Record: 11-13-2. Change on 2018: -0.5. 5-inning record: 11-11-4.
It’s probably a fair assessment to say that sitting back and waiting for a three-run homer is likely to prove a successful tactic, providing you hit them about every third inning. So it proved for the D-backs at Camelback Ranch today, anyway. Catcher Alex Avila hit the first such blast in the fourth inning, then followed up with another three-run shot two innings later. And LF-CF Alex Thomas capped things off with the last of the trio in the ninth inning. Making that one particularly sweet?