It feels weird not to have a recap until the ninth game of the season. It's also odd to have seen little or nothing of the first eight contests: I simply had better things to do. Doesn't seem like I had missed all that much, after Seth Beer's walk-off on Opening Day: better than expected pitching, but an offense which redefined putrid. Coming into this game, Arizona had hit just .152 over their first 244 at-bats, and worse still with runners in scoring position (.106, 5-for-47). On the plus side, that augured well for a quick escape, as Mrs.