, it feels like the fan base wants to immediately put blame on Tori and maybe he deserves a little bit of it for tonight. GKL has been, like I said earlier, used a lot and uh this was a big moment for this team that I maybe I don’t know if he, you know, if if if he stacked things correctly tonight. Yeah, I mean I I I I told you before the show I don’t really have the energy to do the Tory thing tonight. I’m just so I feel like I’ve just had my my life ripped out of me in front of my eyes. Um but that being said, you know, I I I don’t really understand having Shelby Miller go up against the bottom of the Dodgers lineup when he’s been your ninth inning guy most the season. Kevin Ginkle is coming back. He’s not, you know, full Kevin Ginkle mode right now. Ryan Thompson’s been bad all season basically. Like I I think that you let Genko and Ryan Thompson attack that that bottom of that lineup and you give Shelby Miller, you know, the hypothetically those those top do Dodger bats. So yeah, in in this one, yeah, I don’t think Tori did a good job managing the bullpen, but at the same time, like Kevin Ginkle also gave up, you know, a million hits and then Ryan Thompson came in came in and, you know, had Otani down to two strikes and then threw him an absolute meatball. And it’s like I like, yeah, Tori shouldn’t shouldn’t have pitched those guys in the ninth. And also those guys uh are, you know, they they can’t be, you know, that bad when you need them in big moments because those are two of the only bullpen arms that, you know, you you feel like you should be able to trust right now based off of the injuries that this team has. So yeah, it sucks. And uh I I I don’t I I’m I’m not happy with Tori. I’m also not like sitting here being like this was totally completely on him. I just wish AJ Puck and Justin Martinez were on this team. That’s exactly what it comes down to, right? I mean, piece of Yoshi says maybe you should have saved Beaks there for late. Maybe Beaks Beaks hasn’t been perfect, especially since he got hit in the arm by that comebacker, but it would have made sense to save that left-hander for later later in the game. And the Diamondbacks don’t really have another left-hander, right? So, I think that’s something to consider here where it comes to why why he stacked it this way. and why we didn’t see him go to someone else aside from GKL. We also Ryan, I do remember that. I’m sorry to cut you off, Derek, but I have to I you know what? I I forgot about it when the Diamondbacks took the lead, but yeah, I do remember that and that’s not making me very happy right now because Rod was getting shelled and not only that, he quit playing defense. It’s egregious, but sorry, you continue. No, you’re good. You’re good. And I mean, it’s it it’s definitely that, right? Like the one thing you can say, we just said this about Catel last night. He wasn’t hitting. He he ended up getting hot, right? Like he ends up hitting a a home run tonight’s game. He ends up hitting one last night. But like Catel there was playing some excellent defense. And there’s something to be said about the fact that when you’re not doing the other things well that at least you should be giving 100% on defense. I don’t know what to say about Rod after tonight’s start. And I will say that like again this starting pitching rotation has started to come together, but it definitely feels like Rod has been the most inconsistent um starter and and it’s because he can be brilliant, but he can also be absolutely awful like he was tonight. And again, uh the Diamondbacks do have options. They had a guy that they put into the bullpen for Rod, for Jordan Montgomery. And quite frankly, Ryan Nelson has been better than both of those guys. He deserved it over both of those guys. And it felt like the only reason why he didn’t get it was what those guys are receiving in income, right? So, that that that has been something the Diamondbacks have been good about, not making those decisions based on payroll. However, tonight is one of those situations where Rod stunk, right? and and put the Diamondbacks in a position to not win this game. The offense fought back. This team fought back, which is what they do and they’ve done all season long. However, you know, again, the the bullpen did not do their job. Kevin Ginkle didn’t do his job. And I I also tip your cap to the Dodgers. This is the Dodgers, right? No, I mean, no thanks. I I know you I know that you’re just going to further this is going to be another indictment of me as a Dodgers fan in your eyes, right? But I’m just saying like it’s a very good team over there and honestly it’s a team that never quits themselves. It’s a team that can put up a ton of runs late and that’s exactly what they did. Right. This is a like you said Gle was had two strikes on Otani or not GKL, excuse me, Ryan Thompson has two strikes on Otani and he throws one right down, you know, right down the pipe. So, uh, it’s it’s it’s a true underdog story, Derek. It really is a true underdog story. It’s hard. Yeah, it’s hard not to root