Baseball Historians

The San Francisco Giants have had little to truly hang their hat on this season, but a sweep of the division leading Diamondbacks is certainly something to get them going in the right direction. After taking the first two games of the series, the Giants struck late against the D’backs bullpen and took the game [...]

The Diamondbacks still lead the NL West, but the margin is growing smaller and smaller. After an 11-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, the Diamondbacks dropped to 3-7 in their last 10 and have lost three straight.
Doug Davis took it right in the chin for the Diamondbacks, not quite the way [...]

The Diamondbacks fell behind early Tuesday against the Giants and could not get back into the game despite scoring late. The Giants jumped out to a 5-0 lead against starter Dan Haren before the Diamondbacks got on the board in the bottom of the fifth. After two more runs in the bottom of the eighth, [...]

Brandon Webb was seemingly unbeatable for a nine game stretch to start the season. Then the Marlins got to him and beat him. Now the Braves got to Webb and put him on a two game losing streak.
Mark Teixeira put little doubt in the minds of anyone as to the outcome of the game. [...]

Micah Owings is quietly putting together a solid season for the Diamondbacks. With teammate Brandon Webb attracting media focus and national attention, Owings is working under the radar and thriving. He allowed the Atlanta Braves just six hits over six innings and only two runs, more than enough to win 9-3.
Chris Young got the game [...]

Chipper Jones. What is there to say about what this guy is doing. His average is at .417 after two more hits today. One of those hits headed up a ninth inning rally to win 3-1 over the Diamondbacks Saturday afternoon.
Chipper led off the inning with a single off Doug Slaten, who was removed [...]

Doug Davis made the triumphant return everyone hoped he would. Davis, diagnosed with typhoid cancer at the end of spring training, underwent successful surgery in early April. He made two rehab starts in the minors before returning to Arizona’s rotation. His return was just the boost the Diamondbacks bats needed.
They knocked a season high five [...]

Brandon Webb had to lose eventually. Sadly, that night came last night. The Marlins did just enough to beat Webb by a score of 3-1.
After a streak of nine straight starts won, it took some timely hits by the Marlins and a lack of offense by the Diamondbacks to find the formula that beat [...]

Micah Owings kept the Diamondbacks in the game with his strong performance, but the offense was unable to come through. The Diamondbacks went 0-8 with runners in scoring position and lost by a count of 3-2. Owings had a career high 10 strikeouts in the game.
The Marlins got the one run that made the [...]

Randy Johnson notched up win number 288 by allowing the Tigers next to nothing on offense in a 4-0 win. The Big Unit was huge, giving up just six hits scattered over seven shut out innings. He tallied up six strikeouts and just one walk.
Mark Reynolds had three hits for the Diamondbacks and Chris [...]

Armando Galarraga allowed just one hit in six innings to the Diamondbacks offense. After a shaky start, he settled down but still finished with five walks. The Tigers used the stellar outing to scrape out with a 3-2 win in the second game of the interleague series.
Two runs were scored in the fifth by the [...]

Jeremy Bonderman finally came through for the Tigers. Too bad they couldn’t come through for him. The pitcher gave up just three runs in six innings, much improved from his previous outings. His big mistake came to Eric Byrnes, who has been slumping. He left a fastball up, and Byrnes made him pay jacking it [...]

I am beginning to run out of ideas and words to describe Brandon Webb. Perfect. Unbeaten. Unconscious. Incredible. You name it, he is it right now. After winning an improbable 12 games in the second half of last year, he has picked up where he left off to win his first nine starts of the [...]

Micah Owings won his fifth game of the year, beating the Rockies 4-3. Owings threw six shutout innings with only five hits allowed and striking out five. His record stands at 5-1.
The Diamondbacks middle infielders provided the spark on offense, Stephen Drew and Orlando Hudson each had two hits in the game. They [...]

The Diamondbacks bats woke up back at home in the desert after going cold in Chicago. The D’backs pounded out 15 hits, 13 off Rockies starter Jeff Francis, on their way to an 8-4 win. Each of the Diamondbacks 1-5 hitters had at least two hits in the game, with Chris Young leading the way [...]

