It’s always interesting to see how a team responds blowing out the other team the game before. Will there be a hangover or will they get right back to it the next night? As Jim pointed out early in the GDT, the Diamondbacks had actually been doing well in blowout follow up games, winning four of the last five. Adding to the intrigue, of course, as the long awaited return of Merrill Kelly, everyone’s favorite rotation stabilizing force.
In a bigger picture view, it’s also just as interesting to see how the team on the losing end of a blowout responds, and it seemed early on that the Phillies were coming out motivated.