Starting Lineups: September 5, 2016

2B Jean Segura (R)
SS Chris Owings (R)
CF A.J. Pollock (R)
1B P. Goldschmidt (R)
3B Jake Lamb (L)
C W. Castillo (R)
RF Yasmany Tomas (R)
LF Socrates Brito (L)
P Zack Greinke (R)

2B Chase Utley (L)
SS Corey Seager (L)
3B Justin Turner (R)
1B Adrian Gonzalez (L)
C Yasmani Grandal (S)
RF Josh Reddick (L)
LF Howie Kendrick (R)
CF Joc Pederson (L)
P Kenta Maeda (R)

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Meet the new FO... Same as the old FO. The bag may be permanent.

Minor League seasons ending today.
total long season teams in the playoffs: 0
Way to go, Dbacks management
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Noted we won the series in Colorado. This means we can
expect the Dbacks to win the series when the two teams
meet at Chase.
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Appears we are on MLB Network tonight
of course, you guys in Arizona will see the Indians and Astros on MLB Network

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Memo

To:DH

From: Analytics

We've won 6 of 10 that projects to 97 wins next year.

We have turned the corner.

Everyone gets to stay and raises are in order so we can best prepare to defent our Cactus League Championship!

SEGURA: low and away 1-0 and here we go
ditto 2-0
again 3-0
at the knees, cripple, taking all the way 3-1
off speed swing and a miss 3-2
long foul right
shot to left single, Kendrick to his right, gets to it in time to hold JS at first

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OWINGS: breaker outside 1-0
hasn't been able to find the outside yet
foul knocks Grandal's mask off 1-1
swing and a miss down low 1-2
slider, swing and a miss, looking bad on the pitch breaking outside
1 out

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POLLOCK: finds the outside with strike 0-1
strike on an inside mover 0-2
high and away 1-2
low and inside 2-2
off speed swing and a miss
2 out

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You mean I can watch playoff teams instead!

Nah, I'll stick with this mess

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When giant corndogs and ice cream are more important than winning baseball

GOLDY: slider strike 1 called
knee high fast ball swing and a miss 0-2
slider low and away 1-2
grounds to second, flips to Seager
Dbacks don't score

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UTLEY: grounds to the middle man on the shift right side 1 out

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SEAGER: high fast ball swing and a miss 0-1
high 1-1
slaps one into left
single

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TURNER: swing and a miss 0-1
swing and a miss 0-2
outside fast ball 1-2
long foul right and Tomas crashes into the wall trying for it, appears to be OK, hurting tho
swing and a miss on the outside
2 out

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Was wondering if Tomas would need to come out of the game after he didn't move for a bit once he hit the wall

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When giant corndogs and ice cream are more important than winning baseball

ADRIAN: 1-6 lifetime vs ZG
curve low 1-0
high and away 2-0
substantial breeze blowing left to right
low and away 3-0
fast ball cripple strike outside 3-1
hot liner into the stands foul left 3-2
bouncer to the middle man on the three man right side
out at first
scoreless after 1

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LAMB: jammer 1-0
strike 1 called inside corner 1-1
slider low and away, swing and a miss 1-2
grounds to the middle man on the shift
1 out

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BEEF: strike called low slider 0-1
low 1-1
one comes high, and fouls it deep into the stands somewhere out there 1-2
foul at the plate
bounces one in 2-2
wicked breaker freezes him called strike 3, big 12-6 hook
2 out

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TOMAS: ball 1
fast ball strike at the knees 1-1
low 2-1
long drive headed for the left hand corner, hangs up and Kendrick runs it down
scoreless going to last of 2

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GRANDAL: takes a strike to go 1-1
shows bunt takes high 2-1
Owings playing about 70 feet from third base
swing and a miss 2-2
curve fouled left
curve 12-6 outside corner, called strike 3

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REDDICK: 0-1
high fly short center, hangs up and Pollock gets there
2 out

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KENDRICK:
Sun is right in Tomas' eyes - they should try to hit it there
low and away 1-1
swing and a miss fast ball 1-2
high and away 2-2
low inside 3-2
long foul right
swing and miss in the dirt, Beef to Goldy
after 2
scoreless

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Greinke checked on him to make sure he was OK before he continued, and YT
since has shown no sign that there is any problem

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