Arizona Baseball: The Diamondbacks, the Wildcats...and the TOTS
from the desk of Dan Price
Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks lost all three games in Atlanta: 6-5, 9-8, and 5-2. The Diamondbacks (4-6) head to Colorado and end their current road trip with a three-game series with the Rockies on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks in hitting with a .311 batting average. Marte, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Christian Walker are tied in homers with three, while Gurriel Jr. leads the club in RBI with 11. Zac Gallen leads the pitching staff with a 2-0 record and an ERA of 0.82.
Arizona Wildcats
The Wildcats are rolling. Arizona improved to 17-13 overall and 10-5 in the Pac-12 Conference with a sweep of California in Berkeley over the weekend. The Wildcats won the opener 5-3, the second game 5-0, and capped off the sweep on Sunday 7-3, riding the pitching of starter Clark Candiotti (3-1), who struck out six in five innings of work.
Cam Walty improved to 5-1 with a seven-inning gem during Game 2. Walty struck out eight and allowed just six hits. Emilio Corona hit his sixth homer of the season in the fourth inning with a solo shot. In Game 1, Jackson Kent had a nice outing with six strong innings, allowing just two runs. He walked three and struck out six. Casey Hintz (2-1) picked up the win in relief.
The 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
The TOTS will take the field today (4-8-24) at Tucson Udall Park and try to keep the flyballs to a minimum. After all, today's first pitch will be around 10:06 this morning, just in time for the eclipse.
The players say the umpires will have it easy this morning. 'They can't see anyway.'
As for the players, nothing bothers the TOTS. Not even an eclipse!
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