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Tigers 5, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX, Jun 24 — Detroit shortstop Javier Baez hit a third-inning grand slam, paving the way for his Detroit Tigers to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5–1, Friday night. Tigers pitchers combined to hold the Diamondbacks to one run on three hits, ensuring that the grand slam was more than enough to […] READ MORE
Madison Bumgarner Reaches 2000 Strikeouts Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner became the newest member of the 2000 Strikeout Club Wednesday afternoon against the San Diego Padres. It came in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Bumgarner fanned Luke Voit with a high fastball for the second out. Bumgarner is now one of only four […] READ MORE
Caleb Smith: Rubber-Armed Reliever, “Awesome” Teammate The situation was dire Saturday night. Diamondbacks starter Luke Weaver was getting knocked around by the Minnesota Twins, having given up six runs in the third. When he gave up three more in the fourth, his night was over. The Diamondbacks, with an exhausted relief corps, needed length from […] READ MORE
Twins 11, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX, Jun 18 — The Minnesota Twins had every starter notch a hit, batting around in the top of the third en route to an 11–1 blowout victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday night. Designated hitter Gary Sanchez and catcher Ryan Jeffers both homered in the rout. The starters — Luke […] READ MORE
Diamondbacks 7, Twins 2 PHOENIX, Jun 17 — The Arizona Diamondbacks, aided partly by two errors from their normally sure-handed opponents, clubbed 11 hits en route to a 7–2 victory over the Minnesota Twins Friday night. The victory gave Twins left-hander Devin Smeltzer his first loss of the season. Right fielder Jordan Luplow hit two […] READ MORE
Reds 5, Diamondbacks 4 PHOENIX, Jun 13 — Cincinnati Reds designated hitter Brandon Drury smacked a three-run home run, sparking a come-from-behind 5–4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night. The starting pitchers — Diamondbacks righty Merrill Kelly and Reds lefty Mike Minor — traded zeroes in the first two innings. In the bottom of […] READ MORE
PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks hosted the Atlanta Braves for a three-game series Monday through Wednesday. They took the first two games of the series with the defending champions. This series started the day after the Diamondbacks finished being swept in four games by the Los Angeles Dodgers. What an eventful series it was. It […] READ MORE
Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX, May 29 — The Los Angeles Dodgers only had four hits, but they made them count en route to a 3–1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday afternoon. Will Smith slapped a solo home run in the second. An RBI single by Freddie Freeman and RBI groundout by Trea Turner, […] READ MORE
Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 4 PHOENIX, May 27 — Back-to-back second-inning homers off Madison Bumgarner — a three-run blast by Edwin Rios and solo shot by Mookie Betts — gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a lead they never relinquished as they hung on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6–4, Friday night at Chase Field. In the […] READ MORE
Ian Kennedy: Dependable Reliever, Incredible Teammate for the Diamondbacks Relief pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks is finally stabilizing, a welcome sight for the team. It has been a concern for years now. Not one reliever from the 2019 squad remains. No reliever from Opening Day 2020 or 2021 is left, either, at least as a […] READ MORE
Evan is the owner and sole contributor of Thompson Talks, a website discussing the Big Four North American Pro Sports as well as soccer. He also is a credentialed member of the Diamondbacks press corps for Last Word on Baseball. His first and biggest love is baseball.
Evan lives in Mesa, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is the treasurer for the Hemond-Delhi Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and also is a USSF and AIA soccer referee. He released his first book, Volume I of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, in October of 2021.
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