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Diamondbacks lose to Giants, fall in 9th inning for 2nd straight night
For the second straight night time, the Arizona Diamondbacks misplaced within the ninth inning.
In a 6-5 defeat in opposition to the San Francisco Giants, Caleb Smith’s run allowed within the ninth inning marked the league-leading thirty eighth loss for the D-backs bullpen, however it wasn’t totally on him.
With a runner on first and two outs, a grounder hit to 3rd by Giants third baseman Evan Longoria was fielded by Sergio Alcantara, who missed the throw into second base and let Mike Yastrzemski advance to 3rd base. Within the subsequent at-bat, San Francisco’s J.D. Davis doubled to provide the Giants the lead. Alcantara’s error made it an unearned run for Smith.
Arizona battled again from a three-run deficit to tie the sport at 5 runs apiece by way of 5 innings through a two-RBI double for Emmanuel Rivera and a Jordan Luplow RBI single.
D-backs beginning pitcher Tommy Henry struggled with giving up house runs for his second consecutive outing.
Henry, who was recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier that day, allowed 5 earned runs on six hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
San Francisco scored in 4 straight innings.
Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford hit a solo shot within the second inning, catcher Austin Wynns smashed his personal an inning later after which designated hitter David Villar scored two runs with a dinger within the fourth. Longoria’s RBI single within the fifth signaled the top of Henry’s night time.
Henry final pitched on Sept. 7 in a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres. In that begin, Henry additionally sacrificed three house runs and 5 earned runs.
The subsequent day, Henry was optioned to Triple-A Reno, the place he pitched for over two weeks earlier than returning to the majors on Friday. The D-backs wanted one other beginning pitcher after rookie Ryne Nelson was positioned on the 15-day injured record earlier within the week. Arizona had moved to 6 pitchers within the rotation, together with rookie Drey Jameson, who took Henry’s spot.
Henry’s ERA throughout eight profession MLB begins is now 5.98.
The D-backs’ two different runs got here from a Stone Garrett two-run shot within the third inning.
Taylor Widener, Luis Frias and Kevin Ginkel made it a scoreless three innings after Henry’s exit earlier than Smith’s entrance within the ninth.
Shelby Miller, sure, that Shelby Miller, threw a scoreless 2.2 innings out of San Francisco’s bullpen with seven strikeouts. It was Miller’s first MLB look of the season after spending nearly all of it in AAA as a full-time reliever. The previous D-back was signed by the Giants to a minor league deal in June.