Series recap: Diamondbacks at Marlins
Friday night Diamondbacks 9, Marlins 2:
Arizonas Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, had four RBI and tied his career high with four hits. Marlins starter Kevin Slowey allowed six runs and seven hits in three innings.
Saturday night Diamondbacks 1, Marlins 0:
The Marlins managed just three hits off Arizonas Brandon McCarthy, who earned his third career shutout. Gerardo Parra homered...
Dugout Digest - finally in the win column
Diamondbacks starter Brandon McCarthy was having a hard luck year, to put it mildly. While his 5.63 ERA coming into Saturday night's tilt with the Marlins wasn't pretty, McCarthy was the victim of some bad luck, and still hadn't put a notch in the win column. In his last start against the Phillies, McCarthy threw eight shutout innings and was in line for the win...until...
D-backs look to finish off sweep, win fifth straight
Facing an offensively challenged Miami team that's been particularly bad against left-handers lately, Wade Miley appears to be in a good spot to rebound from his worst outing of the season.
Miley will try to keep the Marlins' bats quiet and lead the Diamondbacks to their fifth straight win in the finale of a three-game series at Marlins Park on Sunday.
The D-backs (25-18...
Brandon McCarthy Rebounds With Shutout of Marlins
Brandon McCarthy was dominant on Saturday, blanking the Miami Marlins for his first win not only with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but also since being struck in the head with an Erick Aybar line-drive on August 5, 2012 against the Los Angeles Angels.
McCarthy registered his third career shutout (his first since September 3, 2011 against the Seattle Mariners) in a 1-0 victory over the...
Diamondbacks 1, Marlins 0
Brandon McCarthy pitched a three-hitter for his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night.
Gerardo Parra led off the game with a home run for Arizona, which has won four in a row while dealing the Marlins a season-long seven-game losing streak.
McCarthy (1-3) struck out five...
Marlns shut out by Diamondbacks
MIAMI Brandon McCarthy pitched a three-hit complete-game shutout for his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Miami Marlins 1-0 Saturday night.
Gerardo Parra led off the game with a home run for Arizona, which has won four in a row while dealing the Marlins a season-long seven-game losing streak.
McCarthy...
McCarthy throws shutout as D-backs win fourth straight
MIAMI (AP) -- Brandon McCarthy pitched a three-hit complete-game shutout, earning his first win since being struck in the head by a line drive last season, in the Diamondbacks' 1-0 victory over the Marlins on Saturday night.
Gerardo Parra led off the game with a home run for Arizona, which has won four in a row and extended Miami's season-long losing streak to seven games...
MLB Game Picks - Saturday: May 18, 2013
Ten correct picks out of fifteen is nothing to sneeze at. But I still have to laugh at picking the Marlins to win. Heh. What a dope. The logic behind that pick was that the Marlins--as bad as they are--are still going to win 50 games this season. So you have to pick them once in a while. Yesterday was not that day.
A lot of the correct picks were sort of lucky. The Astros coughed...
Daily Fantasy Baseball Primer for 5/18/13
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Recommendations are based on previous history, current streaks, and advantageous match ups against underperforming pitchers.
Night Games for Saturday, May 18th 2013
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High Dollar Play: A.J Burnett vs. Astros...
It’s time for MLB to protect its pitchers
It has become increasingly clear that Major League Baseball must protect its pitchers. On May 7, 2013, when Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was struck in the base of the skull by a ferocious line drive that rocketed off of the bat of Tampa Bay outfielder Desmond Jennings, we were given a reminder about one of the genuinely dangerous aspects of playing baseball. Happ had essentially...
McCarthy's best outing of year goes for naught
PHOENIX -- Brandon McCarthy was not consulted, in large part because his answer was obvious. Certainly he would have wanted to remain in the game after pitching eight shutout innings against the Phillies on Sunday.
Starting pitchers do not want to stop.
But after McCarthy was removed with a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning, the game quickly turned in favor of the Phillies, who ended...
Phillies 4, Diamondbacks 2(10)
Ryan Howard looped a two-run single to right field in the 10th inning after Philadelphia scored twice in the ninth to tie it, lifting the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Shut down by Brandon McCarthy for the first eight innings, the Phillies scored two runs in the ninth against fill-in Diamondbacks closer Heath Bell.
Jimmy Rollins singled with one...
Blown save spoils McCarthy gem in D-backs' loss
PHOENIX (AP) -- Ryan Howard looped a two-run single to right field in the 10th inning after Philadelphia scored twice in the ninth to tie it, lifting the Phillies to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Shut down by Brandon McCarthy for the first eight innings, the Phillies scored two runs in the ninth against fill-in Diamondbacks closer Heath Bell.
