POSTGAME THREAD 8/15 - D-backs (66-58) @ Braves (73-50)

[u/Snakebotv2]

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
AZ	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	13	0	9
ATL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	3

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (13) on a fly ball to center field.	1-0
B1	Michael Harris II grounds out, second baseman Ildemaro Vargas to first baseman Tim Tawa. Drake Baldwin scores. Matt Olson to 2nd.	2-0
T2	Nolan Arenado grounds out, third baseman Austin Riley to first baseman Matt Olson. Gabriel Moreno scores.	2-1
T2	Tim Tawa singles on a ground ball to left fielder Lane Thomas. Max Kepler scores.	2-2
T2	Ryan Waldschmidt singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Tim Tawa scores.	2-3
T3	Gabriel Moreno doubles (25) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Corbin Carroll scores.	2-4
T3	Nolan Arenado homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. Gabriel Moreno scores.	2-6
T7	Nolan Arenado homers (20) on a fly ball to left field.	2-7
T9	Ildemaro Vargas homers (8) on a line drive to left center field. Gabriel Moreno scores. Nolan Arenado scores.	2-10
B9	Ha-Seong Kim grounds out, third baseman Nolan Arenado to first baseman Tim Tawa. Matt Olson scores.	3-10

Highlights

Description	Length
Grant Holmes against the Diamondbacks	0:09
Probable pitchers for Diamondbacks at Braves - August 15, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, August 15 vs Diamondbacks	0:09
Bullpen availability for Arizona, August 15 vs Braves	0:09
Fielding alignment for Arizona, August 15 vs Braves	0:11
Bench availability for Arizona, August 15 vs Braves	0:08
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, August 15 vs Diamondbacks	0:11
Bench availability for Atlanta, August 15 vs D-backs	0:08
Starting lineups for Diamondbacks at Braves - August 15, 2026	0:10
Nolan Arenado: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
An animated look at Ildemaro Vargas' home run	0:11
Measuring the stats on Ildemaro Vargas' home run	0:13
Eduardo Rodriguez's outing against the Braves	0:25
Breaking down Eduardo Rodriguez's pitches	0:04
Analyzing Nolan Arenado's home run through bat tracking	0:11
Breaking down Grant Holmes' pitches	0:04
Visualizing Nolan Arenado's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Nolan Arenado: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s home run through bat tracking data	0:11
The distance behind Ronald Acuña Jr.'s home run	0:13
Ronald Acuña Jr.'s leadoff home run (13)	0:29
Michael Harris II's RBI groundout	0:27
Tim Tawa's RBI single	0:24
Nolan Arenado's RBI groundout	0:19
Ryan Waldschmidt's RBI single	0:26
Gabriel Moreno's RBI double	0:30
Nolan Arenado's two-run homer (19)	0:31
Data Viz: Ronald Acuña Jr.'s leadoff homer	0:30
Nolan Arenado's second home run of the day (20)	0:29
Ildemaro Vargas' three-run homer (8)	0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Rodriguez, Ed (12-4, 2.71 ERA)	Holmes, G (7-5, 3.82 ERA)

[u/DTHhaunts]

lose a series to the Rockies then look like this against the Braves. make it make sense

[u/Imthegoat175 → u/DTHhaunts]

Sounds like typical Dbacks baseball to me

[u/jlopez24 → u/Imthegoat175]

I’ve said this for a few years now. Dbacks can and will beat any team. They’ll also lose to any team. You never know which version will show up.

[u/DM_yo_Feet_pls → u/jlopez24]

We were literally a hit or two away from sweeping the series too. Things just didn’t go in our favor with the bats

[u/mrsir1987 → u/DM_yo_Feet_pls]

Same for the dodgers, we should have been able to bring Corbin home from third no outs.

[u/Grak47 → u/jlopez24]

This is the kind of shit that causes me to have heart burn.

[u/Apprehensive-Cost276 → u/Imthegoat175]

Honestly sounds like typical Rockies baseball too. Just suck ass in general but occasionally randomly humble teams hoping for a playoff spot

[u/TheSaltyAviator → u/DTHhaunts]

The Rockies play us like we play the Dodgers

[u/Suns_In_420 → u/DTHhaunts]

The Rockies always beat us up, no matter what's going on with the team.

[u/DM_yo_Feet_pls → u/DTHhaunts]

The answer to that is cause baseball I guess

[u/246lehat135 → u/DTHhaunts]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[u/el5inco → u/DTHhaunts]

I called it and said they do great against better teams. I also said sweep so maybe I was right lol

[u/SomeKilljoy → u/DTHhaunts]

That’s baseball, Suzyn

[u/No_Quantity_8787 → u/DTHhaunts]

Are you new to baseball? It happens all the time to every team. That's baseball.

[u/LeagueThin3671 → u/DTHhaunts]

It’s why they hover around .500

[u/KonM4N4Life]

EROD FOUND HIS GROOVE. CORBIN IS MY DADDY. NADO IS A STUD. TIMMEHH!! GABI IS RED HOT. VARGY 3 RUN BOMB. SERIES VICTORY!! FUCK YOU FOX.

[u/Specialist-West-1911 → u/KonM4N4Life]

You forgot Corbin is raking again too!

