{"id":669529,"date":"2026-04-08T03:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669529\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:48:35","slug":"d-backs-manager-addresses-poor-weather-conditions-in-loss-to-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669529\/","title":{"rendered":"D-backs Manager Addresses Poor Weather Conditions in Loss to Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Diamondbacks, in the cold, windy confines of Citi Field in Queens, suffered a tough walk-off loss to the New York Mets by a score of 4-3, despite leading going into the eighth inning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the game went on, players were seen bundled on the field, with a strong wind influencing the ball’s movement. The game had already been moved up <\/a>to an earlier 1:10 p.m. eastern first pitch due to the concerns about cold weather.<\/p>\n

But manager Torey Lovullo would not blame the conditions for Arizona’s missed opportunities.<\/p>\n

“It did not have an impact on the game today,” Lovullo said of the weather, speaking to D-backs.TV’s Jody Jackson postgame.<\/p>\n

“[The conditions] weren’t too bad early on. I think the Mets did a great job in addressing those needs to start earlier. It was very playable, but late in the game when the sun started to go down and disappear, it got a little bit chilly. <\/p>\n

“But we’ve done this. We’ve done this our whole lives. These baseball players have played in any type of weather and circumstances,” he said.<\/p>\n

So, what did lead to the loss? <\/p>\n

Simplified to the winning moment itself, the loss came as a result of a misplaced pitch by closer Paul Sewald in the 10th inning. Infielder Ronny Mauricio<\/a>, in his first at-bat of the season with the Mets, got ahold of a dead-center fastball in an 0-2 count with one out and a runner at third for the winning knock.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks blow lead, lose walk-off to Mets<\/p>\n

“I think we just made a mistake to Mauricio,” Lovullo said. “We had him where we wanted him. He’s a young player… He looked like he was in swing mode. I felt like if we made a pitch there, and… Paul knows that, we could have had a different conclusion, but it’s part of the game.”<\/p>\n

One could also point to the fact that righty Jonathan Loaisiga surrendered a run in the eighth inning, allowing New York to tie a previously-3-2 game. Or, that the D-backs went just 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position offensively. <\/p>\n

“We just didn’t execute at a high level of very critical times, and that cost us the game,” Lovullo said. “But overall, I was very proud of the way we fought today.”<\/p>\n

“I’m really proud of the guys for that. They fight every single night and we’re conditioned and ready to play in tough baseball games just like this,” the manager said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Diamondbacks, in the cold, windy confines of Citi Field in Queens, suffered a tough walk-off loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-669529","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\/116367045908746608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669529","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=669529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}