Jimmy Rollins...
McCarthy seeks first win in D-backs' finale with Phillies
On a staff with a couple of other big-name pitchers, Kyle Kendrick has been the unexpected ace for the Phillies so far. The surprising Kendrick will try to win his fourth straight start and lead the Phillies to a winning record on their West Coast swing Sunday when they close it out against the Diamondbacks.
Philadelphia (17-21) snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to...
PROTECTION PLAN
McCarthy not a fan of pitcher helmets
Pitcher Brandon McCarthy was hit in the head by a comebacker last year and despite what happened to JA Happ, doesn't think any headgear to protect pitchers is good enough.
What to Do After a J.A. Happ-like Accident
J.A. Happ got hit in the head by a line-drive comebacker. When the same thing happened to Doug Fister, he got lucky; when the same thing happened to Brandon McCarthy, he also got lucky, if you understand that “luck” can go both ways, like “accelerate”. Happ is fortunate in that he seems to be doing well, but the scene at the time was terrifying, with Happ on the ground and...
McCarthy: Pitcher protection easier said than done
LOS ANGELES -- Brandon McCarthy knows what it is like to be hit in the head full force by a baseball. He also knows what it will take to provide viable protection for a pitcher: good old entrepreneurship. Greed, even.
Weve put things on the moon before, so I feel like we can create some sort of device that fits over your head and protects you, McCarthy said.
Its going to be a money...
J.A. Happ, Brandon McCarthy Show Pitchers Should Wear Helmets or Player Will Eventually Die on Field
Beginning with the 2008 season, base coaches at all levels of professional baseball were required to wear helmets. But, as sad as it is, it appears that baseball has all but forgotten the reason why the game decided to bring about that change.
On July 22, 2007 — less than a month into his coaching career — Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh was struck by a line drive...
JA Happ in good condition at Tampa area hospital
After last night's horrific injury during, the Blue Jays-Rays game, Toronto pitcher JA Happ is in "good condition" and "good spirits", and could be released from the hospital today. The Tampa Bay Times has the statement from Happ.
"I'm in good spirits. I definitely appreciate the support of the baseball community. It's been overwhelming, the...
McCarthy's has deserved better, metric suggests
PHOENIX -- Analytics helped Brandon McCarthy redefine his pitching style three years ago. Now they are keeping him sane.
McCarthy believes, and the Diamondbacks concur, that he is throwing the ball much better than the 0-3 record and 7.48 ERA that he will bring into Wednesdays start against San Francisco indicates.
He just might be right.
The new math is on his side.
In McCarthys...
McCarthy eyes first win; D-backs eye fourth straight
The Diamondbacks' Brandon McCarthy once again couldn't avoid a big inning when he faced the Rockies last weekend.
When he takes the mound against them Friday night, the right-hander will again seek his first win as he tries to help lead the Diamondbacks to a season-high-tying fourth straight victory.
McCarthy (0-2, 7.06 ERA) has allowed 15 of his 19 runs in just four of...
McCarthy, D-backs try to cool red-hot Rockies
The Rockies' Juan Nicasio and the Diamondbacks' Brandon McCarthy have lofty ERAs this season, but the two have experienced differing results.
Nicasio will try to stay unbeaten while leading the surging Rockies to a ninth straight win Sunday against the Diamondbacks and the winless McCarthy.
Nicasio (2-0, 5.63 ERA) is one of the pitchers to benefit from Colorado's longest...
McCarthy starts in series opener vs. Yankees
The Diamondbacks will make their first visit to new Yankee Stadium after the site shift in 2009. The trip always conjures memories of the 2001 World Series, although Yankee pitchers Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte and former D-back and current Yankees first baseman Lyle Overbay are the only players from either team still active.
At 8-4, the D-backs are off to their best start...
McCarthy, Montero out of sync in D-backs' loss
PHOENIX Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy said after his start Tuesday that he threw perhaps better than he ever had before, which is odd considering the first-year D-back is now 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA after a 6-5 loss to the Pirates.
"That was as well as I've thrown a baseball in my professional career, without a doubt," a visibly perturbed McCarthy said...
McCarthy, Montero out of sync in D-backs' loss
PHOENIX Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy said after his start Tuesday that he threw perhaps better than he ever had before, which is odd considering the first-year D-back is now 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA after a 6-5 loss to the Pirates.
"That was as well as I've thrown a baseball in my professional career, without a doubt," a visibly perturbed McCarthy said...
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