Whenever the phone rang in the home bullpen at Chase Field on Saturday night, reliever Addison Reed began to stretch and loosen his arm, just in case the call was for him. In the middle of the fifth, he warmed up left fielder David Peralta, his normal chore for that point in the game.
In many ways, it was a typical day at work for Reed and the Diamondbacks. But in many ways it was not.
A little more than a half hour before first pitch of what would be a 3-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics, Reed received a text message from a buddy in New York.