Record: 57-48. Pace: 88-74. Change on 2017: -3.
You might be forgiven for being a little nervous after the D-backs scored six runs in the third inning tonight, in their first appearance of the year at Petco [yeah, schedule makers: zero games there in the first 104 games, then ten of the final 58]. Because that made the score 6-1 to Arizona... which was exactly the score after Nick Ahmed’s grand-slam yesterday in Chicago. And we all know how that ended... /sadface Fortunately, we were not treated to a Californian remake, though I must confess, part of me did perversely want the game to become a save situation, purely so we would see Brad Boxberger get an immediate chance for some redemption.