Now that the All Star break and festivities are through, the Diamondbacks would begin their second half fight for a playoff spot on the NorthSide of Chicago against the Craig Counsell lead Cubs.
Ryne Nelson took the bump for the snakes in Friday’s Game 1 of this series and continued to show his Nasty Nelly stuff with 5.2 IP of 1-run ball while recording a career high of 9 K. It’s no secret that Ryne Nelson is a vert fastball heavy pitcher, but his stretch of success lately had Brandon ask the crew if this is just a good stretch from Nelson, or if this is who we can actually come to expect to see every 5th day out?