The D-backs fell into a large deficit early behind a rough outing from their starter as they lost game three of their series against the Giants.
The Diamondbacks lost 9-3 to the Giants in the final game of their three-game homestand, taking the series 2-1, behind Jordan Montgomery's roughest outing of the season. They are now 29-33, half a game behind the Giants, and 1.5 games back of a Wild Card spot.
It only worsened from there for Monty. Three singles, a walk and a towering grand slam off the bat of Wilmer Flores later, the lefty exited to boos from the Chase Field crowd and a 6-1 deficit. He did not record a single out in the inning, and his ERA ballooned up to 7.18. The D-backs' offense did have plenty of chances to strike, but failed to put together the necessary lopsided inning. Arizona went 2-for-14 with RISP, managing just three runs on nine hits. Joc Pederson walked with the bases loaded to force in a run, and Pavin Smith smashed a solo home run to right field in the fifth, pulling within three, but that was all the offense could muster.
D-backs arms were anything but efficient. In one of the lengthiest games of the year, spanning 3 hours and 30 minutes, Arizona set a franchise record for most pitches thrown by their staff in a nine-inning game, with 220 pitches thrown. Only 123 of them were thrown for strikes, good for a just-below 56% strike rate.
“I think there were some mistakes, there were some inconsistencies with his ability to land the secondary stuff, spot up the fastball… He wanted to soldier on, I can guarantee you… but there was such a big number in that third inning, I wanted to protect him.”
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