Swept In Miami: Dbacks 0, Marlins 2
· Yahoo Sports
The Dbacks were swept on Thursday for the second straight series against the Marlins dating back to last season and are now back at .500 on the season. They were shut out for the second straight day for the first time since July of last season. Not great notes.
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Merrill Kelly did his job today going 6 strong innings allowing only 2 ER’s as he rebounded nicely from his previous start. Kelly did a great job today moving the ball around, changing speeds, and making big pitches when he needed to. He had some nice quick innings, and was able to limit the traffic on the bases. A very Merrill Kelly-esque start.
The offense simply could not get anything going today against the Marlins pitching as they were held to just 3 hits. I had the sense the offense may be in trouble today when the pregame was talking about how good of a splitter Marlins starter Phillips has as that really seems to be a pitch that causes this offense trouble. The Dbacks had some chances today with runners on base, unfortunately they couldn’t come through with the big hit going 0-7 with RISP and 2-30 on the series with RISP. Honestly there is really nothing to report here on the offense that is positive so I’m not really going to try.
You have to be leaving this series feeling like this was really a missed opportunity for this team. Especially given how well things were rolling just a couple of weeks ago when they were 7 games over .500. The Dbacks had an opportunity in this series against a young team with 2 pretty under-the-radar starting pitchers going for the Marlins. Especially after they battled well in the first game aginast Meyer and that felt like a game they could’ve won. Unfortunately it was the other 2 starters that really stymied the Dbacks offense as they failed to score the final 2 games of the series allowing the Marlins to complete the sweep.
The Dbacks will head to Cincinnati this afternoon as they desperately need to get this offense back on track. At lease the ballpark there has been good for offensive production in the past, and the team will get a couple of guys with ERA’s in the 4’s and 5’s, but no matter where they are or who they are facing the at bats really need to improve. Especially with guys on base. Here’s to hoping things will get better tomorrow.