The Diamondbacks sent Slade Cecconi to the hill to try and secure our penultimate game of the season against the Reds. Just last week when Slade faced these same Reds, he made it through 5.1 innings allowing only 1 run on a solo shot by Jeimer Candelario. He did walk his season high (3) in last week’s outing while also getting his season low of punch outs (2), so I was watching to see if Slade’s control would come back to his season rates or if last week’s start was the beginning of a trend.
The outing started off well enough for young Slade, with a one pitch out to lead off the game.