for those guys. They just They’re scrappy underdogs, Damon. Scrappy underdogs. They They just put their head down. The The shoe fits. The Cinderella slipper fits. And uh you know those guys, they they don’t need the big names. They don’t need the big contracts. They just play ball. They just play ball. No, they actually um have quite a few good players over there. But um yeah, I mean again like you said it’s kind of exhausting because uh this is this is something I don’t know if you and I have had this debate or even had this discussion Damon, but when does there come a point where you blame Tori and and where does there come a point where you blame the players for their lack of performance? Would this be for you at least? Would this be more in in in column A or column B? Who who would you blame this one particularly on? everybody. Every everybody except for Sean Mayna and I guess the offense. But I I you know I I I guess I put it more on the pitching itself than Tori if I had to if I had to divvy up a percentage. And I know people are people are going to hate that and you know Killer Rex is going to lose his mind in the chat. Too late. It’s already he’s already done. No, I know. It’s it’s I mean again I’m splitting hairs here because I again I just blame Tori for his part in it. Uh but at the end of the day you know I I expect Ryan Thompson and and Kevin Ginkle to be able to hold on to a three-run lead. Um and they didn’t do it. Yeah, that’s it. That’s pretty much it. But um Transonic asked uh what happened to not having a show tonight? Well, we got very excited um and then I said stupid things on Twitter and now here we are. and Damon hates me and you guys are here. So, it’s cool because we’re here complaining uh all together. Uh Jamie Nunees says, “Phnx when it comes to defending a mediocre manager.” Exactly what I’m talking about, man. This is why I said I didn’t have the goddamn energy to do the Tory thing tonight because I just blamed Tori and now I’m getting called a Tory apologist for for after I blamed Tori five minutes ago. Rewind the show. Reist to what I said. This sucks, right? I hate everything. Yeah. Well, and again, it’s it’s the reason why here is because, no offense to you, Jamie, but people don’t seem to blame the athletes for not doing their job. And that’s where I feel like they should be blamed. See, I’m an old guy, so back in my day, we used to blame the athletes for not getting the job done. We would say, as Damon loves to say, “This guy stinks.” And it wasn’t about the manager necessarily, unless it was really bonehead managing. I don’t I got one, Derek. I got I got another one on the this game show edition of this guy stinks. How about Roki fan saying this Damon fella sure knows how to cope. Your name is Roki fan. Your name is Roki Fan. Yeah. Your whole personality that you’ve put in your public persona is is derived after is after a horrific pitcher. A horrific pitcher. Thank god Roi Sasaki is a Dodger. It’s the only thing that’s going to help me sleep at night is the fact that that guy plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Uh Mark in the chat says if they if Tori didn’t use Ginkl Thompson the night, they would have blown it in the seventh anyway. That’s a good point. He’s not wrong about that. Uh, but also again, this is one of those things that like th this game probably shouldn’t have even been something the Diamondbacks were in. They did fight back to get in it. So, again, I know that’s that might be what they’re talking about being a way to cope. That might be a silver lining. However, they did make it a game. And not only did they make it a game, but they went from being down significantly to uh being back into it and having a lead. And unfortunately the game did not go their way in the ninth inning. Uh I will say this that the uh Tim uh Soja is a complete maniac. He says losers mentality. Derek what what did what did I say? What the fact that they were down big late and then they didn’t they did come back. What part of it is losers mentality? Blaming it on the players. I don’t really know what you’re talking about, Tim, but you seem to be a sad sack online, so I’m not surprised that you’re saying that. When I’m talking about Tori putting guys in, you’re talking about a guy Kevin Ginkle that just got the job done. You’re talking about a guy Kevin Ginkle that historically has been good, especially with runners on and with that pressure on, right? Uh, this team seems to be in a position where it really doesn’t matter who they put in late. Shelby Miller, who was a guy that seemed to fit that role well, just blew a game not very long ago. So, I don’t really know what the answer is when it comes to the ninth inning for this team. Maybe uh as some people have suggested in the chat, this might be a roster construction issue at the fact that the Diamondbacks really don’t have a closer, right? And they they haven’t had a closer. They’ve been hesitant to name a closer. And of course that comes back to bite them tonight on on a game where they were very much