The Diamondbacks fell to the Cardinals 7-5 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in St. Louis. What looked to me to be a pitcher’s duel early on turned into a battle of the bullpens by the middle innings. (Spoiler alert - Arizona’s pen imploded more spectacularly.) Careless defense and some overly aggressive baserunning cost several runs that, unsurprisingly, add up to the final margin.
As I write this from central Texas, where my closest tie to the NL West is enjoying some good old fashioned schadenfreude for the Padre’s last place AA team, my Diamondbacks game day experience is spent listening to the radio broadcast through MLB At-Bat.