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of the seventh against christian walker, now andre scrubb will work in the eighth inning, one-run lead dealing with escobar who had that great defensive play. if you like it happens that way, you make a good play and when your team needs you you lead off the next inning. >> eric: he had a grinding at-bat to end up with a single. >> adam: punched on the groun ground, three pitches -- two down as he has retired both batters, one away in the eighth. >> eric: basically a two-pitch pitcher. he's going to throw a cutter or a curveball. what makes them effective pcs got a 15-mile-per-hour difference. throws off the timing. just two pitches.

>> adam: peralta on base all three times, has an rbi tonight. we mentioned scrubb getting the opportunity because of so many injuries. obviously alvarez the outstanding rookie of the year out with an undisclosed injury. the rest of the guys all on the staff, his injury was the one that brought andre scrubb. roberto osuna injuries will bring on tommy john surgery. shohei otani is one of the guys who was suffered in corey kluber isn't pitching with an injury. >> eric: i'll tell you,

something i saw the other day, it was sad to see mike', just bg off the mound and a ruptured achilles. >> adam: done for the season, the 23-year-old had a great year last year. it's been disappointing to see -- now max scherzer is dealing with injury as well. he tweaked his hamstring after one inning in yesterday's game. a lot of shorthanded rotations around baseball, including the nationals. 3-2. breaking ball right back to scrubb, two up, two down in the eighth. >> eric: he's doing a nice job keeping these guys off balance,

two pitches -- real slow curveball and a cutter. >> adam: nine pitches to get three outs, all of them on the ground. here's carson kelly. we mentioned andy young who was on deck was part of that trade for paul goldschmidt, carson kelly was part of that trade as well. same deal with tomorrow's arizona starter luke weaver to the mound in their first contest against the san diego padres. how about that padres-dodgers finish last night? chris taylor getting a walk-off assist in what was a really fun series, the dodgers ended up taking 2 of 3. >> eric: the padres are for real.

they played the dodgers extremely well -- it's ironic, the thing that has faulted them so far in the season has been their bullpen and that was expected to be their strength. but this national league west, there are no easy games. >> adam: nolan arenado is finally starting to heat up, he's had a couple of big blasts in the last week. >> eric: how about the rockies starting pitching. they've been doing a fantastic job. >> adam: nice breaking ball from scrubb, he gets carson kelly and ends the inning 1-2-3. carlos correa will bat second for the astros who have a 4-3 lead. ♪

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pizza! pizza! >> adam: diamondbacks trail by one as we hit the ninth, astros coming up. it will be junior guerra on for the sixth time, he has not allowed a run or a hit just yet. he will face gurriel, correa, and reddick. went after him with a fastball. this is the first time this year that junior guerra, the 35-year-old veteran's pitching back-to-back days for the diamondbacks. he pitched a scoreless seventh in their blowout win yesterday. >> eric: he's got great stuff. torey lovullo wants to use him the seventh or eighth, get the ball theoretically to bradley in the ninth.

a little surprised they are not using bradley right now, just to get him some work. they want to keep it at a one-run ball game. >> adam: he gets the strikeout to start the inning, archie bradley as you mention had a lot of time, he hasn't pitched in the month of august yet. >> eric: with the way extra innings are set up, you can get him an ending right here, get a little bit of work. no assurance you're going to tie the game here. >> adam: here is correa. bradley last appeared on july 31st against the dodgers, only made three appearances -- a nonsave situation, understand it but they had a discussion about

getting him some work. if you were going to see him in a game with the diamondbacks were down, this would probably be the best position to put him in, you have some high leverage outs. >> eric: the only argument is you're going to san diego. >> adam: that could be. >> eric: you could conceivably need to use him in a couple days in a row. >> adam: he is not just a one inning guy, he can give you five outs. 1-2 to correa, tomahawked to short, he took walker off the bag.

>> eric: it felt like ahmed had a bit more time. took walker off the bag. he's not even in the pitcher. >> adam: now correa is on board. swings away, first-pitch fastball. peralta, two down. they will rule that as a throwing error on nick ahmed as

we expected, the fifth diamondback error. here is tucker, 0 for 3. >> eric: if the diamondbacks can get out of this unscathed down one run, you've got young, ahmed, marte. >> adam: good sliding play by ketel marte. you mentioned that, marte will bat third. diamondbacks down to the last out here in the rubber game.

