Chris Sale out-pitched the D-backs Ace who had a rough second inning leading to an off night.
The Diamondbacks lost to the Atlanta Braves at Chase Field Tuesday night 6-2. Ace starter Zac Gallen gave up five runs in 5.1 innings. That included a three-run homer to Adam Duvall on his 104th and final pitch. It was an 0-2 curveball that stayed up just enough in the middle of the plate, and the slugger golfed it out to left field, giving Atlanta a 5-0 lead at the time.
Torey Lovullo could be seen speaking to a visibly upset Marte a couple of times in the dugout afterwards. "He was upset that he didn't make the play and that he let the team down in that moment. I just wanted to assure him that he didn't..... I just wanted to get his head right, and just let him know like hey man, ok, it happened, flush it and lets go."
Gallen had shown a velocity spike in his previous outing against the Dodgers, touching 98 and averaging 96. But tonight his fastball average was back down to 94, closer to his season average 93.3. He topped out at 96.7, but said afterwards that he was trying to dial it down a little in favor of better command.
Torey Lovullo said he was little short in the bullpen tonight so he tried to extend Gallen a little longer than he normally would have. "I was piecing it together and I felt like if he gave us six we were going to be a great spot. So I sent him out there and asked him to do a little bit more, 105 pitches, and he just made that mistake to Duvall on an 0-2 curveball and that's part of the game.
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