The Diamondbacks took out the Cubs in last years playoffs in a sweep. The Cubs had a little bit of revenge on the D’backs this weekend, by sweeping the series from them. They took the final game by a score of 6-4.
The Diamondbacks bats failed to sow up for the third straight game. It [...]

Max Scherzer bounced back in his second career start. He allowed just one unearned run in six innings, surrendering just five hits. He also struck out five in the game. He left leading 2-1. The bullpen promptly allowed the Cubs to score six in the bottom of the seventh, and the Cubs won 7-2.
Alfonso Soriano [...]

Ted Lilly did it all Friday night. He took the win on the mound, and had the two run single that proved to be the difference in a 3-1 game. Lilly took a 1-0 fastball from Dan Haren and drove it into center field, scoring two runs and putting the Cubs ahead 2-1 at the [...]

Brandon Webb won his eighth (8th) game today by a score of 8-3. His record stands at 8-0.
Today was no different than the previous seven stellar starts Webb has accumulated so far this season. He allowed a first inning run, then did not allow the Phillies to put up more runs until the ninth, [...]

The ball glanced off the glove of Chris Snyder and rolled to the backstop. What was strike three to Shane Victorino turned into a dropped third strike and Victorino racing to first. Snyders throw sailed into the baseline and Conor Jackson went to catch it and collided with Victorino. Jackson left the game, and the [...]

Randy Johnson took one small step closer to win 300 by capturing number 286 on Tuesday beating the Phillies 6-4. He won his second of the season, moving to 2-1. He went six innings giving up six hits and four runs, but also helped his own winning cause with an RBI at the dish.
Stephen Drew [...]

The Phillies offense came out firing on all cylinders, even Jamie Moyer. They pounded out 17 hits and scored 11 runs to win 11-4. Max Scherzer could not duplicate the early successes he found in his debut relief appearance, taking the loss.
The only Phillies starter without a hit was Pat Burrell, and only Ryan [...]

The Diamondbacks were sitting in a 2-2 tie game in the top of the ninth with Chad Qualls on the mound. The Mets offense had been kept quiet all day, but a Conor Jackson error opened the door in the ninth and the Mets capitalized, scoring three runs in the frame to win 5-2. A [...]

Brandon Webb has lost consciousness. Not only has he not racked up a single tally in the loss column this year, but he has yet to have any no decisions. Seven starts, seven wins.
On the day he was named the NL Pitcher of the Month for April, Webb displayed why he won. He went [...]

Max Scherzer struck out seven in 4.1 innings of relief of starter Edgar Gonzalez in a 6-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Gonzalez had a hard time getting anyone out, giving up six runs on eight hits in just 2.2 innings. Scherzer was promptly announced today as being moved into the starting rotation after his [...]

Dan Haren helped himself out in a big way on Monday. His outing on the mound was impressive, going 7.2 innings giving up just a measly five hits and three runs. His RBI double however was a difference maker. He drove a pitch down the right field line to score Stephen Drew for the first [...]

The Diamondbacks won two of three against the Padres this weekend. The victories were by a score of 5-1 and 2-1 and the loss was by a score of 8-7 on Saturday.
Brandon Webb won his sixth consecutive decision Sunday, improving to 6-0 on the season. He lowered his ERA to 1.98 in outdueling reigning [...]

Brandon Webb must have forgotten what it feels like to lose, or he just did not like the feeling. After winning again on Tuesday 5-4, his record now stands at 5-0 for the season. He is the first to 5 wins among all MLB pitchers.
Webb got hit around a little bit early, giving up three [...]

Micah Owings won his fourth game of the season yesterday, against no losses. He matched teammate Brandon Webb for the NL lead in wins with the victory. He had the Giants offense off balance all day, allowing just two runs in the 4-2 win.
Owings was backed by three solo homers. Eric Byrnes, Mark Reynolds, and [...]

Conor Jackson has been named the National League Player of the Week for his searing hot week. Jackson had 12 hits in 25 at bats for an average of .480. He led all players with 10 RBI’s in the week, as well as two doubles and three homers while scoring 10 runs.
Jackson had a [...]