So that was fun! Corbin Carroll, back in starting lineup today as the designated hitter, drew a four-pitch walk, and then Geraldo Perdomo moved him to along with a ground out to second. Adrian Del Castillo, behind the plate this afternoon with Gabi Moreno once again ailing, singled to center, driving in Carroll. Jose Fernandez and Nolan Arenado then struck out in succession, leaving ADC stranded at first. Still, it\u2019s nice to take the early lead. 2-0 D-BACKS<\/p>\n
Sadly, however, that lead didn\u2019t last. Pfaadt pitched a great bottom of the first\u2014two Ks, ten pitches thrown\u2014and a perfectly serviceable second frame, pitching around a two-out walk to record a second zero. Then, alas, came the OBI.<\/p>\n
For starters, Alek Bohm reached on a grounder to short that Perdomo booted for an error. Phillies center fielder Justin Crawford followed with a single to left, turning the lineup over. Pfaadt managed to record the first out by striking out Trae Turner for the second time in the ball game, but then gave up two consecutive long balls over his next four pitches. Kyle Schwarber launched a hanging changeup into the right field seats, and then Bryce Harper launched his own over the fence in right center. Two outs (and another walk, and a hit batsman) later, the inning finally ended, but the damage was done. 4-2 Philadelphia<\/p>\n
And that was pretty much that. Pfaadt returned to competence in the fourth, as is often the case\u2014in fact, he wound up going six full innings, pitching around minimal traffic in each inning\u2014a walk in the fourth, a single in the fifth, a double in the sixth\u2014to put up three zeroes. The bullpen did its job, too, with Kevin Ginkel pitching a scoreless seventh and Ryan Thompson a scoreless eighth. But the Diamondbacks offense couldn\u2019t make up the lost ground, despite having plenty of chances:<\/p>\n
Alek Thomas hit a two-out double in the second but was stranded there;Tim Tawa TOOTBLANned his way into an out after drawing a two-out walk in the fourth;Jorge Barrosa reached on a one-out single in the fifth, but was doubled off thanks to a Ketel Marte grounder to first;Adrian Del Castillo singled with two outs in the sixth, but was stranded there;Alek Thomas was drilled with two outs in the seventh, stole second and took third on an errant throw, and was left standing there when Barrosa couldn\u2019t get him home.<\/p>\n
We did manage to get a run back in the top of the eighth, thanks to a two-out Perdomo walk, ADC\u2019s third single, and a Jose Fernandez RBI single that scored Perdomo and advanced ADC to third. Sadly, however, ADC is slow as molasses on the bases, so there was no chance he was going to score, and, shocking as it might be to believe, Nolan Arenado struck out on four pitches when it was his turn to try and drive in the tying run. 4-3 Philadelphia<\/p>\n
The bottom of the Diamondbacks order had one last chance in the top of the ninth, but they sat down in order, and that was that.<\/p>\n
Loss Probability Added, Courtesy of FanGraphs<\/a> R2D2: Adrian Del Castillo (4 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI, +12% WPA) The Gameday Thread seems to have been reasonably lively for a Saturday game for which the first pitch happened at 10:05am Arizona time, with 156 comments at time of writing. Sadly, my attention was taken up with getting some final stuff in order around the house in preparation for TheRealRamona\u2019s dad, who arrived at his new home with us sometime during the eighth inning. Comment of the Game goes to MikeMono by popular acclaim, and because it shows you how it\u2019s done with the \/sarcasm font when one is critiquing the lineup and lack of timely pinch-hitting decisions:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260411-FG.jpg\"\/)
<\/a><\/p>\n
Imperial Stormtroopers: Nolan Arenado (4 AB, 0 H, 2 K, -19% WPA), Brandon Pfaadt (6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 HR, 3 BB, 6 K, -20% WPA)<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260411-CoTG.jpg\"\/)
<\/a><\/p>\n