Game SummaryKetel Martes left hamstring has left a very large shadow over this victory by the Diamondbacks. His hamstring strain in the top of the 1st seemed to be a gut punch that took Pfaadt and the offense a couple innings to recover from, but recover they did. Corbin Carroll launched a pair of home runs and Randal Grichuk hit the go-ahead 2-run double in the 7th with 2 outs and 2 strikes to give the Diamondbacks the final margin of Pfaadt went 6 innings once again, but a Quality Start eluded him this time when he gave up a solo home run with 2 outs in the 6th. The bullpen did very un-Diamondback-like bullpen things by slamming the door shut over the final 3 innings. With every passing game, Im getting more and more confident in this pen. JMart notched his first save of the year with AJ Puk coming on in the 8th to face the big lefties at the top of the Nats news to come on Ketels balky hamstring, Im sure, but for now, the only tea leaves we have say that Tim Tawa was not in the Reno Aces starting lineup tonightafter the homer by Corbin. The first was called back because the home plate umpire determined he interfered with the catchers throw to second Corbin Burnes Jersey. A few pitches after the first attempt, Hampson tried again and was successful, but was for naught as Pavin struck out to end the Nationals returned the TOOTBLAN favor with a running error of their own when James Wood took off on a steal attempt too early and Pfaadt was able to back off the rubber and throw him out at Pfaadt has really eased into the game after the rough first inning. 74 pitches to get through 5 with a ton of looked to be cruising the finish line in the 6th, striking out 3 straight batters and still just under 90 pitches for the night, but then Nathaniel Lowe rocketed a homer to the home bullpen with 2 outs and tied the game and took some air out of his sails. Pfaadt did a good job to not let it unravel on him and retired the next batter quickly, but oh so close to back-to-back quality cant buy a base hit to start the year. He tried to lay down a bunt in the 7th against the new lefty reliever, but he bunted straight back to the pitcher and was easily Grichuk called in to pinch hit for Pavin with a lefty reliever on the mound. Got into an 0-2 hole with 2 outs and runners on the corners and Grichuk drilled a 99 MPH fastball off the right field wall to score both Miller got the call in the 7th and only needed 12 pitches to retire his 3 batters Custom Jersey. Still, hes likely unavailable for tomorrows game after throwing 2 days in a and Naylor combined for a huge first out in the 8th. A weak grounder to short by Jacob Young was a difficult play to make because of how fast Young is. Domo charged and made a quick transition to throwing and Naylor had a big stretch to get the throw just before Young reached first. Great play!Nathaniel Lowe has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball to start the year, including starting tonight 2/3 with a homer. He led off the ninth against JMart with the platoon advantage. JMart quickly jumped ahead to a 1-2 count, Lowe worked it back full, then Martinez dropped a filthy splitter below the zone that Lowe couldnt lay off. Awesome pitch on his way to his first save of the of the GameCorbin Carroll and Randal Grichuk will share the crown on tonight. Corbin hit 2 homers clocked at 110. 7 and 111. 8 MPHfor a total of 3 RBI. Grichuk did his professional hitter things with the deciding blow launched just out of the reach of Dylan Crews in right for a 2 RBI double. That hard hit would have been a home run in 14/30 ballparks!Honorable Mentions to the bullpen of Miller, Puk, JMart for slamming the door with 3 innings of 2-hit ball and 2 of the NightThere were a total of 273 comments in the GDT at time of publishing. COTN goes to jeffern51 as the most Recd comment for his words on Shelby Miller:Coming UpThe D-backs face the Nats in the second game of this three game set tomorrow at 1:05pm Arizona time Kyle Nelson Jersey. It will be a matchup of lefties as Eduardo Rodriguez faces off with Mitchell Parker. Will Tim Tawa get his first Major League action?

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