Friday, July 12, 2013

Thank you, Will Harris!


The Arizona Diamondbacks are in first place in the NL West, despite the fact wins do not come easy.

In fact, it is down right hard for the D'backs to add that W to the left side of the ledger.

Once again Patrick Corbin took the mound for Arizona tonight at Chase Field. Once again the Diamondbacks can't support Corbin offensively. Just three hits tonight through seven innings, but somehow Corbin gets the job done as he strikes out 10 and leaves the mound with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning with a 2-1 lead.

In comes reliever Will Harris to face Milwaukee's hard-hitting Carlos Gomez. Harris needed a strike out to keep the Diamondbacks in the lead and keep Corbin in line for his 11th win.

Harris strikes out Gomez. Corbin cheers from the dugout.

What follows is a string of relievers: J.J. Putz, Tony Sipp and Heath Bell in the eighth.

And in the ninth, hold your breath, in comes David Hernandez.

The hard-throwing Hernandez gets a fly out and then strikes out the next two batters as the Diamondbacks beat the Brewers, 2-1.

Whew!

The D'backs bullpen allows no runs tonight and strands six runners!

Gotta love it. Arizona improves to 49-44, Corbin heads for the All-Star game with an 11-1 record, and the D'backs head for the weekend looking for a sweep of the Brewers.


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