We will actually more than likely win the season series against the Giants. They need to sweep us 3 straight, we just need one win.

ARI:Rubby De La Rosa(R) (12-8, 4.75)
SF:Madison Bumgarner(L) (18-7, 2.91)

Giants

Angel Pagan(S) CF
Alejandro De Aza(L) LF
Matt Duffy(R) 3B
Buster Posey(R) C
Brandon Belt(L) 1B
Marlon Byrd(R) RF
Brandon Crawford(L) SS
Kelby Tomlinson(R) 2B
Madison Bumgarner(R) P


Diamondbacks

A.J. Pollock(R) CF
Ender Inciarte(L) RF
Paul Goldschmidt(R) 1B
Welington Castillo(R) C
Aaron Hill(R) 2B
Yasmany Tomas(R) LF
Brandon Drury(R) 3B
Nick Ahmed(R) SS
Rubby De La Rosa(R) P

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

The Giants are NOT trying to keep a team 7 games ahead of them in the standings, at bay...

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

Good Evening ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
you have heard of spring training,no doubt
well, welcome to "fall training"
Chip Hale says we're out of the race so all we care about now is TEACHING.
(as if he was a qualified instructor)
* * * * *
starting tonight is Rubby
during the recent Dodgers series, Charley Steiner said the Dodgers traded him because he was a headcase. We've seen that at times where he completely loses it. Maybe we'll see the form that was Bob Gibson coming back to life or maybe we'll see the form that looks like he needs counseling.
* * * * *

You know what they'll do if you go to the ER from "drinking too much?"

Have you hang out for an hour and send you home with a tyonal and some water. Non emergencies do not belong in the ER.

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

The NL West is over. It's just a matter of which day will be the clinching.
Amy Gutierrez is with us tonight. Wearing a hot leather jacket.

Pirates and Dodgers about to get under way in the ravine
It will be Locke vs. Greinke

The Dbacks will play meaningful games in September though!

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Kevin Towers, not smarter than the so called experts

No Giants pitcher has won 20 games since 1993, John Burkett and Bill Swift. That surprises me...

I think that was the year the Giants won 100+ and missed the playoffs because the wildcard didn't exist yet.

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

Have to fend off the surging Padres.

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Per Mare, Per Terras
KC

Brian Knight callin em tonight
doesn't want to start before 7:15
so now with Mickey's big hand on 3
here we go
strike 1 called
Orange Friday in THE CITY
swing and miss down low 0-2
low 1-2
outside and fouled away
breaker low 2-2
"Rubby will enjoy the strike zone tonight" - Krukow
if he can find it
Pollock singles to left

EI
ball 1
soft toss to first
High fly to left, no problem for De Aza out there, because Blanco is out
1 out

Goldy
low inside ball 1
hot shot to Crawford
can't hold it
rolls behind him
single
Pollock to 2nd

and we have 2 on
low and in to Castillo
strike inside corner 1-1
breaker fouled back 1-2
slow roller to Duffy
over to Tomlinson for the force
no throw to first

first and third 2 out
Hill
weak foul left 1-1
old ball dude down the LF line
low 2-1
high 3-1
swing and a miss cutter down and in 3-2
high fly to left, sends De Aza back but takes it short of the track
and typically, 2 runners left on
Giants coming up

Pagan
outside 1-0, and naturally, the first pitch misses
strike called 1-1
rolled to Goldy, RDLR covers
1 out

De Aza
outside 1-0 and 0-2 on first pitch strikes
check swing strike called low and away 1-1
rolled slowly to Hill, over to Goldy
2 out

Duffy
strike low 0-1
low 1-1
tapper back to RDLR
9 pitch inning, 3 ground balls
scoreless after 1

Tomas leads off
fouled back 0-1
weak foul left 0-2
low and to the backstop 1-2
17 walks in 380 at bats
way high 2-2
swing and a miss
1 out

Drury
0-2
flies to Pagan in center
and then Ahmed pops to short
going to last of 2
scoreless

Posey
low ball 1
low and away
Posey has "ownage" on RDLR 4-6 with a homer
fouled away 2-1
freely translated, Posey OWNS RDLR
inside almost hits him 3-1
foul left 3-2
off the end of the bat and Tomas gets to it
wondered there for a moment, looks like he was initially confused