{"id":662903,"date":"2026-04-04T15:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662903\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:06:20","slug":"this-diamondbacks-trend-is-starting-to-feel-impossible-to-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662903\/","title":{"rendered":"This Diamondbacks Trend is Starting to Feel Impossible to Ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Diamondbacks have an undeniable issue in terms of their pitching and run prevention efforts so far in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The big inning.<\/p>\n

So far in 2026, the D-backs have allowed at least four runs in a single inning in six of their first eight contests this season, including a six-run inning and eight-run inning<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For a team whose weakness has generally been on the pitching side, Arizona’s staff has had its moments of relative stability<\/a> so far this season \u2014 perhaps surprisingly so, if not for the massive lopsided frames. <\/p>\n

“We’re well aware of those big innings, those big, crooked numbers. We’ve got to stop that,” manager Torey Lovullo said to Arizona Sports 98.7’s Burns & Gambo<\/a> on Friday. <\/p>\n

“There’s something that’s going on here that I don’t really like and I know the entire team doesn’t like. One or two runs keeps you in the game. When you give up eight, you’re going to have a hell of a time coming back [from] that.”<\/p>\n

Torey Lovullo says Diamondbacks have problem with big innings\"Mar<\/p>\n

Mar 26, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen (23) hands the ball to manager Torey Lovullo (17) during a pitching change as infielder Carlos Santana (41) and catcher Gabriel Moreno (14) look on against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The manager said slowing down or stopping the opposing team’s momentum is the key to avoiding such instances.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to stop momentum in sports. That’s the most important thing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“There are ways to stop it. You can take a mound visit from the catcher. You can also have a visit from the dugout. I’ve asked [shortstop Geraldo Perdomo] to take his time, walk in from shortstop, call a timeout, get the team together. <\/p>\n

“I told him, you walk in from shortstop like you’re drunk. Just take your time. Make it be three minutes long from deep shortstop all the way to the mound.”<\/p>\n

Lovullo said the team is still trying to hone in on the best way to put a stop to that momentum when on the wrong end of it. <\/p>\n

“We’re trying to figure out that method,” he said. “We only get one mound visit before you’re going to take somebody out. <\/p>\n

“Ultimately, it falls on the pitcher to step back off the mound, take a deep breath and say, ‘I’m one pitch away from getting a double play. I’m one pitch away from getting back into this count. I’m one pitch away from executing and getting a huge out, which is going to turn the entire inning around.’ <\/p>\n

“It’ll fall on the pitcher, but those around us, we’re trying to be as creative as possibleto slow the game down as well,” the manager said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Diamondbacks have an undeniable issue in terms of their pitching and run prevention efforts so far…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-662903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116347063938172825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}