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it's not really bothering him anymore. with roberto osuna's injury, ryan pressly made his 2020 debut last saturday against the angels, the best candidate to take over that closer role and he's got a chance tonight facing young, ahmed, and marte in the ninth. >> eric: he's got the experience and he was unhittable for a stretch last year. if he can stay healthy, he will be the answer for these astros. >> adam: there is young, got his first major league rbi back in the sixth inning to caps off that three run arizona sixth before the two ron bregman home run in the eighth. 2-0 on the young. >> eric: you've almost got to be taking right here unless you

get something up that you can drive in the gap. your job is to get down to first base. that's a good cut. good pitch to offer at. >> adam: he has been dealing with a sore elbow during portions of summer camp. as you said, he's got experien experience. >> eric: at similar situation situations, he's looking to

hammer them. >> adam: 3-1, another big cut on 96. the count runs full for the youngster. fargo, north dakota, native, he debuted at the beginning of the month. at his first couple of big hits on tuesday. he is the tying run on base in the bottom of the eighth for the diamondbacks, tying run and nick ahmed will come t to the plate . >> eric: that is a heck of an at-bat for a young player, let alone a guy in -- that's a great at-bat. >> adam: the speedy castro who we talked about for the statcast

sprint speed is the fastest guy and all of baseball. if he is not the fastest, he's certainly one of them. nick ahmed represents the winning run at the plate. >> eric: if i'm ahmed right now, it's almost like i have to take a pick or two to let him get down to second base and use the at-bat to get him over to third. >> adam: obviously he's going to be well aware of the 28-year-old. martin maldonado, a gold glove defender behind the plate. castro in his fourth year big-league career with the dodgers and diamondbacks has never been caught stealing, 22 of 22. bouncing ball left side, it's

off the glove and into left field. the tying run at the scoring position, the winning run as a board for the diamondbacks, still nobody out in the ninth with the top of the order coming up. >> eric: that is just fortunate right there. swinging at the first pitch, got a guy at first that runs like that, that's luck right there and good for the diamondbacks. that's not the right situation to swing at the end you're beating the ball into the ground. what do you do? are you going to ask him to bunt or let him swing? potential nbp candidate coming into the season, you've got to let him swing. >> adam: this guy finished at

.321 a year ago, fourth in the nbp conversation. pitch to bielak, marte, down the right field line and foul. if >> eric: huge left side of the infield open, correa has got to stay close to it. can't let him get too far off, he's got great speed and a threat to steal third. >> adam: 0-1 to ketel marte. foul. castro the tying run at second,

ahmed base hit. >> eric: the next three pitches, they've all been offered at. three swings. >> adam: marte sends it into left field for a base hit! >> eric: it's smart, the reason it's smart is it's a line drive, castro is holding right there. the ball gets into left field then he gets going. it's a smart play, frustrating play, but it's smart. >> adam: you saw the third base coach, the veteran go over, it seemed like he was giving him the wave initially, then you see the stop sign. he went over and said right play, write and read. >> eric: it's 100% of the right thing. this is a crazy thing, that's the right thing to do and he

gets the third. people are probably saying he should've scored on the base hit, that was the right thing to do. look at ahmed, the right thing to do was not swing a at the vey first pitch but he got a ground ball base hit. just because you do the right thing, doesn't mean it's going to work out for you. >> adam: baseball is a funny game. bases loaded for kole calhoun, the shift is on. winning run in scoring position for arizona, first pitch change inside. never had a grand slam, doesn't need one here. castro can tired, ahmed can win it. 1-0. high strike on calhoun, 1-1.

>> eric: calhoun is looking for something that he can put the bat on the ball. he doesn't even care if it's a double play, he obviously doesn't want it but one thing you can't do here, you cannot strike out. you've got to get that run in somehow. >> adam: late on the swing, it's 1-2. >> eric: calhoun ignited everybody last night with that inside the parker in that fourth inning. that has not carried over to this evening, strike out, hit into a double play. >> adam: he laid off the breaking ball. >> eric: he just swung through that same pitch, disciplined

enough to lay off of it. >> adam: expands the zone. down the right field line towards the corner, it's a fair ball! and the diamondbacks will win that game and they will win the series! their first series win of the year, they come back to win on a kole calhoun walk off, 5-4 diamondbacks! let the socially distanced celebration begin. >> eric: just great at-bat's by this diamondback ball club, characteristic of what they expect from this team. grinding at-bats. andy young started off the inning with an incredible at-bats, ends up drawing a walk, kole calhoun, he finishes it.

>> adam: torey lovullo has to think the offense came through again! the dynamic play of the game, couple of dynamic plays, inside the park last night and the walk off tonight down the right field line to score two and give the diamondbacks their first series victory of the season. 5-4 the final, we'll wrap things up after this.

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>> adam: kole calhoun caps off and arizona come back with call calhoun has an arizona come back with a walk it off for the diamondbacks, 5 to 4 is he a get their first win of the year. 2 of 3 from the depending al champions. >> eric: big for this arizona offense, they strung together some great at-bats in the sixth inning and finish it off in the ninth inning. a complete team effort, this is how the team will compete this year and this is how they win. >> adam: everybody's got the clique. a lot of contributions from all over the lineup tonight for arizona. it will not get a chance to see mike trout and the los angeles angels take on the texas rangers on fs1. that's tomorrow night at 8:00