Record: 26-25. Pace: 83-79. Change on 2017: +1.
The last time I saw such slaughter on the edge of a cove, it was a documentary about dolphins in Japan. The D-backs offense, which mustered a total of five runs across three games in being swept by San Diego, surpassed that tally by the end of the third. Or in the fourth and fifth innings, your choice. The D-backs reached 17 hits while making 17 outs, scoring in each of the first six innings. I’m still checking the record books, but it might have been the most dominating early performance by Arizona since, as Michael mentioned, Game 6 of the 2001 World Series, where we had 19 hits through five.