Record 66-53. Pace: 90-72. Change on 2016: +17.
The last time the Diamondbacks played a weekday afternoon contest, was the unending nightmare - from which we eventually woke up - that was the 10-8 win over the Cubs in Chicago. It was a six-hour emotional grind, where you hung on every second, relief only coming during the three rain delays. This afternoon’s contest was, at least, nowhere near as stressful. For the Astros were 7-0 up by the middle of the third; though the D-backs did at least make a game of it, the first part of this home-and-away series ended in a split.