Diamondbacks pitchers didn't record a single strikeout and walked eight Dodgers.
The Diamondbacks dropped the first game against the Dodgers, 8-4. It was a tough night for the bullpen, who allowed six runs that allowed Los Angeles to blow the game open. Arizona pitchers did not record a strikeout and walked eight on the night. It's the ninth time since the 1998 season that a team accomplished that ignominious feat.
Most of those runs came in a four-run fifth inning when Andrew Saalfrank and Scott McGough walked five Dodgers. Three of those walks came around to score on a pair of two-run doubles, turning a 2-1 game into a 6-1 rout. Lovullo said that Saalfrank's delivery looked out of sync and did not make the adjustments to get back in the strike zone.
They had another chance in the fifth, as they attempted to answer the Dodgers' big inning with one of their own. After loading the bases with one out, Eugenio Suarez singled to bring the tying run to the plate. Randal Grichuk hit a sacrifice fly to deep center and Gabriel Moreno grounded out to short. The D-backs never threatened from that point onward against the Dodgers bullpen, who allowed just a single and a walk over the final four innings.
"I just felt a little out of whack, it was one of those days from that standpoint," said Henry."I feel like they happen, you just got to fully commit to not battling yourself. There's a temptation to try to find it or you make a ton of changes. I just tried to throw that out the window today and compete with the hitter, and do the best we could to stay in this game."
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