ready to to win this game. Um they’re talking about GKL being gassed. I I don’t know Damon do do closers if you are going to have a guy be a closer shouldn’t they be able to close on at least two consecutive games or or is that asking too much of a pitcher in 2025? I think it’s I I think in general it’s not asking too much. I think maybe when you’re factoring in that Kevin Gle is coming back from an injury, you could definitely make that argument. Yeah, for sure. Uh Caesar is asking, can we add a bum of the game segment to your show? Damon, you want to you want to name a bum of the game in this one? Is it is it would be coming? The king bum. Um if you will. Um I’m trying to I think Rod deserves it. I really do because at least at least Ginkle if G if there was I’ll tell you what if there was a slow chopper that was hit right or a bunt that was put right in front of Kevin Ginkle he’s going to sprint over and try to make a play on it but you know just decided oh Gabby’s got it right I I hope um also honorable mention Josh Naylor was horrific tonight he’s been good for this team I agree with that he was horrible in a couple big spots with runners on base with less than two outs which he screwed up twice two times And then that double play that you know or that could have been that ended up you know being an air when he threw it home to Gabby that was debilitating. So Josh Naylor you are the secondary bum of the game. Honorable mention for bum of the night. But yeah definitely uh in my opinion it goes to Rod. That’s why I brought back that question earlier, right? Like even with how atrociously bad-rod was, did it matter considering the Diamondbacks come back and and gain a lead? Well, I don’t know. In the past, I have been quick to say that since the Diamondbacks got down by X amount that it was demoralizing to the offense and that’s the reason why they didn’t produce. Well, that wasn’t the case tonight for the Diamondbacks. They fought back. They not only tied the game, but they earned a lead. And then you could even say late there in the eighth inning. They they patted the lead enough that this shouldn’t have been a game that slipped away from them. However, the Dodgers are the Dodgers. They’re always capable of that. Tonight, the Diamondbacks bullpen couldn’t do anything to stop them in the ninth inning. Really is what it came down to. So, I’m still I’m still with you, though. I still feel like Rod is the bum of this one. Um, but we do definitely appreciate you guys so much. Uh, no matter who you root for, no matter how much you want to tell us we’re wrong or that we curse this, Eric might, but I don’t. He says no. He says no. Screw you guys. I I’ll take the views because we need them over here on this show. But hey, uh, we got some super chats, Damon, before we get out of here. Can we get to those? Uh, Benjamin Hunley just says, “The 2025 Dbacks are stupid.” I can’t argue with that. I don’t think I can argue with Do you have any arguments re refuting that? No. Okay. They lost a game in which Yueno Suarez hit four home runs earlier this year, Derek. And then they and then they decided to follow that up. Absolutely stupid by coming back down 84 against the most hated rival that they have and then eventually losing that by blowing it up. Oh god. All right, what else we got? I don’t even want to talk about this game anymore. Thank you Mark R so much for your super chat. He says, “I typically like to blame Tory. Not tonight. Not his fault. He only has two reliable relievers. Hazen didn’t invest in the bullpen, signed Rod and Ma Monty, plus the players blame uh deserve blame themselves. That’s that’s a very reasonable, respectful uh comment and that’s kind of how I feel like yes, to a certain degree there like there there is always some way that you could blame the manager uh in a loss, right? There’s always going to be decisions that went one way or another. And of course, those decisions are completely forgotten if everything goes that way or if your team wins, right? But in a loss, you go back, you nitpick. I I I really do feel like there’s a point where you do have to just blame the guys that that you trust for not going out there and getting the job done, especially when you have uh a three, you know, run lead late. And Damon’s done. He’s he’s gone away and he’s done. Um, but do we have more any more super chats? Damon, are you still in here or am I eyeball by myself? I am still in here. I’m fixing my shot. He’s still he’s still in here somewhere. Um, well, we got Caesar. Thank you so much from Caesar. He says, “Tori is a great coach in little league.” That was a good burn. Uh, Albert, thank you so much for your super chat. Albert says, “Why do we invest so much in something over which we have no control?” Um I don’t know if he means sports, I don’t know if he means life, I don’t know what exactly he means there, but uh I don’t know. We have so so little control over so much in life, don’t we? Right. So, I I I I think that the reason why we invest so much in something we have little uh we have no