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Although that moral victory is in serious jeopardy now.

And yet, they are winning the post-second inning portion of the game.

Also no. Andrew Hoffman goes suspiciously to the back of his neck before each pitch.

Baty is greasing the ball. The Diamondbacks can't handle anything he hits.

Who gave Seawolf permission to move?! Nelson has no-hit stuff here. Or, from another point of view, the Mets have no hit-stuff.

Barrosa is cooler than Fonzie.

I'm grateful for the error, because Nelson is plowing through the Mets lineup with ease.

David Peterson — not a cold-weather guy.

This is one bunting team.

It didn't hurt the team because Carroll had already put the brakes on, but that barehand attempt by Benge was ill-advised.

Shades of Lee Mazzilli's Head Rolls.

Met going with the same lineup behind Peterson. Diamondbacks insertion Jose Fernandez and Tim Tawa to counter the lefty. Fun will be had by all! # ARIZONA POS. # NEW YORK POS. 1 Ketel Marte (S) 2b 1 Francisco Lindor (S) ss 2 Cobin Carroll (L) rf 2 Bo Bichette (R) 3b 3 Geraldo Perdomo (S) ss 3 Jorge Polanco (S) dh 4 Gabriel Moreno (R) c 4 Luis Robert, Jr. (R) cf 5 Nolan Arenado (R) 3b 5 Brett Baty (L) rf 6 Ildemaro Vargas (S) 2b 6 Mark Vientos (R) 1b 7 Jose Fernandez (S) 1b 7 Marcus Semien (R) 2b 8 Tim Tawa (L) lf 8 Carson Benge (L) lf 9 Jorge Barrosa (S) lf 9 Francisco Alvarez (R) c Ryne Nelson (R) sp David Peterson (L) sp

I am slumping, trivia-wise, but I'm picking Buck Showalter for Manager of the Year with The 'Backs.

Well, I misread his line. Still, I celebrate the callup, for it is good.

The Mauricio callup made all sorts of sense to me. The only other options on the roster were Hayden Senger, MJ Melendez, and Nick Morabito. Senger is a catcher. Melendez is 0-for-4 at Syracuse. Morabito is hitting, but he's only got seven games above AA. Mauricio can help. The idea that bench time stunts development is a doctrine, not a law. Opportunities will present themselves, especially with Mendoza avoiding lefty-on-lefty and righty-on-righty matchups late in games with several players, and pinch-running liberally for his catchers and for Polanco.

Possibly. Maybe even probably. But his hands on defense were one of the most beautiful shows in baseball. Seeing a zombie version still out there going bang and clang is kind of unholy.

By the way, you have to go 37-for-44 to be hitting .841. Kelly Leak hits 'em where they ain't.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 — released 50 years ago today. Not only is it one of only two acceptable answers for "What's the greatest sports film?", it also features the most unimpeachable pickup line ever. “I’m hitting .841. I’m on the Bears. You live around here? I’ve got a Harley Davidson. Does that turn ya on? Harley Davidson?” — Kelly Leak

@Brock Beauchamp, it's still your IGT streak to keep going!

You all owe me money.

And the president has backed down. Double happiness!

"Some people call me the Space Cowboy." "Some call me The Gangster of Love!" "Yeah, well some people call me MAURICIO!"

This is so set up for Mauricio.

Probably not the day they wanted to go to extra innings, unless one of these teams has acquired Ernie Banks. Ronny Mauricio is going to have to win this one.

Wow! Could Barrosa do that while being any cooler?