LOS ANGELES – In an otherwise quiet visitors’ clubhouse, Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza’s voice grew increasingly heated on Saturday night. He had been asked a question about his team’s slumbering offense. He disagreed, adamantly, with the premise.
“How is it a rough stretch?” Souza said. “Explain to me how it’s a rough stretch.”
Before the facts could be presented – about how the Diamondbacks have scored 21 runs in their past nine games, about how their offense has been inconsistent, at best, for the better part of a month – Souza began to rant, then cut his interview short.