Two seasons ago, the Diamondbacks suffered humiliation in Milwaukee. This time, they dashed the Brewers' aspirations of a deep playoff run.
MILWAUKEE — There was a stench that emanated off of Torey Lovullo as he stood adjacent to his team’s dugout. It was a hard-earned aroma for the manager — his beer-stained shirt slung over his shoulder like a trophy. He looked out at his team celebrating on the American Family Field diamond following its 5-2 win over the to clinch the NL wild-card series. It was in this exact dugout two years ago when Lovullo gathered his players and yelled at them.
I just really tried to stay in attack mode.” It was an up-and-down season for Arizona, which started July in first place and 15 games above .500. By Aug. 11, the Diamondbacks were two games below .500, three games back of the third wild card with remote chances of winning the NL West. But this team regrouped, the young core unfazed by the midseason failures. Now, who won the division doesn’t matter. Only the next five games, which will determine who advances to the NLCS.
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