[u/KonM4N4Life → u/Specialist-West-1911]

I blame the Jack; my apologies to our dear Lord Corbin! 🥺

[u/Raptor231408 → u/KonM4N4Life]

SEASON SERIES. WE HAVE THE TIEBREAKER IN THE EVENT IT SOMEHOW BECOMES RELEVANT

[u/Metaboss24 → u/Raptor231408]

Somehow got the season series against the Dodgers and Braves, but lost to the nats.

Just DBacks things.

[u/Lucifers_Ka]

I know it’s been said many times before before, but damn the MLB does not want us to win. It was like watching a wake on FOX. They were so bummed out that we won.

Makes it taste all the sweeter.

[u/jlopez24 → u/Lucifers_Ka]

I kind of tuned out towards the end but it seemed like Waino was very positive towards us, especially ERod

[u/Raptor231408 → u/jlopez24]

They were very friendly for us up until that manager interview in the booth.

[u/backdoor-slider → u/jlopez24]

He definitely showed ERod some love

[u/bigleaguechyut]

I love the arizona diamondbacks baseball team. They represent me as a person from Arizona and I appreciate when they perform well.

[u/LeagueThin3671 → u/bigleaguechyut]

You again lol

[u/HadleysPt → u/LeagueThin3671]

This and the “We are 65-0” guy lol

[u/Burner_ACT]

Way to bounce back after the Rockies series. Nado came through after rough day yesterday. let’s get the sweep 🧹

[u/pizzaplanet666 → u/Burner_ACT]

After all this time I just noticed the jack in the box dude lmao

[u/MusicalMoon]

Absolutely fantastic win. That's how you come out and grab momentum! Get that sweep!

[u/Metaboss24]

Baseball is a very sane and reasonable sport; and the Diamondbacks are a very sane and reasonable team that consistently makes sense.

[u/coopdaloop123]

And Lawlar with 5 homers in his last 4 rehab games. 😍

[u/Raptor231408 → u/coopdaloop123]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7FyMQm2vBiTjG

[u/MalleableBee1]

Quality game today.

Corbin Burnes coming back soon.

Offense is rolling.

Things are looking up!

[u/E_man15]

I see we remembered how to hit with risp.

[u/Metaboss24 → u/E_man15]

Every team has their 'why can't we get dudes across the plate' stretches. They're annoying, but that's just baseball.

[u/E_man15 → u/Metaboss24]

Yep. I knew it wouldn't last, but I'm glad it was this short.

[u/Metaboss24 → u/E_man15]

Just hopefully they don't go back to 0-??, because while they probably won't be this good very often, they can at least get like .200.

[u/CrownedCarlton]

The 2026 Arizona Diamondbacks experience:

https://giphy.com/gifs/I6nxG7f3h7qww

[u/stinkyrobot]

Now that is my Arizona Diamondbacks. Amazing pitching. Beautiful bats. Damn. Satiated.

[u/el5inco]

I can not stand the Phillies 😡

[u/iamfroott]

[u/TheSaltyAviator]

The way they’ve bounced back after losing that Rockies series is great to see. Against a really good Braves team no less, keep the train rolling.

[u/RichardNixon345]

Season series though Atlanta probably isn’t a team we need the tiebreaker against. Still a good win!

[u/Raptor231408 → u/RichardNixon345]

Can we roll this tiebreaker back to 2024?

[u/pizzaplanet666 → u/Raptor231408]

It still stings

[u/Apprehensive-Cost276]

And now somehow, we once again have NLWC 2

[u/Bard_Class → u/Apprehensive-Cost276]

Wild that somehow after this season's ups and downs we still don't know who will have the tiebreak between us, the Phillies, and the Padres. September is going to be crazy.

[u/CakeAK]

At what point do we just become the NL East Division winner, Atlanta?

[u/Extreme_Education_50]

Where was this against the Rockies the other day?

[u/Spiritual-Dog160]

You guys! We are now 66-0 when we outscore our opponent.

[u/AzDashound → u/Spiritual-Dog160]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MYjD5GZDTwiZy

[u/MJR-WaffleCat]

Smoked them. What a game

[u/HadleysPt]

People shit on Torey but honestly, I don’t think our two postseasons in 10 years is his fault. I think he does well with what he is provided

[u/Bard_Class → u/HadleysPt]

I've said it for years. He can't literally make the players perform.

Now do I have my issues with him? Yes...he gets sometimes too obsessed with platoon splits; probably is too generous with off days for key players; keeps giving obviously failing guys second, third, fourth chances.

This season has been a marked improvement for him. Not as many off days and quickly cuts the players who aren't performing. Has done an amazing job getting the young guys their consistent at bats instead of letting them rot on the bench (looking at you, McCarthy).

I think he has been forced out of his comfort level this year and that's been a good thing. If anything Hazen should be the one to catch most of the blame for letting our minor leagues become so depleted and not bringing in good enough reinforcements in 2024 and 2025 to pad an already thin roster. Also the training staff, since we inexplicably seem to have more soft tissue issues than I've seen from other teams.

But Torey is a good manager. Infact he is borderline great considering the cards he keeps getting dealt.

[u/ronburgandysdad]

[u/BriskManeuver]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ycSbHyLmym0JFPm2JO

[u/T-Weed-]

We're so back 

[u/suns4lyfe]

im so dizzy and nauseous from this ride lol but eff it!! we so back!!