Unbelievable Errors by Diamondbacks Seal Their Fate in Shocking LA Defeat

Heading into the eighth, the Dodgers managed to scrape together 4 runs on just 2 hits. The D-Backs, meanwhile, had notched four times as many hits but staggered to the same run total. Against a squad this sharp, margin for error is paper-thin. The Snakes can’t afford needless basepath outs or slipping up against the nine-hole hitter, who went 2-for-3 with a double and a homer. One slip-up? That’s all the Dodgers need to seal the deal.

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Game Summary

The Diamondbacks showed a little more fight compared to their campaign opening loss last night, but still came up short at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium (ugh). Ryne Nelson started the game for the good guys against Emmet Sheehan and very-much-bad-not-good-at-all guys, and it was a bit of a mixed bag for our talented righty. Ryne finished the night with a line very similar to Zac’s from last night, a not incredibly impressive 4 ER over 4.2 IP. Nelson did leave a better taste in our mouth than Zac did thanks to Nelly’s 4 runs all coming in the 3rd before he bounced back and retired the last 7 hitters he faced, compared with Zac mowing the Dodgers down for 4 innings then getting lit up at the end. Nelson has room for improvement, but this was largely a good start for him and I imagine it will be somewhat easier to limit his blow-up innings against teams that don’t stack 8 straight All Stars at the top of the lineup.