control over is um because every once in a while it pays off and it’s the greatest feeling in the entire world when you uh invest emotionally in a sports team and they don’t let you down like the Diamondbacks did tonight. Uh Piece of Yoshi says Thompson can’t face lefties. He proved that Monday. Yes, he’s right about that 100%. Uh Thomas Jury, thank you so much for your super chat chat. He said, “Damn, if I ever need cathartic cathartic talk out from the PHNX crew, y’all are the crutch that helps me get over these games. Feck smell LA ginkle coming in on after this was a little too much.” Uh, much love to both of you. Beat LA. Thank you so much, Thomas, for your su super chat. Uh, he also said, “This is our house. Damn Dodgers fans.” Yeah, that’s something that’s uh not doesn’t make tonight’s loss any easier. It was at least fun on Thursday when we get to send all those Dodgers fans home sad, but uh not tonight for sure. Uh and then piece of chat, piece of chat, piece of Yoshi says, “Chat angers me more than the team sometimes.” Uh I swear to God. Well, now you know what Damon and I feel like sometimes doing this show. But we do love you guys and we do understand being angry. We also understand venting about this team. this one. Like again, this is such a weird loss to me because this was a game that was very disappointing early on. They come back, they make you believe, they make you really believe. Like going up by one, nobody believed when you when they were up nine to eight, nobody believed they were going to win this game. We all knew that they were going to lose, but then they had to give us that extra hope there in the eighth inning with those backto-back runs. Uh, and that’s really what makes it feel like this is just heart-wrenching. Heart-wrenching. Damon, I know you’re done with this. So, you’re all you’re all done. You got anything else to add before we get out of here? It’s It’s one of those weird situations, Derek, where like I’m done, but I’m not. And I don’t know if I ever will be, but also I’ve been done since, you know, the moment that Otani hit that home run. I just Yeah. I don’t know. Yeah. When are we gonna hold this guy accountable for his gambling crimes against humanity? I guess that’s kind of where I’m at right now is I’m sitting here and I’m going, are we gonna are we gonna hold this man accountable? Are we going to are we going to put him in jail finally? Yeah. Well, I can’t take it anymore. We’ll get that investigation going, Damon. But of course, we thank every one of you for being here. Uh Caesar says, “I’m sipping I’m sipping margaritas and David Busters.” You’re goddamn right. And I’m about to go play some ski ball right now to get over this loss. But uh we appreciate you guys so much for being here with us. Damon, thank you for doing this because I know how much you didn’t want to. But uh I know also that you love this team deep down inside more than most of the people in this chat and you’ll never admit that, but it’s true. So uh we appreciate you guys so much for stopping by. Make sure you follow us on Twitter. I’m atcap_cman with a K. Damon is at Damon Dog. That’s D A WG. And we are all Damon’s dogs. Bark bark. Especially on a night like this. We are all Damon’s dogs. Of course, our show is at PHNX_Dbacks, but as always, all roads lead to phnx_ports on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. We appreciate you uh being here to scream about this team. We appreciate you guys dropping your comments. We’ll be back on Monday with another Mailbag Monday. I’m not making any more promises to do any more shows because uh this did not this did not go my way tonight. Especially I I still have people on on Twitter blaming me for this loss. And again, much like I said earlier, blame the players. Don’t blame me. Uh Killer Rex says loweffort ass pod. Yeah, it was uh this was we weren’t contractually obligated to do this one. Killer X six shows in a week and talked about the worst loss I’ve ever watched in my entire life for 30 minutes. Yeah. I I don’t know what else I can give. I gave everything I had. Sean, See, Sean says, “This was supposed to be your night off, Derek.” Exactly. Exactly. Maybe maybe it is my fault. Maybe it’s our fault. I don’t know. David, I have no problem not doing work. Um and and then not being the blame of Diamondback’s losses. So, appreciate you guys, of course, for all of your insults and all of your cheap shots. Uh we will be back again on Monday with a Mailbag Monday episode, so make sure to join us for that. In the meantime, keep being mad at somebody else besides us. Um, and of course, uh, keep loving this Diamondbacks team because it’s still only May 9th and there’s a lot of baseball to be played. I appreciate you guys so much for stopping by. We’ll see you on Monday. Until then, have a wonderful weekend. At least try to have a wonderful weekend. Behave yourselves. I’m talking to you, Killer Rex. Uh, and of course, uh, baseball is fun, y’all, but it is more fun when your team doesn’t blow it in the top of the night. [Applause] [Music]

