Unbelievable Errors by Diamondbacks Seal Their Fate in Shocking LA Defeat
The bats showed some teeth, too, more life than the prior night’s timid tapping. But oh, the agony of squandered chances — those baserunning blunders sting hard. Pavin Smith’s ill-fated sprint from first to home is an eyebrow-raiser; sending him in that situation should absolutely be on the ‘What Not to Do’ list when pitchers and catchers check in in February. Yet, for reasons beyond me, the third base coach turned on the risk dial and paid the price, erasing a golden opportunity set up by Alek Thomas’ first inning RBI double. Alek himself then undercut his earlier heroics with a gutsy yet ill-advised stretch of a double into a triple in the fourth. Sure, he beat the throw, but settling at second with one out and a lineup flip looming would’ve kept the pressure on for the Snakes.



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