Brandon Pfaadt faltered in the fifth, Framber Valdez stymied the offense, and Jose Herrera got hurt as D-backs drop series opener 8-0.
The Arizona Diamondbacks were blown out Friday night by the Houston Astros 8-0. Their record dropped to 79-63 and the lead over the Braves and Mets in the NL Wild Card standings has shrunk to just 1.5 games. Both of those teams hold the tie breaker over Arizona due to head to head records.
But the fifth inning bug bit him, as it so often does. Singles by Mauricio Dubon and Jose Altuve set up Yordan Alvarez. The big left fielder got a fastball up and in, and launched it 407 feet into the right field bleachers for a three-run homer. His by inning split tells a story of a player that might get fatigued past the fourth inning.
With 165 innings thrown in just his second major league season, Pfaadt appears to have hit a wall, posting a 6.25 ERA over his last eight starts. Corbin Carroll's on-base streak in 44 consecutive starts came to an end with an 0-4 night including two strikeouts. The Diamondbacks were out-hit 12-2.
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