After a terrible start from pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, Lourdes Gurriel Jr and the Diamondbacks managed an epic comeback to take a lead late against the Dodgers in Game 2 on Friday. But Kevin Ginkel and the D-backs bullpen couldn’t stop Shohei Ohtani from reversing the comeback and winning the game in the 9th inning. We have more on the collapse by the Snakes and who is to blame for this demoralizing loss.

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26 comments
  1. I would blame Marte for pimping all his homers like if they are in first place of the division. Lourdes got memed by Ohtani, what a clown.

  2. The Dodgers like usual coasting through these games olaying with house money. Half of their ACES are shelved their bullpen is also not intact. They more than likely tweak their back end line up. FREEMAN is already on peak form but Betts is still rounding out and so is Ohtani coming from that paternity leave. No EDMAN AND HERNANDEZ.

  3. Need Mena somehow up from Reno, Kevin is not and never was meant to be a closer. He’s an incredible set up pitcher. Try to keep miller in the closer role before J Mart can get it together. We have to score more when we get bases loaded minus the grand slam. E Rod had a bad game. But he still needs to do better regardless or we need to set up something to defend around his pitching. Don’t know what that answer is but we know he’s the least reliable now out of our starters.

  4. It's the same story every single year with the pitching. Sign a F/A to a big contract and then watch as that pitcher either blows up or spends the season on the IL.

    This org is constantly getting the used toys of other teams; we're getting guys who already had their primes, already got mileage out of their arms. We never get these dudes when they're fresh (apart from Gallen and Pfaadt).

    The Dbacks have a major scouting problem when it comes to free agent pitching.

  5. I wouldn't be surprised if Ginkel has a sore arm and is still pitching despite the pain. His velo has dipped a bit and when that Football Slider goes below 86 it's not the same as when it's between 87-89 mph. Ginkel is really throwing a slow football slider right now. Once he gets better he has the option to do both. I'm expecting Ryne Nelson to throw the harder version of the football slider. The Dback's analysts are making decisions and negatively affecting pitchers.

  6. From a die hard dodger fan i appreciate that game so much. It wasnt the win ……it was the game!!! All i ask is tonights game is equally exciting no matter who wins it……afterall its only May!!!!

  7. The “Worst People Possible…” I’ll take that as a compliment. 😅 It was a tough loss for sure. Yeah, Mena was unbelievable. When’s his contract up again? It wouldn’t be that far of a move from Phoenix to LA…

    Again tough loss. We will see you tonight. Thanks for being a good sport. “My life ripped out in front of me…”😆

    (Edit) Damon is so entertaining, I had to subscribe.

  8. When they dissed the Dodgers, they woke the sleeping giant, poked the bear, grabbed the tiger by the tail, played with fire, opened Pandora's box, bit off more than they could chew, brought a knife to a gunfight, said hello to Tony Montana's little friend, walked into the lion's den, shot themself in the foot, stole John Wick's car and killed his dog, got caught in their own web, let the fox in the henhouse, built castles out of sand, ran with scissors, jumped out of the frying pan into the fire, hit rock bottom, fell victim to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, dug their own graves, stepped on Elvis's blue suede shoes, was made an offer they can’t refuse from Don Corleone, missed the boat, got caught with their pants down, got a knock on their door from 60 Minutes or heard a voice behind them say, “Hi, I’m Chris Hansen, from Crime Watch Daily”, lit the fuse, , drank the Kool-aid, unleashed the Kraken, drove off a cliff, wrote a check they could not cash, crossed the Rubicon, told Tommy Devito to go home and get his shinebox, leaped before looking, were led by the Pied Piper, bought the Brooklyn Bridge, painted themself into a corner, killed the goose that laid the golden eggs, went down with the ship, signed their own death warrant, called Marty McFly a chicken, rocked the boat, ran into an immovable object, got their just deserts, stepped on a crack, pissed off Bruce Banner, entered the echo chamber, went off the rails on a crazy train, hung themselves with their own rope, did not stay in their lane and know their role, assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, buried their head in the sand, ate the forbidden fruit, told Fonzie he was wrong, jumped the shark, robbed Peter to pay Paul, had a plan but got punched in the mouth by Mike Tyson, triggered karma and Murphy’s Law upon themselves, falsely accused the Count of Monte Cristo of treason, captained the Exxon Valdez, touched a nerve, messed with the wife of a jealous man, checked into the Hotel California, counted their chickens before they hatched, put their foot in their mouth, ran into a brick wall, let the dogs out, bombed Pearl Harbor, broke a mirror, walked under a ladder, crossed paths with a black cat, smoked in bed, dug their own grave, barked up the wrong tree, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, did not look both ways before crossing the street, got involved with Amway, looked a gift horse in the mouth, checked into the roach motel, stirred up a hornet's nest, swallowed the poison pill, fell asleep on the beach on a sunny day, called the kettle black, was struck by lightning, bit the hand that feeds them, bent over to pick up a bar of soap in a men's prison shower, brought cannabis to Russia in luggage, screwed the pooch, made it completely FUGAZI and FUBAR, went on a fool’s errand, licked a frozen pole, put themselves in harm’s way, judged a book by its cover, was blinded by the light, put all their eggs in one basket, took the blue pill, effed around and found out, cried over spilt milk, got a taste of their own medicine, gave up their day job, went on a wild goose chase, lit a cigarette at a gas station, kicked against the goads, played in traffic, ran with the bulls, stepped on a rake, texted while drinking and driving, tempted fate, pissed in their own pool, threw caution to the wind, painted a bullseye on their back, slipped on a banana peel, built a house of cards, dropped the ball, stirred the pot, crossed wires, slept with the fishes, danced with the devil, did not keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of their mouth, answered an email from a Nigerian prince, tripped over a land mine, became a fly in the ointment, a monkey in the wrench and a pain in the ass, went down in flames, fell from grace, took a long walk on a short pier, got their comeuppance, plowed another man’s field, threw good money after bad, faced the music, fell into quicksand, burned their bridges, went to a Diddy freak off party, farted in a crowded elevator, did not play with a full deck, forgot to delete their search history, sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind, accepted a Trojan Horse gift, went up the creek without a paddle, had their goose cooked, played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun, fell asleep at the wheel, got hoisted on their own petard, fired shots in a circular firing squad, doused fire with gasoline, cut off their nose to spite their face, fell on their sword, pooped their pants, crapped the bed, threw stones in a glass house, told Clint Eastwood they feel lucky, invested with Bernie Madoff or in Enron stock, boarded the Titanic, tugged on Superman's cape, spit into the wind, pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger and messed around with Jim.

  9. two issues – E Rod is awful worse than last year, and gives no length killing a bad bullpen. Grinkle is a shell of two years ago. the 2 innings those two gave up 11 was like watching batting practice, even the fouls and outs were tattooed.

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